On July 18, fans who had gone to pay respects to the singer noticed her urn was missing and alerted her family as well as the police.

About three months later, Mui’s family has yet to receive any news regarding the investigation. Mui's fanclub made a public appeal for any information on what would have been her 63rd birthday.

Mui died in 2003 at 40 years old due to cervical cancer.

According to The Standard, no ransom demand has been made, and no other urns have been reported missing.

Mui’s brother, Mui Kai Ming, faced public accusations that he stole her urn. He refuted these claims in an interview with Hong Kong media, emphasising his love for his sister and saying that he would never do such a thing, as reported by Lianhe Zaobao.

He has since offered a reward of HK$50,000 (S$8,152) in exchange for information that may lead to the discovery of his sister’s ashes.

Kai Ming had originally intended to host a memorial for his mother on Oct. 10. But after hearing about Mui's ashes, he decided to turn the event into a memorial for his sister instead.

He was reportedly in tears at the event, condemning the thieves for their cruel acts.

One person was killed and 11 injured after an attack was launched at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's international airport on Oct. 11.

This attack comes just one day after a similar strike at the same location killed at least 12 people.

Both attacks were claimed by the Houthis in Yemen.

According to Reuters, Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen said that an unidentified projectile targeted King Khalid International Airport's Terminal 4, causing a fire.

They also claimed that Saudi air defences had intercepted a cruise missile near the airport, as well as a drone in the country's Eastern province and a ballistic missile launched towards Khamis Mushait.

Emergency alerts were also issued in the southern city of Abha, but Saudi authorities have stated that the danger has passed.

Houthis claim responsibility

In a televised speech on Oct. 11, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for Oct. 10's attack.

He added that the group had also struck the airport in Dammam, a port city in Saudi Arabia, and two more facilities of Saudi oil company Saudi Aramco.

Saree also made a separate statement warning against using Saudi airports, announcing that the group considers Saudi airspace and airports as "potential targets and a theatre of military operations".

He also stated that they would make exceptions for airports in Mecca and Medina, the two holiest sites in Islam.

The statements were broadcast on Al-Masirah, a TV channel run by the Houthis.

An eyewitness on board an aircraft at Dammam said that they saw a projectile strike the tarmac besides several parked aircraft, which caused a fire.

The witness said that the aircraft returned to the gate and passengers were told to disembark and evacuate.

"Worse is yet to come"

The two strikes come as part of a military campaign waged by Saudi Arabia on the Houthis, who are fighting a civil war in Yemen against the Saudi-backed government.

The Houthis captured the Yemeni capital of Sanaa in 2014.

Reuters had previously reported that the Yemeni government, backed by Saudi-led coalition forces, announced an offensive on Oct. 4 to retake lost territory from the Houthis along the Red Sea.

The Houthis claimed in their Oct. 11 statement that Saudi Arabia had carried out 124 air strikes on Yemen in the 24 hours prior.

They also warned that unless Saudi Arabia halts its military operations in Yemen, "worse is yet to come".

U.S. President Donald Trump stated that the U.S. is considering joining the Saudis in launching strikes on the Houthis.

More footage of the Oct. 10 strike on King Khalid International Airport has surfaced, with security camera videos being shared online.

Many of the travellers at the site of the attack were pilgrims, preparing to travel to Islamic holy sites.

It was the deadliest attack on the kingdom in more than a decade.

CCTV footage shows the moment an Ansar Allah (Houthi) missile struck Terminal 3 of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh yesterday. https://t.co/2UsvBW2CRA

— OSINTWarfare (@OSINTWarfare) October 11, 2026

Saudis going ahead with major events, but schools switch to remote learning

Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia is still moving forward with major events, such as the World Petroleum Council (WPC) Energy Congress.

The five-day energy conference opened on Oct. 11 as planned at a convention centre just 10km away from Riyadh's airport.

A ministerial meeting of the International Energy Forum also went ahead. 

