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Indonesia has accepted an invitation from the Iranian government for President Prabowo Subianto to visit Tehran, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday, saying preparations were underway despite lingering tensions between Iran and the United States.
30 minutes agoThe first clinical trial is under way of an antiviral drug's effectiveness in people exposed to the deadly Ebola strain spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said Tuesday. ...
9 hours agoPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday reimposed a naval blockade of all Iranian ports and threatened to hit power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran resumes negotiations, in the latest US escalation of the conflict. ...
11 hours ago"Indonesia calls on all parties to exercise restraint and to prioritize dialogue and diplomacy," it said in a statement on X.
4 months agoThe strikes, which Trump said were aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and annihilating its navy, follow repeated US-Israeli warnings that they would strike Iran again if it pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
4 months agoIran responded to the attack with a flurry of missile and drone strikes across the Middle East, killing at least one person in Abu Dhabi and another in Tel Aviv as explosions rocked the showcase cities of Gulf Arab monarchies.
4 months agoTehran emerged as one of Russia's closest allies during Moscow's Ukraine offensive and the Kremlin has been calling for restraint amid growing tensions and reports of a possible US intervention in Iran.
4 months agoIran launched missiles towards Israel, Israel's military said, and the Pentagon said the US strikes against Iran were named "OPERATION EPIC FURY."
4 months agoExplosions were heard in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian media reported, and sirens sounded across Israel around 8:15 a.m. local time in what the military said was a proactive alert to prepare the public for the possibility of an incoming missile strike.
4 months agoOman, which mediated the Geneva talks, offered a much rosier picture and said that Iran had agreed to zero stockpiling of any uranium, making moot the question of the level of enrichment.
4 months agoPresident Prabowo Subianto has arrived in Abu Dhabi to bolster bilateral ties with the United Arab Emirates and advance Jakarta’s regional diplomacy, marking the fourth stop of his overseas tour during which Gaza has often emerged as a central issue.
4 months agoThe United States is the only permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to have joined the board. The other council members are Russia, China, Britain and France.
4 months agoThe US mission in Jerusalem said Tuesday that as part of an initiative to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, it would provide Americans with "routine passport services in Efrat on Friday, February 27... for one day only".
4 months agoIndonesia and Jordan pledged closer cooperation to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank during President Prabowo Subianto’s visit to Amman, following his attendance at the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace meeting.
4 months agoModi, a Hindu nationalist, became the first prime minister in India's history to visit Israel in 2017, during which he and right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a barefoot stroll on a beach in the northern port city of Haifa.
4 months agoThe Indonesian Embassy in Tehran has prepared contingency plans amid rising tensions between Iran and the United States, urging Indonesians to stay vigilant or to consider returning should conditions deteriorate.
4 months agoIsrael has approved a series of initiatives this month backed by far-right ministers, including launching a process to register land in the West Bank as "state property" and allowing Israelis to purchase land there directly.
4 months agoIn an episode released Friday, Carlson pushed Huckabee on the meaning of a biblical verse sometimes interpreted as saying that Israel is entitled to the land between the river Nile in Egypt and the Euphrates in Syria and Iraq.
4 months agoIndonesia has stressed the importance of providing stability through the United States-led Board of Peace to pave the way for lasting peace in Gaza, amid domestic concerns about Jakarta's planned troop deployment to the region.
4 months agoEnvoy's comments contravene the UN Charter and efforts to de-escalate the Gaza war and advance a political horizon for a comprehensive settlement, the countries asserted.
4 months agoTrump on Thursday gave Tehran a deadline of 10 to 15 days to make a deal to resolve their longstanding nuclear dispute or face "really bad things" amid a US military buildup in the Middle East that has fueled fears of a wider war.
4 months agoWhile putting its best efforts into securing peace in Gaza, President Prabowo Subianto said Indonesia would always be cautious, especially in deploying its troops on the Board of Peace’s peacekeeping mission in the territory.
4 months agoIndonesia and seven other Muslim countries have strongly condemned Israel’s decision to claim large tracts of land in the occupied West Bank as “state land” and to approve land registration there, calling the move a grave violation of international law.
4 months agoRamadan, during which hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world observe a fast from sunrise to sunset, traditionally begins with the sighting of the crescent moon.
4 months agoThe European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, will head to Washington to represent the EU at the meeting Thursday.
4 months agoThe President departed on Monday for Washington to attend the first BoP meeting, while the TNI is preparing to place 8,000 troops on standby for potential deployment on a peacekeeping mission in Gaza as part of the ISF.
4 months agoThe Foreign Ministry has issued a statement stressing the TNI's humanitarian role in Gaza in a bid to allay concerns that Indonesia might become embroiled in combat or disarmament operations, which would go against its long-standing support for an independent Palestine.
4 months agoUS envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will hold negotiations with Iran on Tuesday in Geneva, with representatives from Oman acting as mediators, a source told Reuters.
5 months agoIndonesia will maintain its position on Palestine, the government asserted on Thursday, in response to Israel’s entry into the Board of Peace that will convene next week, marking what may potentially be the first time in decades that an Indonesian and an Israeli leader will sit at the same table.
5 months agoThe Defense Ministry says it has prepared troops designated for a possible Gaza peacekeeping mission, awaiting only a final decision from President Prabowo Subianto expected at the end of the month.
5 months agoForeign ministers of Muslim countries, including Indonesia, condemned the illegal Israeli decisions, which are seen as an attempt to impose "unlawful" Israeli sovereignty, Saudi Arabia said in a statement.
5 months agoJakarta-based Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) senior fellow and cofounder Jusuf Wanandi views Indonesia’s participation in the United States-led Board of Peace as giving the country and other Muslim-majority nations leverage within the board.
5 months agoThe meeting is planned to be held at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, the report added, noting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Trump at the White House on Feb. 18, a day before the planned meeting.
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