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'Fresh meat’: A new recruit completes an obstacle course on March 21 during basic training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.
'Fresh meat’: A new recruit completes an obstacle course on March 21 during basic training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.`
Europe

Indonesia probes citizens alleged to have fought for Russia in Ukraine

The information, which came from Ukrainian authorities, was being verified with several ministries and government institutions, the foreign ministry in Jakarta said in a statement.

7 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Sarawak eyes cloud seeding as haze worsens

Indonesia has for weeks battled wildfires that have led to school closures and thousands of people requiring medical treatment, with smoke also drifting across to Malaysia and Singapore.

8 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods

The unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris on the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday – blamed on a glacier collapse – killed more than 900 people and nearly 5,000 are still missing.

10 hours ago

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Middle East and Africa premium

Indonesia presses Muslim world to move beyond condemnation on Gaza

Indonesia has urged the Muslim world to establish a mechanism to hold Israel accountable for its actions against Palestinians.

10 hours ago
Europe

Spanish PM says disinformation on Ceuta crisis was spread by Russia, Israel

Sanchez said it was "evident" that the two countries had used the crisis to criticise the Spanish government, as they were at odds with Madrid over its position on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

11 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

South Korea seeks incentives to deepen nickel partnership with Indonesia

Nickel-based batteries used by many South Korean manufacturers face increasing competition from lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, which contain no nickel and are generally cheaper to produce.

12 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Indonesia, US and allies launch annual military drill

Indonesia maintains a neutral foreign policy, what it calls "free and active," as it walks a diplomatic tightrope seeking good relations with both Washington and Beijing.

12 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia, New Zealand eye closer food, energy cooperation

Among points agreed during the meeting in Auckland was New Zealand’s support for Indonesia to fund food security and nutrition programs in eastern Indonesia aimed at tackling stunting issues in the regions, according to statements issued by both countries’ foreign ministries.

19 hours ago
asia-pacific

Indonesia, US and allies launch annual military drill

Indonesia maintains a neutral foreign policy, what it calls "free and active," as it walks a diplomatic tightrope seeking good relations with both Washington and Beijing.

12 hours ago
asia-pacific

N. Korea defense minister dismissed: State media

North Korea's defense minister has been dismissed as part of a reshuffle of the country's military leadership, state media reported Sunday.

1 day ago
asia-pacific

China identifies countries of 261 foreigners missing in Himalayan mudslide

China on Sunday said 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries were missing on the Tibetan side of a border crossing with Nepal following a mudslide which tore through the Himalayan region, while the death toll in Tibet has reached 16 people.

1 day ago
asia-pacific

Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000

The deluge of ice and mud caused huge lakes to form, and one of these formations has become a direct threat to emergency workers scouring the region for survivors.

2 days ago
asia-pacific

Death toll nears 400, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods

Many of the missing are foreign tourists, including trekkers in the Himalayan nation, as well as scores of Hindu pilgrims to Tibet's sacred snow-capped Mount Kailash.

3 days ago
americas

Trump heads into midterms short on foreign policy wins

With the Iran war now at a costly standoff and crises from Ukraine to Gaza still unresolved, President Donald Trump's ambitious foreign policy agenda appears stuck as he heads into November's midterm elections.

1 week ago
americas

Race to reach trapped Colombia quake survivors offers hope

Authorities said on Friday that 287 people had been killed and nearly 4,000 injured, while nearly 400 others were still missing.

2 weeks ago
americas

Meta meets its own 'tobacco' moment in court

After a coalition of states sued Meta in 2023 for allegedly designing addictive features for kids in its apps, four states were selected to represent their claims: California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey.

2 weeks ago
americas

Colombians dig through rubble as quake death toll surpasses 240

Rescuers, soldiers and volunteers searched through collapsed apartment blocks and office buildings Tuesday across western Colombia, racing to find survivors after the country's strongest earthquake in a century killed at least 241 people and left many more homeless.

