Doha [Qatar], March 29 (ANI): Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Mersudi and Deputy Foreign Minister of Qatar Lolwah Al-Khater in Doha on Monday and discussed Afghanistan's humanitarian, economic, ...

HONG KONG -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Monday that the positive COVID-19 cases found from mandatory tests in Hong Kong has shown a downward trend. Lam told a press conference on Monday t...

JAKARTA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The G20's First Health Working Group Meeting kicked off on Monday, with dozens of health officials from the major economies gathering in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province to seek a harmonization scheme for global health pr...

Beijing [China], March 28 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host the third meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbouring countries in Tunxi in east China's Anhui Province from March 30 to 31, a foreign ministry spokesperson an...

JAKARTA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has registered more than 6 million cases of COVID-19 since the first case was confirmed in the country in March 2020. On Monday, the Health Ministry reported that the coronavirus cases across the archipelago ro...

JAKARTA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- A rare female Sumatran rhino calf has been born at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary of the Way Kambas National Park in Indonesia's East Lampung district, an official said on Monday. The Director-General of the Natural Resour...

BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Defense Services Asia 2022, a biennial defense and weaponry show, opened Monday in the Malaysian capital city Kuala Lumpur. The 2020 edition of the show had been canceled following the pandemic and this year's editi...

PHNOM PENH, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The ninth Southeast Asia Karate Championships ended with Vietnam topping the table, followed by Indonesia and Malaysia, the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) said in a news release on Monday. The event was...

BASEL, Switzerland, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Jonatan Christie of Indonesia and Indian shuttler Pusarla Sindhu won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in straight games at the 2022 Swiss Open here on Sunday. World No. 8 Christie breezed past...

Doha [Qatar], March 28 (ANI): Qatar has signed a letter of content with Indonesia based on which both the countries will cooperate in providing humanitarian and development assistance to the people of Afghanistan, local media reported. The agreement ...

JAKARTA, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Sunday confirmed 3,077 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,998,953, the country's health ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 100...

Basel [Switzerland], March 27 (ANI): Indian shuttler HS Prannoy lost to Jonatan Christie of Indonesia 12-21 18-21 in the men's singles final of Swiss Open 2022 which lasted for 48 minutes here at St. Jakobshalle arena. In the opening game World No.8,...

Basel [Switzerland], March 27 (ANI): Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Saturday bowed out of the ongoing Swiss Open 2022, after losing in the semi-finals of the men's singles clash, here at St. Jakobshalle. Playing at court 1, Srikanth got defeated...

Basel [Switzerland], March 26 (ANI): India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu on Saturday entered the women's singles final of the Swiss Open 2022 at St. Jakobshalle here. Playing at court 1, Sindhu defeated Thailand's Supanida Katethong 21-18, 15-21, 21-19, i...

Basel [Switzerland], March 26 (ANI): Indian shuttler Prannoy HS on Saturday stormed into the finals of the men's singles clash of the Swiss Open 2022 at St. Jakobshalle here in Basel. Playing at court 2, Prannoy defeated Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka ...

JAKARTA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Saturday confirmed 4,189 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,995,876, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 107 to 154,...

KATHMANDU -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Saturday that China will stick to its friendly policy toward Nepal and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with the South Asian country. At a meeting with Nepa...

Basel [Switzerland], March 26 (ANI): India's Kidambi Srikanth defeated World No. 3 and second seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a hard-fought three-game encounter to enter the men's singles semi-final of Swiss Open here at St. Jakobshalle. The world...

The Russian military has raised new allegations of US-sponsored secretive research in UkraineThe US has been involved in testing experimental drugs on "volunteers" from the ranks of the Ukrainian military, the commander of Russia's Nuclear, Biologica...

Basel [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): Women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy on Friday crashed out of the ongoing Swiss Open 2022, after losing in the quarter-final clash here at St. Jakobshalle in Basel. Playing at court 2, the In...

Basel [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): Indian shuttler Prannoy HS on Friday entered into the semi-finals of the ongoing Swiss Open 2022, here at St. Jakobshalle in Basel. Playing at court 3, Prannoy thrashed his compatriot Parupalli Kashyap in straight...

HONG KONG -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Friday that anti-epidemic supply kits will be distributed to all Hong Kong residents in early April. The HKSAR government will distribute the suppl...

JAKARTA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Friday confirmed 4,857 new COVID-19 cases, taking its tally of infections to 5,991,687, the country's Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 rose by 120 to 154,463, and...

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine.For the latest developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, all times EST:1:33 a.m.: The U.N. refugee agency says about 270,000 Ukrainians have moved to Russia since the...

Canberra [Australia], March 25 (ANI): Criticising the idea of allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin's attend the G20 summit this year at Bali amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that "we need to have p...

Brussels [Belgium], March 25 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) said that he has amply made it clear to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping of the potentially dire economic consequences if China provides assistance to Russia. On th...

Basel [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth entered the third round while men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a shock defeat at the ongoing Swiss Open being played at St. Jakobshalle here on T...

JAKARTA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Thursday confirmed 5,808 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,986,830, the country's Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from the coronavirus in the country ro...

Hong Kong, March 24 (ANI): Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised apprehension in Taipei that China may try to follow suit and use force to annexe Taiwan. According to reports, China has been sending military aircraft into the air defence identifica...

New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): In a major relief to former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, the Supreme Court on Thursday transferred the investigation of the cases filed against him to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A benc...

The United States has assessed that Russian military forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday, referring to a review of "countless accounts and images of destruction". Follow FRANCE 24's...

US President Joe Biden arrived in Brussels on Thursday to attend a series of NATO, G7, and European Union summits on the war in Ukraine. Biden will later visit Warsaw to meet Polish President Andrzej Duda. Follow FRANCE 24's liveblog for the latest u...

JAKARTA, 23rd March, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Head of the Emirati Parliamentary Division Delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary ...

JAKARTA, 23rd March, 2022 (WAM) -- The Indonesian government has extended the visa on arrival (VoA) programme to cover international travelers...

BALI, 21st March, 2022 (WAM) -- Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Head of the Emirati Parliamentary Division Delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary Uni...

ABU DHABI, 17th March, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander o...

JAKARTA, 14th March, 2022 (WAM) -- A strong quake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island early on Monday, sending residents f...

JAKARTA, 10th March, 2022 (WAM) -- At least 253 residents living on the slopes have been evacuated after Mount Merapi released hot clouds that...

JAKARTA, 10th March, 2022 (WAM) -- At least 253 residents living on the slopes have been evacuated after Mount Merapi released hot clouds that ...

ABU DHABI, 7th March, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of...

JAKARTA, 26th February, 2022 (WAM) -- The National Disaster Management Authority of Indonesia has announced that it has vacated around 6,000 p...

JAKARTA, 25th February, 2022 (WAM/Reuters) -- A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the near the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Fr...

ABU DHABI, 9th February, 2022 (WAM) -- Mohammed Saif Al-Suwaidi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, received Husin Bagis,...