However, representatives from major oil companies such as BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil have withdrew from attending the WPC conference, reported Reuters.

According to flight-tracking website Flightradar24, nearly all flights at King Khalid International Airport were cancelled on Oct. 11.

Another 457 flights have been cancelled as of Oct. 12.

Al-Jazeera also reported that all schools in Riyadh will switch to remote learning for a week.

Schools in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, will switch to remote learning for a week following a deadly attack on the city's airport, reports AFP, citing an email sent to parents.

🔴 More on https://t.co/MbrRGkFd1I https://t.co/j1JzC9ccLc

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 11, 2026

In Singapore, Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Zaqy Mohamad has urged Singaporeans to be careful during travel, especially for those making pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia.

A 50-year-old Singaporean man who supposedly moved to the Philippines to get married is now "stranded" and was staying at a mosque after alleging that his marriage turned out to be a sham.

The man, Hasbi, was staying at a mosque in Bohol, an island province in the Philippines.

His supposed plight was first revealed by 24-year-old TikToker @imcarrielaine04, whose real name is Carrie Laine Abad.

She is known for helping foreigners and travellers in the Philippines who are stranded to return to their home countries.

Realised marriage was fake

In her first video about Hasbi on Sep. 20, she explained how he believed his supposed marriage with his Filipina partner was real, but later discovered that it was fake.

He then supposedly stayed in a mosque to avoid becoming homeless, and became stranded in the country.

Since he wanted to return to Singapore, Abad said in the video that she would do her best to help bring him home.

Marriage plans

In the next video, Hasbi told Abad that since the process of getting married was supposedly "so long", the couple allegedly got married in the Philippines first.

They then planned to get married a second time in Singapore.

Noting that his partner allegedly left him, Hasbi added that he does not have a marriage certificate.

3 foreigners

In view of his situation, Abad told Hasbi over WhatsApp that she would pay for his flight from Bohol to Manila so they could approach immigration officials and the embassy to address the issue.

Another video showed her at the Bureau of Immigration to resolve this issue for Hasbi, as well as a Nigerian and American.

Abad also took Hasbi out to dine at a restaurant.

Immigration issues

Responding to Mothership's queries, Abad said Hasbi first arrived in the Philippines on Dec. 17, 2023.

She first met him in Bohol, Philippines, where he was staying in a mosque because he apparently had nowhere else to go and was at risk of becoming homeless.

"After learning about his situation, I booked a flight from Manila, the capital of the Philippines, to Bohol to visit him, understand his circumstances, and learn more about the challenges he was facing."

"I wanted to find out how I could help him return to Singapore."

Abad said she arranged and paid for his flight to Manila so that he could address his immigration issues and work towards resolving his situation.

"I am currently helping him with his daily necessities and accommodation while he goes through this difficult period," she said.

Passport

Abad added that though Hasbi supposedly still has a valid Singaporean passport, he had reportedly been pursuing an indigency (extreme poverty) process for a foreign national due to serious financial difficulties.

He also can apparently no longer afford to pay the fines required to resolve his immigration situation.

"I have been helping him with the indigency application in the hope that he can obtain the necessary consideration and clearance to leave the Philippines and return to Singapore," she said.

"The process has been challenging because of his financial circumstances, but I am supporting him as much as I can while he works through the necessary procedures with the immigration authorities."

Daily needs

Abad pointed out that Hasbi is doing better and less stressed than when he was staying at the mosque in Bohol.

"At that time, he rarely expressed himself, and I was concerned about his situation and well-being," she said.

On top of helping him meet his daily needs, including providing food and a place to stay, Abad said she also accompanies him whenever he needs to visit the immigration authorities.

She said: "As he is experiencing significant financial difficulties, I continue to support him as much as I can while he works towards resolving his immigration issues and returning to Singapore."

A man who jumped into an enclosure at a zoo in Yorkshire, UK, died after a tiger attacked him.

The incident occurred on Saturday, Oct. 10, The Guardian and CNN reported.

