President Prabowo Subianto’s recent visits to Southeast Asian neighbors have yet to dispel concerns over his lack of engagement with ASEAN as an institution, analysts say, warning that Indonesia risks drifting from its historic leadership role in the region in favor of bilateral diplomacy.
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23 hours agoWHO's annual assembly is expected to adopt a landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics on Tuesday, after a top committee in the UN agency unanimously approved it.
23 hours agoMany claims have been made by the United States about settling other disputes, such as in the Middle East and in Ukraine, but there has been no peace there.
1 day agoIndonesia and Thailand have agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership in defense and trade, following President Prabowo Subianto’s visit to Bangkok just one week before the ASEAN summit in Malaysia.
1 day agoNavy chief of staff Adm. Muhammad Ali visited the United Arab Emirates and Turkey last week to strengthen cooperation, as well as visiting a number of defense companies in both countries.
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1 day agoIsrael will allow a "basic amount" of food into the Gaza Strip, the prime minister's office has said, after facing mounting pressure to lift a total blockade imposed more than two months ago.
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1 day agoHundreds of officials from the World Health Organization will join donors and diplomats in Geneva from Monday with one question dominating their thoughts – how to cope with crises from mpox to cholera without their main funder, the United States.
2 days agoPresident Prabowo Subianto is in Bangkok on Monday for an official visit, as he reconvenes with Thailand’s leaders to strengthen bilateral ties ahead of his first ASEAN summit in Malaysia and amid regional concerns over the ongoing tariff war started by the United States.
2 days agoPope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalizing the poor, before an audience including JD Vance and tens of thousands of pilgrims.
2 days agoThe US embassy in Libya denied on Sunday a report that the US government was working on a plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
2 days agoA Mexican Navy sailing ship festooned with lights and a giant flag crashed into the landmark Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, shearing the top of its masts, killing two people and injuring 17 others, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said.
2 days agoFamilies of some of the 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes plan to object to a tentative nonprosecution agreement between the planemaker and the US Justice Department, a lawyer said on Saturday.
2 days agoThe talks in Turkey on Friday were the first time the sides had held face-to-face talks since March 2022, weeks after Russia's full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour.
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3 days agoSugiono said Macron would kick off his two-day visit to Indonesia on May 27, while Li is scheduled to arrive earlier.
4 days agoSugiono said the 1945 State Constitution had given the mandate for the Indonesian government to join any efforts that would lead to the creation of the global peace.
4 days agoUS military service branches take pride in their history and anniversary celebrations, called birthdays, across the United States and on bases around the world.
4 days agoKUKB chair Jeffry Pondaag has urged the administration of President Prabowo Subianto to take a firm stance on postindependence atrocities committed by Dutch forces ahead of Indonesia's 80th independence anniversary this year.
4 days agoDemocrats Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, Brian Schatz and Tim Kaine, and Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, introduced resolutions of disapproval in the Senate that would block three arms sales to the UAE.
4 days agoThe EU accused TikTok on Thursday of breaking digital rules after concluding that the Chinese-owned social media platform was not transparent enough about advertisements.
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