The government will bear a burden of 350 million rupees from the fre public transit policy, the Pakistani government said.

The US economy posted unexpectedly strong job gains in March, data showed Friday, in a development hailed by US President Donald Trump – but seen with caution by analysts.

FIFA says the rule has evolved from ideas designed "to enhance match tempo and reduce time-wasting," as well as to promote a more attacking style of play.

President Prabowo Subianto is hardly known for his commitment to human rights, not since taking up the presidency in October 2024 and certainly not during his Army years. He rarely addresses the issue in public, delegating it instead to his Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai to answer questions on the topic. 

The Artemis 2 astronauts are due to loop around the Moon early next week, a feat not accomplished in more than 50 years.

A blast took place inside a UNIFIL facility near El Adeisse on Friday afternoon local time, injuring three Indonesian peacekeepers, two of whom were seriously wounded.

Zelenskiy proposed a halt in strikes for Easter holidays, and said Ukraine would reciprocate if Russia stopped attacks on the energy sector, but Moscow rejected the idea.

It is the first time since 2022 that the pope has personally taken part in the Way of the Cross, which has been organized at the Colosseum since 1964.

The prospect of a US service person being alive and on the run inside Iran raises the stakes for Washington in a conflict with low public support and no sign of an imminent end.

Just 221 commodities vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since March 1, some more than once, down from around 120 daily transits during peacetime.

Using metabolomics as her compass, the scientist is turning food products like civet coffee, cocoa and tempeh into data-backed ambassadors of Indonesia’s mega biodiversity.

The government’s temporary restriction on platforms operated by nonprofit organization Wikimedia Foundation has raised concerns among digital rights advocates, who warn that arbitrary controls risk undermining citizens’ access to free knowledge and freedom of expression.

Indonesia’s participation in the United States-led Board of Peace (BoP) is facing growing domestic opposition, with a recent national survey showing most Indonesians disapprove of joining US President Donald Trump’s initiative and deploying troops amid the escalating US-Israeli war against Iran.

Minister Raja Juli expressed confidence that the collaboration would bring substantial benefits to Indonesia, especially as the country faces heightened wildfire risks this year.

Clean energy is the cure.  Because sunlight and wind don’t depend on vulnerable shipping straits.

Prosecutors charged Amsal Christy Sitepu for allegedly putting marked-up budgets on his proposal to make profile videos for 20 villages in Karo regency, North Sumatra, from 2020 to 2022. 

This year's Easter brings a different kind of anxiety: the US-Israeli war on Iran is weaponized, especially through social media, as a religious conflict to stir fanaticism and radicalize the public.

Indonesia’s major Islamic organizations have expressed solidarity with Iran, backing the country’s call for a unified response to what it describes as military aggression by the United States and Israel, and urging a swift end to the conflict as tensions in the Middle East escalate.

Indonesia is coordinating closely with the United Nations to repatriate the bodies of three Indonesian peacekeepers killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon last week, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed, with the remains expected to return home in the next few days.

Caps on how much fuel motorists may buy per day could be troublesome to enforce on the ground and will not eliminate the fiscal headache of high global oil prices.

The coup-leading general—who swept aside democracy in 2021, detaining elected figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi and dissolving her party—was anointed by pro-military MPs installed in a recent election overseen by the junta he leads.

At least 12 people have made reports to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) about the online abuse they received on social media and other online communication platforms and requested the commission’s protection.

At least one person was killed after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Maluku Sea rocked North Sulawesi and North Maluku and triggered tsunami waves that reached up to 0.75 meters in height.

The proposed reforms were unveiled after index provider MSCI warned in late January that the country was ​at risk of being downgraded amid concerns about a lack of transparency around stock ownership and ​trading.

"The Iranian Foreign Minister assured the (Foreign) Secretary that Iran will allow the safe, unhindered, and expeditious passage through the Strait of Hormuz of Philippine-flagged vessels, energy sources, and all Filipino seafarers," the foreign affairs department said in a statement.

The US president on Wednesday unleashed his latest broadside against Macron during a private lunch as he lambasted NATO allies for not joining the war against Iran.

India sources most of its palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, while soy oil and sunflower oil are imported mainly from Argentina, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine.