The global agreement on plastic pollution, which is expected to be produced on Thursday, will be a ‘point of no return’, which requires high commitment from all countries in order to eradicate the problem once and for all, according to Southeast Asian environmental activists.

Amid today’s increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape, the government is turning to its overseas citizens as strategic partners in safeguarding the nation’s future and strengthening the economy, officials said at the second Diaspora Global Summit in Central Jakarta on Tuesday.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out his vision of victory in Gaza following 22 months of war --- with the military ordered to attack the last remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza City and the central camps further south.

Lula conducted a five-day state visit to China in May, when he told a forum for cooperation between Beijing and Latin America that his region did not want to "start a new Cold War".

United Nations investigators said on Tuesday they have found evidence of systematic torture by Myanmar security forces and identified some of the senior perpetrators.

Trump has been vague about his expectations for the Alaska summit with Putin on Friday, describing it as a "feel-out meeting" to gauge the Russian leader's ideas for ending the war in Ukraine.

Bangladesh shelters more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in camps in its southeastern district of Cox's Bazar, the world's largest refugee settlement.

Japan faces with growing urgency the question of how to carry forward the moral voice for ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

Talks on sealing a landmark treaty to tackle the global scourge of plastic pollution were still stuck in second gear on Monday, with time running out to bridge the chasm between the most ambitious countries and oil-producing states.

Donald Trump on Monday deployed military and federal law enforcement to curb violent crime in Washington, seeking to cement his claim to be a "law and order" president with a crackdown that he said could be expanded to other major US cities.

Indonesia and Peru signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on Monday, with President Prabowo Subianto and his counterpart Dina Boluarte pledging to boost economic ties as the two countries mark their 50th diplomatic anniversary.

Two warships that are part of the UK Carrier Strike Group HMS Prince of Wales visited Jakarta in late June.

Indonesia's first Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft succesfully made its maiden flight from Seville, Spain, on Aug. 1

The incident occurred near the contested Scarborough Shoal as the Philippine coast guard escorted boats distributing aid to fishermen in the area, spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela said in a statement.

Several countries, including France, Britian and Canada, have announced plans to recognize statehood for Palestinians since Israel launched a bombardment of Gaza nearly two years ago in response to the Hamas attacks.

The attack was the latest to see journalists targeted in the 22-month war in Gaza, with around 200 media workers killed over the course of the conflict, according to media watchdogs.

Liu Jianchao, head of a department under the ruling Communist Party that oversees relations with foreign political parties, was "taken away" after returning to Beijing from a work trip abroad in late July, according to people familiar with the matter, the report said.

The Israeli military admitted in a statement to targeting Anas al-Sharif, the reporter it labelled as a "terrorist" affiliated with Hamas.

South Korea's military shrank by 20 percent in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely due to a sharp drop in the population of males of enlistment age for mandatory service in the country with the world's lowest birthrate, a report said on Sunday.

Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on how far the proposed agreement should go.

Regardless of ongoing talks over the disputed maritime area, the two countries see eye to eye on codeveloping Ambalat for resources.

A plan for a major military offensive proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to occupy Gaza further is a violation of international laws and a set of United Nations charters, according to the Foreign Ministry.

President Prabowo Subianto joined the annual parade to mark Singapore’s 60th anniversary of independence on Saturday, as part of diplomatic efforts to strengthen ties between the two countries.

Thousands took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday to call for an end to the war in Gaza, a day after the Israeli government vowed to expand the conflict and capture Gaza City.

European leaders welcomed on Saturday US President Donald Trump's plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine, while stressing the need to keep pressure on Moscow and protect Ukrainian and European security interests.

The territory is home to about three million Palestinians. Excluding Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, it is also home to around half a million Israelis living in settlements considered illegal under international law. 

"A crisis that could threaten the survival of humanity, such as a nuclear war, is looming over each and every one of us living on this planet," said Nagasaki mayor Shiro Suzuki.