An Indian woman, Reetha Sahani, onboard the Royal Carribbean Cruise (Spectrum of the Seas) has died after reportedly jumping from the vessel when it was sailing through the Singapore Strait from Penang, the northern island state of Peninsular Malaysia. The 64-year-old’s son, Apoorv, had earlier asked for assistance from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of External Affairs …

Compared to a year earlier, sea piracy and armed robbery in Asian waters jumped 17 percent last year, with an especially high incidence in the Singapore Strait, an international center led by Japan to tackle the scourge said on Friday. A total of 97 such incidents were recorded last year, of which, according to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Center in …