Emergency services were contacted shortly after 1:30pm to attend to the incident at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, South Yorkshire police said.

Video circulated online

Videos online showed the man being pawed at and grappled by a tiger in an enclosure.

A police spokesperson said the tiger inflicted “serious injury” on the man.

“Emergency services attended and sadly, despite the best efforts of medical personnel, the man was pronounced dead at the scene,” they added.

The animal was uninjured and remained in the enclosure following the incident and there is no wider risk to the public, the police added.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park said on Sunday that the tiger, named Altai, will not be euthanised.

The park later shut for the weekend.

The British zoo had said a “serious incident” occurred inside the enclosure and is working closely with the authorities to ascertain exactly what happened.

I’m not part of the sandwich generation. Not yet.

At 29, I’m living my best DINK (Double Income No Kids) life. I have yet to have kids; my parents are mobile and independent, and my biggest daily struggle is deciding what to have for lunch.

It’s a far cry from the reality of Grab’s new microdrama series. The main character, Emily (Regina Lim), is a widowed mum of two. She works a demanding job and cares for her aging mum, all while dealing with the myriad stresses of Singapore life.

Presumably, this is where the mysterious private-hire vehicle driver, Henry (Glenn Yong), arrives to save the day.

A glimpse into the future

Absurdly attractive cast aside, the show felt like a prescient glimpse of my own future.

I do intend, eventually, to have kids. My parents probably will lose bits and pieces of their independence as the years go by and the myriad stresses that accompany these things, along with daily living, well, they will never really go away in the end.

In fast-paced Singapore, there’s always something new to worry about.

Already, I rely on convenience services like Grab to play catch-up. By the time I reach home at the end of a busy work day, most days I can’t find the energy to cook.

Some days, I find myself booking a ride to the office just to get a precious few more minutes of sleep.

As my parents age, I can also see myself using the Grab for Family Account to book rides for them and track them as well to ensure they reach their destinations safely, or ordering in food and groceries on their behalf. Just to make their day a little easier.

Cheesy drama, real problems

It’s a Grab micro-drama, so naturally, mentions of the app are plenty too.

Emily takes a ride home after work, where her fateful meeting with the mysterious Henry occurs. When her son falls sick, she orders medicine via GrabMart .

When she arrives home, she orders dinner for her family via GrabFood. When she’s forced to work over time, she uses Grab for Family — which allows parents to check that the passenger arrives safely — to order a ride to tuition class for her daughter. And so on.

Obviously, the idea is to show how the app is convenient and reliable, particularly for busy people juggling multiple day-to-day responsibilities.

But the other side of the narrative is this: How exhausting such an existence can get, having to care for everyone but yourself.

How awful it can be, surrounded by loved ones, yet constantly swallowing your resentment over their relentless needs.

Even with the convenience of a Grab for Family account, which allows you to check that the passenger you’re booking for arrives safely at their destination, I can still predict the mental load of constantly having to worry about your loved ones.

I’ve watched the show, and while I won’t spoil it for you, Emily and Henry (obviously) end up together.

As for what happens post-credits, we can only guess, but here’s mine: he sweeps her off her feet Cinderella-style, and they all live together as a big happy family. The end, happily ever after.

The important things change over time

But that’s where the drama ends, and we start looking at our own lives.

With a dearth of mysterious handsome knights-in-shining-armour to go around — sadly — most of us will have to find other ways of problem-solving.

I come from a solidly working-class background, so the idea of splurging on convenience isn’t always easy to stomach. Why would I book a Grab ride when I can take the bus for a fraction of the price?

Why would I order delivery when I can cook for the cost of the delivery fee alone?

But as I grow older, and every minute of my time becomes more precious, it becomes less a question of how much I can save — and more about what I can do.

If I have to pay for a Grab after work, but it means I can make it to a family dinner with my parents, isn’t it worth it?

If I am hosting a dinner and I order in bundles through Grab, but it allows me to save on the hassle of having to clean up after, isn’t that OK?

It’s a balance I’m still struggling to strike.

Be kind to thyself

The whole meet-cutie trope with Henry the driver, in true microdrama style, is full of corny one-liners and cheesy K-drama tropes.

At one point, Emily runs out to the lift lobby to give Henry a snack and a bottle of water.

“I guess you’ve earned your five stars now,” he quips. “I just like taking care of people,” she replies in her magnanimity.

It is, of course, fine to admire Emily for the capable and big-hearted mum/daughter/ employee she is. But I hope we don’t turn her into a heroine.

There is nothing aspirational about being a burnt-out caregiver. Nothing to romanticise about it.

For me, I hope the message we take away is not to wait for kindness from the outside, but to make the conscious choice to offer it to ourselves.

You can watch Grab’s new microdrama here to find out more.

This Grab-branded article reminded me that it’s OK to be kind to myself, too.

Workers' Party MP Jamus Lim was in the hospital for pneumonia over the weekend, a few days after he was seen sniffling in Parliament while delivering a speech on Oct. 6.

In a video that circulated online, he paused repeatedly during his speech to wipe his nose until PAP MP Diana Pang offered him a tissue.

"That sniffling eventually developed into a bad case of Influenza A, before culminating in full-blown pneumonia," the MP for Sengkang GRC said in a Facebook post on Oct. 12.

Lim explained that he had initially only intended to take the rest of that week off, but then his blood oxygen level fell to the low 90s over the weekend.

The healthy range is between 95 and 100 per cent.

He had to check into a hospital, and has been "stuck there" since.

Addressing his residents at Anchorvale, Lim said he will be unable to attend his regular MP duties during this time, which includes a meet-the-people session (MPS) on the night of Oct. 12.

His weekly house visits, estate walks, and coffeeshop chit-chats will also be halted while he remains in the hospital.

However, the Oct. 12 MPS will go ahead, thanks to Sengkang volunteers.

Lim added that he would continue to clear all appeal letters and catch up on his email backlog, but would appreciate the residents' patience in the meantime.

A Singaporean couple pleaded guilty on Oct. 12, 2026 to causing the death of their eight-month-old baby.

Chloe Gan Ci Xuan, 23, and Neo Jia Ming, 27, admitted to smothering or shaking their son, Trevor Neo, to stop him from crying for almost the entirety of his life.

This eventually led to baby Trevor's death on Sep. 2, 2024, after Gan suffocated him again using her hands and flipped him in his cot.

Neo did not do anything to stop this ill-treatment.

The couple pleaded guilty on Oct. 12 to various charges linked to the death of their son.

At one point during the court hearing, Gan appeared to be crying as she covered her face. Meanwhile, Neo remained expressionless.

Gan is represented by lawyers Josephus Tan and Cory Wong from Invictus Law, while Neo is represented by Johannes Hadi and Seraphine Loh Tian Hui from Eugene Thuraisingam Asia LLC.

The case was presided over by High Court Justice Hoo Sheau Peng, who also presided over the case of four-year-old Megan Khung, who died at the hands of her mother and boyfriend.

What couple did

The court heard that Gan moved out of her parents' house to stay with Neo after learning she was pregnant with Trevor in April 2023.

The couple had married in August 2023 and Gan gave birth to Trevor on Dec. 9, 2023.

She then moved back in with her parents, where she learnt how to take care of the baby with the help of a confinement nanny.

After the confinement period ended in January 2024, Gan and Trevor moved back in with Neo, who shared a flat with his uncles.

A nanny was hired to care for Trevor during the day on weekdays while other relatives helped look after him on weekends.

Shook baby to stop him from crying

Soon after, Gan realised she could make Trevor stop crying or lose consciousness by shaking him vigorously after seeing Neo do so.

The couple took to shaking him frequently to stop him from crying.

At one point, Trevor had to be hospitalised for a week after he lost consciousness from the shaking.

The abuse did not stop at the shaking.

Gan was frustrated about Trevor's crying and would also assault him by hitting his hand, chest, thigh and buttocks, leaving bruises.

Neo did not intervene each time Gan did so.

In April 2024, Neo would cover the baby's nose and mouth whenever he cried for two weeks straight.

Gan also followed suit.

In May 2024, qhen Trevor became strong enough to pull away the blanket Gan used to smother him, Gan began using her hands to press down on the baby until he fainted.

That same month, Gan's mother noticed bruises on the baby and warned them to stop hitting the baby.

The couple did not listen.

Day of fatal abuse

On Sep. 1, 2024, the couple left the baby in Neo's uncles' care while they went for dinner.

The couple came back around 8pm and left Trevor in his cot while they used their phones in the room.

At one point, Trevor started to cry and Gan went over to his cot frustrated as she could not sleep.

She started to press a blanket over his face for close to a minute until Trevor twitched and slowed down.

However, he started to cry again when she lifted her hands.

Gan then continued pressing the blanket over the baby's face and repeated the action about three to four times until she felt her arm trembling.

As she did so, Neo asked her, "How? You want the baby to die? If anything happens, we will go to jail."

Gan replied: "Wait for the baby to make noise first, then you try again."

Pounded on the baby with hand

A minute later, the baby started to cry again, and Gan went over to the cot.

She then covered his face with both hands and pressed down hard, repeatedly pounding one hand over the other.

The prosecutor said Gan did so until she felt her hands losing strength.

At 11:30pm, Neo finished playing his mobile phone game and went to check on the baby.

He realised that Trevor was not breathing and his hands were cold, and woke Gan up to check on him.

Gan went over to Trevor and found him with purple lips and one eye open.

She started to pat him on the back, and the couple later attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the baby but to no avail.

They called a taxi to go to the hospital as Neo did not want to incur the costs of calling an ambulance.

On the way to the hospital, Neo told Gan to keep quiet and "not say anything".

If the police did not get involved, they could continue living their lives and not worry about money anymore, Neo said.

Trevor was later pronounced dead at about 12:20am on Sep. 2, 2024, at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH).

A nurse lodged a police report saying the baby died under suspicious circumstances.

The couple was arrested that same morning.

Other acts of abuse

The court heard that the couple would also abuse Trevor in other ways, such as by slapping, hitting and squeezing him until he turned purple.

In one incident on Jan. 18, 2024, Gan tried feeding Trevor milk, but he did not respond to her when she tapped his chin.

Text messages read out in court showed that the couple communicated about this incident.

In one message, Neo told her to shake the baby as he did, but not to be "very violent", in case it "damage the brain" and the boy "become autistic".

Gan replied that she shook Trevor's head "[almost] 180 degrees". To this, Neo replied: "Later stupid stupid only ma".

Gan also told Neo that the baby did not drink any milk as she shook him until "he damn shagged [already]".

Neo then told her to use her own method instead of shaking when he cries.

Later on, the couple brought Trevor to KKH where he was hospitalised from Jan. 18, 2024 to Jan. 23, 2024 for observation.

No injuries were found on Trevor following medical examinations. He was only 41 days old at this point.

Hit baby

On another occasion sometime before Feb. 18, 2024, Neo covered Trevor's nose and mouth with his hands for about a minute until the baby began vomiting milk and turning purple.

Neo told Gan that he did not want to take care of Trevor anymore, because he was afraid he would kill the baby.

Later, around Apr. 2, 2024, Trevor began crying while Neo was taking him to the nanny's house.

To stop him, Neo put his hand into the baby's mouth and dug around, which caused bleeding under his tongue.

The nanny later saw the injury and asked what happened. Neo lied that he did not know.

When the nanny noticed the bleeding, she insisted that Trevor be seen by a doctor.

The couple then took their son to KKH on Apr. 2, 2024.

