The agreement, clinched in overtime at the two-week conference in Azerbaijan's capital, was meant to provide momentum for international efforts to curb global warming in a year destined to be the hottest on record.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese raised the prisoner issue during a meeting with Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Peru.

Six tourists died of suspected methanol poisoning after a night out in the Laos backpacker hotspot of Vang Vieng last week.

From January to October, an average of 50 complaints per month related to deepfake sex crimes were reported to public complaint platforms, a 1.7-fold increase from the 30 monthly complaints reported on average in 2023.

At least four people were killed and 23 wounded in the attack in Beirut's Basta neighborhood, Hezbollah's al-Manar broadcaster reported, citing the health ministry.

The UN and others have repeatedly decried humanitarian conditions, particularly in northern Gaza where Israel said Friday it had killed two commanders involved in Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the war.

Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from Trump's first term, wants to reassert American energy dominance, and believes it is necessary to deal with the budget deficit.

Trump, who was to have been sentenced on Nov. 26, fought to block that proceeding before he succeeds Joe Biden in January.

Moves to extradite foreign nationals convicted in Indonesia to their origin country could be accommodated in a mutual legal assistance (MLA) in criminal matters with a partner country. It is also within the President’s authority to make any decision based on mutual benefits, humanity and human rights considerations, as well as the relationship with the country in question, despite the lack of regulations on the matter.

Japan and Indonesia face similar challenges as maritime nations to ensure maritime security in the region, leading to a commitment of strengthening defense cooperation. 

Prabowo is currently on an overseas tour that has included stops in China and the United States, and Peru and Brazil for the APEC and G20 summits respectively. He was headed to Britain on Wednesday to meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles, his office said.

The streamlined text released in Azerbaijan recognizes developing countries need a trillion dollars per year to fight global warming, but does not present a much-sought figure needed to land the deal.

US authorities said Adani and seven other defendants, including his nephew Sagar Adani, agreed to pay the bribes to Indian government officials to obtain contracts expected to yield $2 billion of profit over 20 years, and develop India's largest solar power plant project.

The President received a red carpet welcome on Wednesday when he arrived in the United Kingdom, the final stop on his five-country tour.

Amid concerns that United States policy will become more protectionist and transactional when president-elect Donald Trump takes office in January of next year, the US ambassador to Indonesia said on Wednesday that the ties between Washington and Jakarta would continue on the basis of their mutual interests.

Baznas has raised over Rp 310 billion (US$19.9 million) of funds for Palestine and has already sent Rp 101 billion worth of aid.

Indonesia has agreed to send Mary Jane Veloso back to the Philippines after years of attempts by her home country and international human rights groups to save the drug convict from death row.

Since Nov. 11, China has reeled under news of a driver reportedly angry at his divorce settlement killing 35 people by ramming his car into a crowd in Zhuhai; a former student on as  stabbing rampage at a vocational college in Wuxi killing eight; and a car ploughing into a crowd of school children and pedestrians in the city of Changde on Tuesday. 

Deputy Foreign Minister Anis Matta urges OIC and Arab League member states to pressure Israel economically in support of Palestine.

Russia said its forces shot down five of six missiles fired at a military facility in the Bryansk region. Debris of one hit the facility, starting a fire that was swiftly put out and caused no casualties or damage, it said.

President Prabowo Subianto has witnessed the signing of a deal between Brazil’s aerospace giant Embraer and state-owned PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) to advance their collaboration in commercial aviation, saying that he is eager to “increase the capacity” of the national aircraft maker.

The pledge from Chinese policymakers at the Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit comes amid growing geopolitical tensions following Donald Trump's election as the next US president, and a destabilizing slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

The decision to change Russia's official nuclear doctrine is the Kremlin's answer to a reported decision by the administration of US President Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to fire American long-range missiles deep into Russia.

International condemnation was swift, with Western countries and rights groups slamming the sentencing as evidence of the erosion of political freedoms in the city since Beijing imposed a security law in 2020.

With two months left in office, lame-duck US President Biden made a major policy change that yields to a long-standing request from Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion, now in its third year.

China Coast Guard patrol vessel CCG 5402 entered the Indonesian exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Natuna Sea three times in late October, the Bakamla chief said.

Biden has been making a last pitch for global support on issues from Ukraine and Gaza to climate change before Donald Trump returns to the White House.