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Los Angeles fires expand as winds forecast to pick up

Despite huge firefighting efforts, the Palisades fire's expansion prompted evacuation orders in ritzy neighborhoods along its eastern flank.

18 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Thai suspect confesses to killing Cambodian ex-lawmaker

Lim Kimya, a former lawmaker for the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was gunned down on Tuesday by a motorcyclist as he arrived in Bangkok by bus from Cambodia. ...

20 hours ago
Americas

Far from Hollywood's wealth, Los Angeles fire survivors feel forgotten

Many residents are concerned that government resources would be channeled towards high-profile areas popular with A-Listers, while insurance companies might shortchange less affluent households that do not have the financial means to contest fire claims. ...

1 day ago

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Asia & Pacific

Japan to give Indonesia high-speed patrol boats in security deal

The prime minister's trips to Malaysia and Indonesia mark Ishiba's first official state visit since taking office in October.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Jeju Air crash black boxes stopped recording before flight crashed: South Korea

South Korean and United States investigators are still probing the cause of the crash of Jeju Air flight 2216.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Cambodia sends suspect in ex-politician killing to Thailand

Lim Kimya, an ex-lawmaker for the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was gunned down on Tuesday by a motorcyclist as he arrived in Bangkok by bus from Cambodia with his French wife.

1 day ago
Americas

Biden slams 'really shameful' Meta decision to end US fact-checking

Meta founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg triggered alarm on Tuesday when he announced his tech company was ditching fact-checking on its platforms in the United States.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Thousands of South Koreans protest as president digs heels in

President Yoon Suk Yeol resisted arrest in a standoff between his guards and investigators last week after his failed Dec. 3, 2024 power grab plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Myanmar military air strike kills dozens in Rakhine village, UN says

The junta hit Kyauk Ni Maw village of Yanbye township on Wednesday afternoon, destroying around 500 homes and killing more than 40 people, according to the National Unity Government and a UN statement released late on Friday.

1 day ago
Americas

BRICS aims to 'build' global ties as Trump takes office: Brazil

There was no plan to replace the dollar, but rather to boost the use of local currencies, a Brazilian diplomat says.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia aims for bolder non-alignment policy

As the world grapples with a failing multilateral system, and as seemingly never-ending crises continue to cause instability across the globe, Indonesia will practice a “bolder” free and active foreign policy to ensure its self-sufficiency and uphold ASEAN centrality, Foreign Minister Sugiono asserted during his first annual speech on Friday. 

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Bakamla signs contract for patrol vessel from Japan

The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency has signed a contract for a patrol vessel provided through grant from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) worth some 9 billion yen (US$57 billion).

2 days ago
Americas

Trump uses Los Angeles fires to attack Democrats

Trump launched a series of evidence-free broadsides accusing Governor Gavin Newsom of a variety of failings -- including wasting water that could have been used to fight fires in order to protect a kind of fish.

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Chinese, Indonesian coast guards hold first-ever high-level meeting

China Coast Guard hosted Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) in a first-ever high-level meeting in Beijing.

2 days ago
Americas

Immigration detains US fugitive linked to sexual exploitation case

In mid-December, the US embassy revoked the passport of fugitive TJC, wanted by the US Marshals Service, making his presence in Indonesia illegal, leading to an investigation and his arrest.

2 days ago
Europe

Zuckerberg's censorship claim 'false': International Fact-Checking Network

"This is false, and we want to set the record straight, both for today's context and for the historical record," said the global network of fact-checking organizations, including AFP, after Zuckerberg announced an end to Meta's US program.

2 days ago
Europe

Airlines face 'high risk' flying over Russia: EU agency

The EASA said in a safety bulletin that the conflict "poses the risk of civil aircraft being unintentionally targeted in the airspace of the Russian Federation, due to possible civil-military coordination deficiencies, and the potential for misidentification".

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific

'The Jakarta Post' reporter wins Adam Malik Award

The Jakarta Post journalist Yvette Tanamal won the Best Print Journalist award at the 2025 Adam Malik Awards, bestowed by the Foreign Ministry for her reporting on Indonesia's diplomacy and other foreign affairs issues.

2 days ago
Europe

Last 2 years crossed 1.5C global warming limit: EU monitor

This does not mean the internationally-agreed 1.5C warming threshold has been permanently breached, but the Copernicus Climate Change Service said it was drawing dangerously near.

2 days ago
Europe

Trump says arranging a meeting with Putin

He made the statement just a week and a half before taking office, following promises during his campaign to bring peace to Ukraine, which has been under Russian invasion since February 2022.

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific

In first foreign policy speech, FM Sugiono says RI will step up defense partnership

The minister said Indonesia would continue to advocate for the completion of a code of conduct between the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN and China on the South China Sea and prioritise ASEAN's centrality. 

2 days ago
Americas

Los Angeles fires rage on as National Guard called in

Swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky with an acrid smell pervading almost every building.

2 days ago
Europe

Danish PM reaches out to Trump over Greenland remarks

Denmark has said it is open to talks on US interests in the Arctic, but the prime minister has insisted that "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders."

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific premium

President Prabowo, PM Anwar talk ASEAN over lunch

Among issues both leaders discussed while having a lunch in Kuala Lumpur were border issues, labor transfer, coordination on fisherfolk in conflicted areas along Malacca Strait and ASEAN Community Building, according to Anwar.

2 days ago
Asia & Pacific

China discovers cluster of new mpox strain

China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it had found a cluster outbreak of the Ib subclade that started with the infection a foreigner who has a history of travel and residence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

3 days ago
Americas

Celebrities lose homes, flee as Los Angeles fires spread

Jamie Lee Curtis, Mandy Moore, Maria Shriver and other celebrities were among more than 100,000 people forced to evacuate their homes to escape the out-of-control fires burning in some of Los Angeles' most desirable areas.

3 days ago
Europe

Musk discussed ways to oust British PM Starmer before next election

Musk, the world's richest person and a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, last month endorsed a German anti-immigration party ahead of elections slated in February, and has repeatedly commented on British politics, demanding Prime Minister Keir Starmer resign.

3 days ago
Asia & Pacific

Prabowo meets PM Anwar in Kuala Lumpur

President Prabowo Subianto and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim expected to discuss various bilateral and regional issues during the former's visit to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

3 days ago
Asia & Pacific

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3 days ago
Asia & Pacific

President Prabowo arrives in Malaysia for working visit

The special aircraft carrying Prabowo and his delegation landed at the Bunga Raya Complex, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 10.15 am.

3 days ago

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Mon, January 13, 2025

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