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An Indonesian national was among hundreds of workers arrested by the United States immigration officials at a Hyundai-LG electric-car battery plant being built in Georgia, the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta said over the weekend.
5 months agoForeign Minister Cho Hyun said the government has set up a team to respond to Thursday's arrest of over 300 Koreans at the facility in the southern state of Georgia and that he may go to Washington to meet with officials if needed. ...
5 months ago"His Majesty the King has endorsed Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul to be prime minister from now onwards," said secretary-general of Thailand's lower house of parliament Arpath Sukhanunth, reading aloud a royal command in a ceremony at Anutin's Bhumjaithai Party headquarters in Bangkok. ...
5 months agoThe EU on Friday slapped Google with a massive 2.95 billion euros (US$3.47 billion) antitrust fine for favoring its own advertising services, drawing a furious rebuke from President Donald Trump and a threat of fresh tariffs against Europe.
5 months agoThe United States is not talking about regime change in Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Friday, as the United States ordered an additional 10 stealth fighter jets to a military buildup in the Caribbean.
5 months agoUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer overhauled his ministerial team Friday in a bid to reset his embattled government after deputy premier Angela Rayner resigned for underpaying a property tax.
5 months agoAnutin Charnvirakul, 58, started his entry into politics with the Thai Rak Thai party founded by Paetongtarn's billionaire father, Thaksin Shinawatra.
5 months agoLate last month, the 79-year-old Republican claimed the Defense Department's title was too "defensive."
5 months ago"The Huthis are firing missiles at Israel again. A plague of darkness, a plague of the firstborn -- we will complete all 10 plagues," Israel Katz posted on X.
5 months agoPrabowo met with Xi in Beijing, after making a surprise attendance at China's military parade despite protests at home.
5 months agoPrabowo met with Putin on the sidelines of China's military parade.
5 months agoIrish writer Graham Linehan, who co-created the popular 1990s sitcom "Father Ted", says he was arrested by five armed officers at London's Heathrow Airport on Monday over social media posts.
5 months agoThe US military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration's recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean.
5 months agoNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un brought his teenage daughter to Beijing this week in her first public outing overseas, fueling further speculation that she may be his potential successor in the family's dynastic rule over the nuclear-armed state.
5 months agoPresident Donald Trump has dismissed reports on social media that he is in ill health, saying he was busy over the Labor Day weekend giving media interviews and visiting his Virginia golf course.
5 months agoSoutheast Asia's biggest economy was rocked by the widespread protests, which left at least 10 dead and were initially sparked by the handing out of lavish perks to lawmakers.
5 months agoDesigned to project China's military might and diplomatic clout, it also comes as US President Donald Trump's trade tariffs and volatile policymaking strain its relations with allies and rivals alike.
5 months agoFM Sugiono has communicated with the Peruvian FM Elmer Schialer to request a thorough and transparent investigation into the case, as well as enhanced protections for diplomatic staff and Indonesian citizens in Peru.
5 months agoAfghanistan is prone to deadly earthquakes, particularly in the Hindu Kush mountain range, where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.
5 months agoLocal media outlet Matichon, citing Pheu Thai secretary-general Sorawong Thienthong, said the process to dissolve parliament was underway, just days after a court dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra due to an ethics violation, plunging Southeast Asia's second largest economy into turmoil.
5 months agoLa Nina is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. It brings changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns.
5 months agoBelgium will recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said on Tuesday, adding to international pressure on Israel after similar moves by Australia, Britain, Canada and France.
5 months agoThe UK, Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since each country began keeping records, their weather agencies said Monday.
5 months agoNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into China on his special train early on Tuesday to attend China's celebration of the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two, North Korean state media said on Tuesday.
5 months agoRussian President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday that their countries' ties were at an "unprecedented level" during talks in Beijing ahead of a massive military parade.
5 months ago"We are following closely the spate of violence in Indonesia in the context of nationwide protests over parliamentary allowances, austerity measures, and alleged use of unnecessary or disproportionate force by security forces," said UN human rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani.
5 months agoThe earthquake struck just before midnight, shaking buildings from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
5 months agoIndonesia was rocked by protests in major cities, including Jakarta, on Friday after footage spread of a motorcycle taxi driver being run over by a police tactical vehicle during an earlier rally against low wages and financial perks for lawmakers.
5 months agoForeign Minister Sugiono will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit as a representative of President Prabowo Subianto, who has opted to remain in Jakarta because of the widespread demonstrations.
5 months agoEarly reports showed 30 dead in a single village, the health ministry said, but added that accurate casualty figures had yet to be gathered in an area of scattered hamlets with a long history of earthquakes and flooding.
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