2 weeks ago
americas

More than 100 killed after strongest quake this century hits western Colombia

The quake struck just days after Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in as president, thrusting the new administration into its first major crisis, with memories still fresh of devastating twin earthquakes in neighboring Venezuela in June.

2 weeks ago
americas

Trump wants to close missions in Indonesia, Japan and Canada, sources say

The US State Department sent in notices to some congressional committees that it planned to close its posts in St. George's, Grenada; Nagoya, Japan; Medan, Indonesia; Douala, Cameroon; and Winnipeg, Canada.

3 weeks ago
americas

Trump says he's looking at AI controls after OpenAI rogue agent

"We're looking at controls. We're also making sure that we lead," Trump said when asked about the rogue agent. OpenAI CEOSam Altman met with US senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to talk about his company's upcoming models.

1 month ago
europe

Tests loom for popular UK PM Burnham as parliament returns

Andy Burnham has enjoyed a honeymoon first month as UK leader, but the hard trade-offs involved in governing are about to get real for the prime minister as parliament returns from its summer break in the coming days.

1 day ago
europe

Iceland votes on whether to resume EU membership talks

The issue of fisheries, a pillar of Iceland's economy and over which Reykjavik wants to retain exclusive control, would have to be hammered out with Brussels, which this time around appears more willing to compromise.

2 days ago
europe

Norway's new King Haakon, popular face of shaken monarchy

Haakon automatically succeeded to the throne Friday after his father, King Harald, passed away peacefully earlier in the day. He is due to swear an oath before the government later Friday.

3 days ago
europe

Switzerland eyes drone battalion by 2028

The ministry outlined plans for a civilian-military center for drones and robotics, consisting of a tech hub and a military command.

3 days ago
europe

UN, Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons

The head of the Red Cross and the United Nations on Tuesday warned that autonomous weapons that can kill people without human involvement could soon be used in conflicts and called for urgent negotiations to restrict their use.

6 days ago
europe

Ukraine backers gather as war escalates, air defense runs low

The escalating Russian strikes have pushed civilian deaths to their highest levels since the first months of Russia's 2022 invasion.

1 week ago
europe

UK forecasts 'biggest' El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year

If the forecast is accurate, then 2026 "will far exceed our recent experience of El Niño and its worldwide climate influences", according to the physicist with the Britain's weather agency.

1 week ago
middle-east-africa

Iran condemns US plans to announce new sanctions

Iran has denounced US plans to announce new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic's economy and have an impact on its most important trading partners including China.

1 week ago
middle-east-africa

US, Iran keep up hostile rhetoric ahead of new sanctions

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. Eastern time on Monday amid promises to reveal "the toughest sanctions in history" on Iran while also urging China to cooperate with Washington.

1 week ago
middle-east-africa

Trump warns of economic consequences for any country that supports Iran

US President Donald Trump warned of economic consequences against any country that provided "any type of lifeline to Iran" as the US looks to resolve a war it began alongside Israel nearly six months ago.

1 week ago
middle-east-africa

Kushner to meet Netanyahu after talks with Hamas on Gaza plan

President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner is to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding talks with Hamas leaders, as he tries to revive a Gaza peace plan that Israel has so far rejected.

2 weeks ago
middle-east-africa

Kushner meets with Hamas in push to revive Gaza plan

Two weeks after Hamas endorsed the latest stage of Trump's Gaza plan by saying it would hand over weapons to a new governing committee, Kushner pressed for verifiable disarmament, a key demand of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

2 weeks ago
middle-east-africa

Iran fires back at Trump's threat to declare Hormuz a US territory

Iran has fired back at US President Donald Trump's claim that he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz part of US territory, saying the crucial energy waterway it has blockaded "will remain Iranian".

2 weeks ago
middle-east-africa

Trump says will 'soon' declare Hormuz strait US territory

An unnamed White House official later clarified that Trump was joking, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

2 weeks ago

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