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Foreign Minister Sugiono looks on during the first meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 28, 2025.
Foreign Minister Sugiono looks on during the first meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 28, 2025.`
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia calls for stronger cooperation at BRICS summit

Foreign Minister Sugiono has urged BRICS to deepen cooperation and strengthen its leadership in fostering global peace, amid the humanitarian crises in Gaza and Ukraine as well as the trade tensions under United States President Donald Trump, marking Indonesia’s debut at the bloc’s ministerial talks held this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

23 hours ago
Americas premium

Vacant envoy posts may hinder US tariff talks

United States Ambassador to Indonesia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, who was appointd by former US president Joe Biden, will leave the country by the end of April and be temporarily replaced by the embassy's deputy chief of mission until the appointment of the next ambassador.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Philippines says China has not seized disputed South China Sea reef

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Friday said its coast guard had landed on Sandy Cay as part of maritime control operations to exercise its sovereignty. It did not say China was occupying the feature. 

2 days ago

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Europe

North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia

The admission comes just days after Moscow confirmed the North's participation, while Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday heralded the "feat" of Pyongyang's troops.

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific

China says 'no phone call' recently between Xi and Trump

The world's two biggest economies are locked in an escalating tit-for-tat trade battle triggered by Trump's levies on Chinese goods, which have reached 145 percent on many products.

2 days ago
Europe

Trump urges Russia to stop attacks

Speaking to reporters in New Jersey, Trump said he was disappointed that Russia has continued to attack Ukraine, and said his one-on-one meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican on Saturday had gone well. 

2 days ago
Europe premium

Jokowi leads delegation to offer Prabowo's tribute to Pope Francis

The former president was one of four envoys President Prabowo tasked with paying his and Indonesia's respects to the late pope, which has ruffled some feathers among the public.

2 days ago
Americas

US universities help foreign students weather Trump purge

University advisors quietly told students from abroad to hire a lawyer and keep attending classes while legal appeals played out, according to over two dozen students, immigration attorneys and university officials.

3 days ago
asia-pacific

Indian army says new exchange of gunfire with Pakistan

Relations between the nuclear-armed rivals have plunged to their lowest level in years.

4 days ago
asia-pacific

Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir

Relations have plunged to their lowest level in years, with India accusing Pakistan of supporting "cross-border terrorism" after gunmen carried out the worst attack on civilians in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir for a quarter of a century.

5 days ago
asia-pacific

Indian army chief in Kashmir as tension with Pakistan rising

India has said there were Pakistani elements in Tuesday's attack, when militants shot 26 men in a meadow in the Pahalgam area, and Islamabad has denied any involvement.

5 days ago
americas

US universities help foreign students weather Trump purge

University advisors quietly told students from abroad to hire a lawyer and keep attending classes while legal appeals played out, according to over two dozen students, immigration attorneys and university officials.

3 days ago
americas

Trump administration to restore foreign students' legal status, for now

Since Trump took office on Jan. 20, records for more than 4,700 students have been removed from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement-maintained Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

4 days ago
americas

US ambassador to Indonesia concludes 9-month tenure

United States Ambassador to Indonesia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir will conclude her mission in Jakarta later this month, the US embassy stated on Tuesday, officially announcing the end of her nine-month long tenure in the country. 

1 week ago
americas

Trump approval rating dips; many wary of his wielding of power, new poll finds

Some 42 percent of respondents to the six-day poll approved of Trump's performance as president, down from 43 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted three weeks earlier, and from 47 percent in the hours after his January 20 inauguration.

1 week ago
americas

Pope Francis, who shook up Church with simplicity, dies on Easter Monday

Francis inherited a deeply divided Church after the resignation in 2013 of his predecessor, Benedict XVI. The conservative-progressive gap became a chasm after Francis was elected the first non-European pope in 1,300 years.

1 week ago
americas

Thousands rally against Trump across US cities

In Washington, protesters voiced concern that Trump was threatening long-respected constitutional norms, including the right to due process.

1 week ago
europe

Trump urges Russia to stop attacks

Speaking to reporters in New Jersey, Trump said he was disappointed that Russia has continued to attack Ukraine, and said his one-on-one meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican on Saturday had gone well. 

2 days ago
europe

Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'

Francis strove for "a Church determined to take care of the problems of people and the great anxieties that tear the contemporary world apart".

3 days ago
europe

More than 250,000 at Pope Francis' funeral 'with an open heart'

The crowds, packed with young people, applauded as the pope's coffin was carried out of St Peter's Basilica by white gloved pallbearers, accompanied by more than 200 red-robed cardinals.

4 days ago
europe

Moscow has right to use nuclear weapons if attacked by West, TASS reports

Shoigu's comments come as US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have warned that Washington could walk away from trying to negotiate a peace settlement in Ukraine if there is no progress on a deal soon.

6 days ago
europe

Crowds bid farewell to Pope Francis in first day of lying in state

Pilgrims and tourists queued for hours to file past the open coffin of the Argentine pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88.

6 days ago
middle-east-africa

WFP says has depleted all Gaza food stocks as Israel blocks aid

WFP, one of the main providers of food assistance in the Palestinian territory, said it had "delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens in the Gaza Strip" on Friday.

4 days ago
middle-east-africa

Trump poised to offer Saudi Arabia over $100 billion arms package

The offered package comes after the administration of former President Joe Biden unsuccessfully tried to finalize a defense pact with Riyadh as part of a broad deal that envisioned Saudi Arabia normalizing ties with Israel. 

5 days ago
middle-east-africa

Israel's unmanned bulldozers breaking ground in Gaza war

This is the Robdozer, a fortified engineering vehicle manned remotely, and in this case operated from a military expo halfway across the globe in Alabama.

1 week ago
middle-east-africa

Iran, US to hold talks in Rome in bid to reach nuclear deal

Tehran has sought to tamp down expectations of a quick deal, after some Iranian officials speculated that sanctions could be lifted soon.

1 week ago
middle-east-africa

MUI urges Prabowo to evaluate Gaza evacuation plan

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) is calling on President Prabowo Subianto to reassess his plan to evacuate 1,000 Gaza residents to Indonesia for temporary recovery.

2 weeks ago

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