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Wiranto's stabbing: What's wrong with our nation?

Opinion 6 years ago

Wiranto's stabbing: What's wrong with our nation?

The perpetrators of the attack should be punished for the crime and for posing a threat to the nation. We cannot pretend as if nothing wrong has happened to this country, or else the evil acts will repeat in a more destructive way.

Think tank urges repatriation of Indonesian children as threats of IS rebirth loom in Syrian camps

National 6 years ago

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Think tank urges repatriation of Indonesian children as threats of IS rebirth loom in Syrian camps

In a report released on Tuesday, the think tank argued that repatriation remained a nonpriority "for anyone in government", urging the authorities to begin with identifying vulnerable groups, such as children, given that they could face threatening conditions and further radicalization in the camps.

Police investigate ‘IS’ bomb threat at Pattimura University in Ambon

National 6 years ago

Police investigate ‘IS’ bomb threat at Pattimura University in Ambon

Police are investigating a bomb threat at Pattimura University’s School of Economics in Ambon amid rising fears of radicalism in academia.

Amid more intolerance, don’t welcome IS returnees

Opinion 6 years ago

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Amid more intolerance, don’t welcome IS returnees

Instead of embracing returnees on behalf of human rights, the government must consider long term consequences if such decisions are ever made. #opinion

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State group's elusive leader

World 6 years ago

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State group's elusive leader

After declaring himself caliph in 2014, Baghdadi held sway over seven million people across swathes of Syria and Iraq, where IS implemented its brutal version of Islamic law.

German IS woman on trial accused of letting Yazidi 'slave' girl die of thirst

World 6 years ago

German IS woman on trial accused of letting Yazidi 'slave' girl die of thirst

Prominent London-based human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is part of the team representing the dead Yazidi girl's mother, but Clooney was not expected to appear in the Munich trial on Tuesday.

In Syria's Al-Hol camp, ultra-extremists fuel fear

World 6 years ago

In Syria's Al-Hol camp, ultra-extremists fuel fear

Among the hordes of Syrians and Iraqis, some 9,000 foreigners are held in a fenced section of the encampment, under the watch of Kurdish forces.

IS sympathizers from Indonesia want to come home amid dire conditions in camp

National 6 years ago

IS sympathizers from Indonesia want to come home amid dire conditions in camp

Indonesians taking refuge at the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp in Al-Hasakah, Syria, are begging to come home because supplies are starting to run out.

Islamic State defeated, 'caliphate' eliminated: SDF

World 6 years ago

Islamic State defeated, 'caliphate' eliminated: SDF

The SDF has been battling to capture Baghouz at the Iraqi border for weeks.

'Never-ending' numbers in last IS scrap shock US-backed fighters

World 6 years ago

'Never-ending' numbers in last IS scrap shock US-backed fighters

The International Rescue Committee on Friday said as many as 12,000 people from Baghouz have arrived in one camp for non-combatants in northeast Syria over the past 48 hours, including some 6,000 people on Thursday alone.

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