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New Foreign Minister Sugiono in Russia for BRICS summit

Foreign Minister Sugiono is in Russia on Wednesday to attend the BRICS summit bloc of emerging economies, during which he will deliver a message of world peace and call for unity among the countries of the Global South.

8 months ago
Europe

Modi tells Putin that India wants peace in Ukraine

The BRICS summit takes place as global finance chiefs gather in Washington amid war in the Middle East as well as Ukraine, a flagging Chinese economy and worries that the US presidential election could ignite new trade battles. ...

8 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Israel says killed Nasrallah's apparent successor in Beirut strike

The army said the air force had hit Hezbollah's main intelligence headquarters in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Hezbollah's stronghold in the Lebanese capital, and that more than 25 Hezbollah militants were present at the time. ...

8 months ago

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Indonesia condemns Israel’s attack on Gaza hospital

The Indonesian Hospital in Gaza has sustained multiple attacks in the past few days, including a siege on Saturday that led to the death of two patients treated in the facility, amid Israeli forces' intensified operations in the northern part of the territory.

8 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Indonesia hospital under fire as Israeli forces deepen operations in northern Gaza

Troops rounded up men and ordered women to leave the Jabalia historic refugee camp, they said. An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia killed five people and wounded several others, medics said. 

8 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Vietnam parliament elects army general as state president

Cuong was elected with the vote of all the 440 deputies who attended the parliament session on Monday.

8 months ago
Asia & Pacific

China launches live-fire exercise in Taiwan Strait

China's Communist Party has never ruled the island, but it claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce the use of force to bring it under its control.

8 months ago
Europe

Moldova's EU referendum goes to wire after Sandu decries vote meddling

The tight finish - with fewer than 1.5 percent of the ballots still to be counted - is far from a resounding endorsement of the pro-EU path that Sandu has pursued over four years at the helm of the small ex-Soviet republic tugged between Russia and the West.

8 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Russian navy ships arrive in Myanmar for joint drills

Four corvettes and a logistics vessel from Russia's Pacific Fleet arrived at Thilawa port in Yangon on Sunday "to join the second Myanmar-Russia joint maritime security exercise", the Global New Light of Myanmar said.

8 months ago
Middle East and Africa

US envoy Hochstein to hold ceasefire talks with Lebanese officials, sources say

Israel has demanded its IDF forces be allowed to engage in "active enforcement" to make sure Hezbollah doesn't rearm and rebuild its military infrastructure close to the border, Axios reported, citing an Israeli official.

8 months ago
Middle East and Africa

US says THAAD anti-missile system is 'in place' in Israel

THAAD, or the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, is a critical part of the U.S. military's layered air defense systems and adds to Israel's already formidable anti-missile defenses.

8 months ago
Middle East and Africa

In escalation, Israel bombs Hezbollah-linked finance group

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon said the Israeli army had "deliberately" damaged one of their positions, the latest incident reported by the force.

8 months ago
Asia & Pacific

King Charles greets happy crowds, a protesting MP and one alpaca on visit to Canberra

Charles' 16th official visit to Australia is also his first major foreign trip since being diagnosed with cancer in February.

8 months ago
Middle East and Africa premium

Palestine gets spotlight on inauguration day

The inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary session on Oct. 20 saw Palestine become a talking point of several figures, including the newly inaugurated president.

8 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Russia, Indonesia to hold joint navy drills in November, TASS says

Tolchenov said three Russian navy corvettes would take part in the exercise which "will be seen both by our friends and enemies".

8 months ago
Asia & Pacific

UK foreign minister looks to deepen security ties with Indonesia, South Korea

His visit to South Korea comes days after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accusedNorth Korea of preparing to send 10,000 soldiers to help Moscow's war effort, raising US concerns. NATO chief Mark Rutte has said there was no evidence of Pyongyang's presence at this stage.

8 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Xi says to deepen ties with new President Prabowo: state media

Xi said "China and Indonesia have traditionally been friendly neighbours, and the two countries' comprehensive strategic partnership has continued to steadily improve and has entered a new stage of building toward a shared future," according to the CCTV report.

8 months ago
Europe

French street artist pays tribute to victim in mass rape trial

The 71-year-old woman has become a feminist icon in France since the trial of Dominique Pelicot and dozens others opened last month in the southern French city of Avignon.

9 months ago
Europe

'Unique sensation': Young climber scales French skyscrapers

It is dangerous. It is illegal. And his parents do not approve. But Titouan Leduc is not planning to give up his passion of urban climbing any time soon.

9 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Gaza 'hell on Earth' for one million children: UN

"Gaza is the real-world embodiment of hell on Earth for its one million children. And it's getting worse, day by day."

9 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Foreign workers trapped and terrified in Lebanon's conflict

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says Lebanon hosts more than 177,000 migrant workers, primarily from Africa and Asia, while another estimate from Human Rights Watch has quoted Lebanon's Labour Ministry as saying the number is around 250,000.

9 months ago
Middle East and Africa

'The killings continue': Sinwar death brings no respite for Gazans

Despite repeated vows that eliminating Sinwar was a key war aim for Israel, raids continued in the besieged enclave in the hours after Israel announced the death of the militant leader they have long accused of masterminding the Oct. 7 attacks last year.

9 months ago
Asia & Pacific

North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country

The report comes a day after KCNA said North Korea amended its constitution to designate South Korea a "hostile state" and dropped unification of the two countries as a goal.

9 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Unease grows within France over Macron Israel comments

The remarks attributed to Macron during a cabinet meeting Tuesday that Israel needed to adhere to UN resolutions in its campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza as it was created by the world body have angered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

9 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Biden hails Yahya Sinwar death as 'good day'

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee in November's US election, added that Israel's killing of the mastermind of the October 7, 2023 attacks was a chance to "finally end the war in Gaza."

9 months ago
Americas

Los Angeles Archdiocese reaches US$880 million sex abuse settlement

In California, the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the dioceses of Oakland and San Diego have filed for bankruptcy to resolve similar abuse claims.

9 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Israel strikes Syrian city, US pounds Huthis in Yemen

In Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen, Israel's main ally the United States conducted multiple B-2 bomber strikes on weapon storage facilities, according to the US military and defense department.

9 months ago
Asia & Pacific

Climate-hit Pacific Islands plot landmark UN court case

In 2020, Vanuatu emitted 121,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared to neighboring Australia's 379 million tonnes, according to data from the World Bank. 

9 months ago
Europe

Australia to send fleet of ageing Abrams tanks to Ukraine

The M1A1 Abrams tanks -- weighing over 60 tonnes and equipped with heavy firepower -- were due to be decommissioned starting next year. 

9 months ago
Middle East and Africa

Iran says attack on nuclear sites improbable

After Iran's missile attack on Israel on Oct. 1, there has been speculation that Israel could strike Iran's nuclear facilities, as it has long threatened to do.

9 months ago
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