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View all search resultsPenny Williams, a former Australian high commissioner to Malaysia, has been appointed the new Australian ambassador to Indonesia, replacing outgoing envoy Gary Quinlan, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced.
During the Trump administration, Jokowi never visited the White House and Trump never visited Indonesia, an indication that not much was going on between the two countries at the leadership level.
Beijing, which claims the democratically run island as its own territory, has been angered by stepped-up support for Taiwan from the outgoing Trump administration, including trips to Taipei by senior US officials.
The government had given the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) until Wednesday to lay down their arms or face an assault on Mekelle, the regional capital of 500,000 people. The United Nations says 200 aid workers are also in the city.
South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator will hold talks with officials in Washington on Thursday amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an inter-Korean liaison office and threatened military action.