A medical examination conducted on Trevor noted local trauma under his tongue with redness.

After they left the hospital, Neo admitted to Gan that it was in fact him who had dug into Trevor's mouth.

Between May and July 2024, about two to three times a month, Neo would also pinch Trevor’s fingers forcefully 20 to 30 times in front of Gan as he wanted to provoke a reaction from Trevor, which he found funny.

Gan did not stop Neo while witnessing the acts.

Between January and July 2024, on numerous occasions, Neo would hit Trevor's hand, thigh, buttocks, and chest.

In one text on Aug. 2, 2024, Neo told Gan: “Btw don’t hit baby at all until Tuesday, Ltr bring to dr, Dr say we abuse, Cause of the bruises.”

Abused wife

Neo also pleaded guilty to abusing Gan between February and August 2024.

The court heard that he had assaulted her at an arcade when he realised she did not wait for him to play a game.

In another incident, he punched her more than 10 times in the head after an argument about pouring lukewarm water into cereal.

Neo also hit her buttocks, stomach and thighs after finding texts she exchanged with a male friend about her intention to divorce Neo.

He also hit her at a bus stop after a trip overseas.

Neo has a prior offence for causing hurt to a toddler while riding an e-scooter when he was 20 years old and was placed on probation.

Cause of death

The prosecution said in court that a preliminary autopsy report stated Trevor's cause of death as cardiorespiratory failure pending further investigations.

However, the final cause of death was unascertained as no anatomical findings or injuries were pointing to a definitive finding of the cause of death.

An Institute of Mental Health (IMH) report revealed that Gan was found not to be suffering from any postpartum psychiatric disorder around March or April 2024.

However, based on information provided by Gan's mother, Gan was found to have been suffering from an adjustment disorder at the time of the offence, which could have had a minor contributory link to the offence.

She was also facing stress about work and money, in addition to stress from caring for Trevor.

However, the report stated that an adjustment disorder would not have impaired her ability to understand the risk of the actions she took.

As for Neo, he was found not to be suffering from any mental illness and not to be of unsound mind.

Neo's defence

The prosecution asked for 15 to 16 years for Neo, while the defence asked for seven years and seven weeks.

The defence claimed that Neo's culpability is less than Gan's.

The prosecution, however, noted that the harm caused is the same.

Neo stood by as the abuse occurred, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Terence Chua said, adding that Gan had learnt how to shake Trevor from Neo and he did not stop Gan because he himself was involved in abusing the baby.

He was also in the room on the day of the fatal abuse, Chua added.

Judge Hoo also noted during the hearing that Neo had taken the abuse almost "as a joke" and "a laughing matter".

On the abuse of Gan, Chua said Neo had hit Gan excessively on many occasions, but she did not lodge a police report.

Gan's defence

The prosecution sought at least 14 to 15 years’ imprisonment for Gan while her defence asked for 12.5 to 13 years' jail.

Gan's defence lawyer, Wong, started by noting that Gan had looked at Neo on the day of the fatal abuse and said: "How? You want the baby to die?"

At this point, Gan was close to her "final breaking point", Wong said.

He also noted that IMH had diagnosed Gan with adjustment disorder during her postpartum period, even though it was a minor contributory link.

He urged for the same adjustment disorder to apply to her ill-treatment charges.

Given that she was around 21 years old during the window of abuse, Wong said she "did not know better" and also did not know she was suffering from the adjustment disorder.

If she had known, she might have sought help then, Wong said.

Wong also added that Gan was not one to use violence, but it was normalised through the spousal violence she received from Neo.

The facts of the case are "clear" on who occupied a "dominant position" at home, Wong noted.

He also added that Gan has expressed remorse.

The case has been adjourned to Oct. 21, 2026.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen emerged victorious at the Singapore Grand Prix on Oct. 11, 2026

This marks his second Grand Prix victory of the 2026 Formula 1 season, following his previous win at the Bahrain Grand Prix, held at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Oct. 4.

