Today, the currents shaping the relationship between the Indo-Pacific’s two largest democracies are not trade winds, but the terabits flowing through fiber-optic cables and the instant signals of digital payment systems.

A deal under which Islamabad will take delivery of eight Hangor-class submarines by 2028 is "progressing smoothly," Admiral Naveed Ashraf told the Global Times in an interview published on Sunday, adding the submarines would boost Pakistan's ability to patrol the North Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.

The eight key members of the OPEC+ alliance, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, on Sunday said they had agreed a further slight hike to their oil production.

Changes to the international order have reinforced authoritarian regimes. 

Rewriting history is not inherently wrong, but when it is done opaquely with an aim to benefit the powers that be in today's regime, it not only negates facts but also the very journey our nation and people trod to get where we are.

President Prabowo Subianto and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have expressed their hope to continue the two countries’ defense cooperation, including on existing collaboration to develop fighter jets, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju.

ProJo leader Budi Arie Setiadi has said he intends to join President Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra Party, in a move that cements one of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s biggest supporter groups with the Prabowo administration.

Activists and female lawmakers have lauded a ruling from the Constitutional Court that requires the House of Representatives to have at least 30 percent female representation across all of its internal bodies, in hopes the decision will help improve the gender balance in the legislative structure. 

Average transactions in online gambling sites among North Sumatra provincial administration employees is less than Rp 10 million (US$600).

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Timor-Leste formally joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the group's summit in Kuala Lumpur, after a long wait, thanks in no small measure to the tireless support of Indonesia, which once brutally occupied the tiny territory. 

If the government fully enforces the ban, the move may hurt the income of hundreds of sellers of imported used clothes across Jakarta and prevent customers from buying affordable attire, according to thrift sellers and customers at Senen Market.

Of seven factions in the Pati DPRD, only the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) agreed with the impeachment motion, with six others preferring to recommend a performance improvement plan.

Awarding the national hero title for former president Soeharto, who was known for his 32 years of authoritarian rule, will betray the spirit of the reform movement of 1998 and the fight for justice for many victims of his crimes, activists have asserted.

There are a lot of things that can disqualify former New Order strongman Soeharto from being eligible to receive the status of a national hero. 

A new regulation allowing regional administrations and region- or state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to borrow money from the central government entails opportunities for local authorities but also poses risks to fiscal discipline, economists say.

BP-AKR stated that all governance and compliance aspects had been fully met, including aligning on the “commercial terms” that had been a sticking point for other industry players.

More than 25,000 schoolchildren had already joined the agency's "temporary learning spaces", while some 300,000 would follow online classes, according to the United Natons agency for Palestinian refugees.

The latest to be charged, a 38-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man, were arrested on Wednesday along with three other individuals, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.

Facing deepening fractures in the global trade order, Asia-Pacific leaders adopted a joint declaration that emphasized the need for resilience and shared benefits in trade at the end of the annual APEC summit on Saturday.

The United States Secretary of Defense proposed to ASEAN defense ministers the building of shared maritime domain awareness and said China had shown a lack of respect and threatened their territorial sovereignty.

Solidarity from people in other Southeast Asian nations may help support a people’s movement in a country and put more pressure on the government to make reforms on policies, experts and activists have said.

China said on Saturday it will exempt some Nexperia chips from an export ban that was imposed over a row with Dutch officials and has alarmed European businesses.

The Shenzhou-21 crew were also joined by four black mice, the first small mammals to be taken to the Chinese space station.

Wildlife trade monitor TRAFFIC, which battles the smuggling of wild animals and plants, warned in June of a "very troubling" trend in trafficking driven by the exotic pet trade.

Nusantara was designed as a green city, with only a quarter of its 252,000-ha site planned for development and the remainder preserved as green space.

PT Indosat Tbk, operating as Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, delivered a promising financial result in its third quarter of 2025, signaling steady growth across key financial indicators, despite a challenging macro environment. The success is attributed to its strong business fundamentals, disciplined execution and customer-centric strategy.