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Middle East and Africa

Gaza aid surge having an impact but challenges remain

Over the past week, United Nations officials have reported "minor incidents of looting" but they say they are hopeful that these will cease once the aid surge has worked its way through.

3 months ago
Europe

WHO chief to cut costs, reset priorities after US exit, document shows

The UN confirmed on Thursday that the United States was due to withdraw from the WHO on Jan. 22, 2026, after a one-year notice period required under a 1948 joint resolution of the US Congress. ...

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific

South Korea court rejects request to extend Yoon's detention

Yoon, impeached and suspended from power on Dec. 14, has been incarcerated since last week while investigators probe his attempt to impose martial law. ...

3 months ago

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Middle East and Africa

West Bank violence imperils Gaza ceasefire, UN rights office warns

Hundreds of Jenin residents fled their homes as the military demolished a number of houses on the third day of a major operation in the West Bank city on Thursday.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific premium

FM Sugiono pushes for Myanmar crisis resolution in Davos talks

The crisis in Myanmar has posed serious challenges both within and outside the country, Sugiono said, while also appealing for foreign partners to channel assistance through the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Center). 

3 months ago
Europe premium

UK, Indonesia launch sustainable infrastructure program

Indonesia and the United Kingdom have launched an infrastructure program that seeks to advance Indonesia’s sustainable development, following President Prabowo Subianto’s trip to London last November, during which the two countries’ leaders announced a “new strategic partnership”. 

3 months ago
Americas premium

Sugiono, US Secretary of State Rubio talk regional security in first phone call

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono on Wednesday to reaffirm the countries’ bilateral relationship and Washington’s commitment to upkeep “maritime security in the South China Sea”.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Prabowo to meet Modi to discuss security, economic cooperation

The President is set to head to New Delhi on Friday for his first official visit to India, where he is to meet with the Indian premier to discuss various areas of bilateral cooperation.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Nearly 200 Bangkok schools close over air pollution

Seasonal air pollution has long afflicted Thailand, like many countries in the region, as colder, stagnant winter air combines with smoke from crop stubble burning and car fumes.

3 months ago
Europe

Germany's crisis-hit economy casts shadow over election

Insolvencies and layoffs have cast doubt on the town's future prosperity, echoing wider anxieties in Europe's biggest economy as it heads toward February 23 elections.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Hundreds wed as Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force

The new marriage law uses gender-neutral terms in place of "men", "women", "husbands" and "wives", also clearing the way for transgender people to wed, and grants adoption and inheritance rights to all married couples.

3 months ago
Americas

Prabowo congratulates Trump on inauguration

The Indonesian President posted a message on X on Tuesday to congratulate his newly installed US counterpart and to convey his government's commitment to continuing bilateral cooperation.

3 months ago
Middle East and Africa premium

Indonesia calls on UNSC to work toward lasting peace in Gaza

Indonesia’s senior diplomat has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to make haste on securing lasting peace in Gaza as the truce between Israeli forces and Palestinian militant group Hamas entered its third day.

3 months ago
Americas

Musk's hand gesture during Trump inauguration festivities draws scrutiny

Musk dismissed criticism of the hand gesture as a "tired" attack.

3 months ago
Americas

Trump leaves Paris climate agreement, doubles down on fossil fuels

The Republican leader also declared a "national energy emergency" to expand drilling in the world's top oil and gas producer, said he would scrap vehicle emissions standards that amount to an "electric vehicle mandate," and vowed to halt offshore wind farms, a frequent target of his scorn.

3 months ago
Americas

Trump orders US exit from the World Health Organization

Trump said the WHO had failed to act independently from the "inappropriate political influence of WHO member states" and required "unfairly onerous payments" from the US that are disproportionate to the sums provided by other, larger countries, such as China.

3 months ago
Americas

Trump says to declare national emergency at border, use military

The 47th US president will set to work almost immediately with a series of presidential decrees intended to drastically reduce the number of migrants entering the country.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Sugiono reaffirms new administration’s support for ASEAN

Foreign Minister Sugiono has called for unity and the strengthening of ASEAN institutional capacity, underlining that it was “no longer possible” for Southeast Asian countries to go it alone as the current geopolitical landscape continues to present threats to the stability and security of the region.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific

China's frugal young adults accelerate saving, raising economic risks

According to data from Yu'e Bao, an online money market fund on the Alipay app, users born after 2000 each made an average of 20 deposits a month as of the end of 2024.

3 months ago
Middle East and Africa premium

Jakarta ‘never heard’ of Trump’s plan to relocate Gazans to Indonesia

The government has never heard of a proposal suggesting that United States president-elect Donald Trump might relocate some Palestinians in Gaza to Indonesia, the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta said on Monday, as the long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas takes effect.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Top Beijing official urges Elon Musk to deepen ties with China

Han -- who is set to attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump later on Monday -- met with Musk and other American business representatives on Sunday, Xinhua said.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Australia foreign minister says Quad in Washington shows 'iron-clad' commitment

Republican Senator Marco Rubio appears on track for confirmation as Trump's secretary of state on Monday, clearing the way for meeting of Quad foreign ministers the following day, people familiar with the matter previously said.

3 months ago
Americas premium

Yusril considers repatriating Hambali from Guantanamo

“Hambali has been held at Guantanamo Bay for quite some time, but he has yet to be put on trial,” the minister added.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia repatriates two trafficking victims from Myanmar

Two Indonesian migrant workers returned home over the weekend after being held against their will and forced into working for an online scam operation in Myanmar’s rebel-controlled Myawaddy border region.

3 months ago
Americas

TikTok addicts see silver lining in US ban

Owned by China’s ByteDance, the app faces a complete US ban on Sunday unless it finds a non-Chinese buyer.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Two Cambodian deminers killed by anti-tank mine

The Southeast Asian nation remains littered with discarded ammunition and arms from decades of war starting in the 1960s.

3 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Displaced Gazans awaiting truce so they can go home

Most of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once by the Israel-Hamas war to other parts of the territory.

3 months ago
Americas

TikTok's US future in limbo after Supreme Court ruling

The court unanimously ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated legitimate national security concerns about a Chinese company owning the app.

3 months ago
Americas

Trump, Xi speak by phone, vow improved ties despite threats

Trump in the election campaign threatened China and other US trading partners with huge tariffs, but he has also said he is open to talks with Xi, a leader he has long openly admired.

3 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Myanmar, South China Sea to feature in ASEAN ministers' retreat in Langkawi

Other issues to be touched on at the meeting include cross-border online scams and human trafficking.

3 months ago
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