The US Department of Justice's "view that the Constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a President is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Office stands fully behind," the report said.

Biden said he had helped Israel defeat adversaries including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both backed by Iran. The US president also hailed Washington's support for Israel during two Iranian attacks in 2024. 

Indonesians on Monday bid a final farewell to esteemed diplomat Hasjim Djalal, who passed away at the age of 90. The West Sumatra-born figure dedicated decades of his life to fiercely defending and advancing the country’s maritime rights on the global stage. 

Dozens of Indonesians currently residing in Los Angeles in the United States were impacted by wildfires that ravaged the Californian city and surrounding regions over the past week, with many losing their homes to the fires.

The protest stems from the presence of two coast guard vessels on Jan. 5 and Jan. 10 in and around the disputed Scarborough shoal, one of which was a 165 m (541ft) long boat referred to by the Philippines as "the monster". It said a Chinese navy helicopter was also deployed in the area. 

Diplomat Eduardo Saboia, head of the BRICS summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro in July, brushed off recent threats from incoming US president Donald Trump to impose 100 percent tariffs on BRICS nations if they undercut the dollar.

Indonesia is bolstering its maritime security cooperation with Japan after the two countries held a bilateral meeting that reaffirmed their shared goal of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific amid rising tensions in the region.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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).

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.

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

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.

"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.

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".

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.

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.

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.