The victory was also Verstappen's first at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Claimed pole position

Verstappen started the 62-lap race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit from pole position, having clocked the fastest lap of 1:31.373 during Saturday's (Oct. 10) Qualifying session.

Pole position is the first starting spot at the front of the grid.

He beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by just 0.054 seconds, with Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton qualifying third.

This was Verstappen's 50th career pole position and his first at the Singapore Grand Prix.

It was also his second consecutive pole position, having topped the timesheets at Sepang the previous weekend.

With Verstappen's victory, the Singapore Grand Prix has now been won by the driver starting from pole position for four consecutive years.

Won S'pore Sprint race

He also won Singapore's first-ever F1 Sprint race on Saturday, before securing pole position for Sunday's main race later that evening.

Unlike a traditional Grand Prix, an F1 Sprint is a shorter race lasting around 30 minutes, with no mandatory pit stops.

Mercedes' George Russell initially took the lead from Verstappen but crashed on the opening lap, allowing the Red Bull driver to regain first place.

Verstappen finished ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in second and Lewis Hamilton in third.

Championship standings

Following his Singapore Grand Prix victory, Verstappen sits fourth in the 2026 Drivers' Championship standings with 221 points.

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli still leads the 2026 Drivers' Championship with 340 points, followed by teammate George Russell with 238 points.

The next Formula 1 race will be the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, from Oct. 23 to 25.

Singaporeans, including pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, should remain vigilant, follow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) travel advisories and register with MFA, said Senior Minister of State of the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) Zaqy Mohamad on Oct. 11.

His comments come after a strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Oct. 10 killed at least 12 people and injured more than 300.

In an Instagram post, Zaqy, who is also Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, said he was "deeply saddened" by the recent attacks.

"My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families," he wrote.

"Every innocent life matters. Attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure cannot be justified."

Zaqy said he hoped for an end to the violence and for peace and stability to prevail in the region.

He also noted that Saudi Arabia is home to Makkah and Madinah, the two holiest cities in Islam.

"I understand the concerns of Singaporeans, especially those with loved ones there or planning to perform Umrah. I urge Singaporeans, including our pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, to remain vigilant, follow MFA’s travel advisories and register with MFA," he said.

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Attack on Saturday was the third in the week

Iran-backed Houthis were reportedly behind the attack on Saturday, with a Saudi-led military coalition calling it a "war crime" and vowing to respond to it.

The Saudi civil aviation authority said that some of the injured were in "critical condition", and that damage to the airport was being assessed.

All flights were diverted from Riyadh and operations at the airport were temporarily suspended.

The strike came a day after authorities said three Saudis were killed in two Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports on Oct. 6 and 7.

A Saudi-led coalition was formed in 2015 after Arab countries joined forces to stop the Houthis from taking over Yemen.

A temporary ceasefire was brokered in 2022 but it began to unravel in July this year, after the Houthis seized strategically important stretches of the Red Sea coast.

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government launched an offensive this week to retake the territory.

The Houthis have since declared Saudi airspace a zone of military operations and warned airliners to avoid it.

The 2026 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix drew a crowd of 301,294 fans, marking the second-highest attendance on record since the Marina Bay circuit was added to the F1 race calendar in 2008, organisers announced.

The record attendance was clocked despite the haze which has blanketed the country.

The highest attendance was recorded in 2022, with 302,000 fans turning up to watch the drivers race for first place on the street circuit.

This year's race saw the debut of the sprint format in the Marina Bay circuit, with Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen slated to start at pole position after he finished ahead during the qualifiers.

After taking his first win this season at the Bahrain race, which was held last weekend at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia, Verstappen will be looking to glide along the high for a second victory later tonight.

Behind him on the starting grid are Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, who are undoubtedly looking to put the brakes on the Dutchman's first-ever Singapore Grand Prix win.

The 2026 Singapore Grand Prix, the 17th edition of the race, flags off at 8pm.