by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has accelerated its COVID-19 vaccinations, as Muslims across the archipelago country are making their homebound trips for celebrations of the Eid al-Fitr, a festival at the conclusion ...

SINGAPORE -- Singapore reported 2,690 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 1,193,250. Of the new cases, 268 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 2,422 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, ...

The World Bank predicts the strongest price crisis in 2022 since the 1970s due to jumps in the price of energy, metals and food. This is stated in the new Commodity Market Outlook.Experts from the World Bank predict a 50% increase in energy prices in...

Photo: Pixabay/NoeIIaThe female tiger lay dead, one of her legs caught in a snare. A few hundred meters away lay another two tigers, a male and a female: they, too, had fallen victim to snares near a palm oil plantation in East Aceh in Indonesia last...

Kochi [Kerala], April 28 (ANI): ASEAN member states, Australia and India need to collaborate and work towards addressing ocean health and aim for the development of smart ports through the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI), said Australia's High ...

© Provided by Xinhua by Dames Alexander SinagaJAKARTA, April 28 (Xinhua) -- At the Pulo Gebang bus terminal in the eastern part of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday morning, Ahmad Suryadi, his wife and two children were w

Beijing [China], April 27 (ANI): China's economic slowdown and the country's high-handedness in tackling COVID-19 are pushing the investors to move out of the country and shut down their businesses. This comes amid signs of China's economic slowdown ...

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 27 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday held talks with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo and discussed food security among other things. The Ukrainian President also thanked his counterpart for an in...

JAKARTA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police have busted the smuggling of 47 kg crystal methamphetamine at the Bengkalis waters in Riau Islands province and arrested four suspects, the national police's anti-narcotics division said Wednesday. The ...

by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- At the Pulo Gebang bus terminal in the eastern part of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday morning, Ahmad Suryadi, his wife and two children were waiting for a bus that will take them to th...

© Provided by Xinhua Indonesia has decided to suspend exports of crude palm oil as the world's largest palm oil producing country has been suffering acute shortages and high prices of cooking oil, which derives mainly from palm oil, since the end of...

MANILA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Weng Hongyang and Lei Lanxi of China progressed through the qualifying rounds of the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships which began on Tuesday in Manila. Weng, who took down the Maldives' Hussein Zayan Shaheed Zaki 21-11, ...

Vijayapura (Karnataka) [India], April 26 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that the state is witnessing a "slight" rise in COVID-19 cases, but there is "no need to panic". "The state is witnessing a slight rise in COVID...

by Wang Aona, Nurul Ramadhan JAKARTA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has recently announced that starting April 28, it will suspend exports of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives to ensure domestic supplies. President Joko Widodo...

Humanity is suffering from a "broken perception of risk", spurring us into activities and behaviours that cause climate change and a surging number of disasters around the globe, the UN warned Tuesday.In a fresh report, the UN Office for Disaster Ris...

DUBAI, 25th April, 2022 (WAM) -- Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit company, and its Indonesian counterpart PT Reasu...

JAKARTA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Three critically-endangered Sumatran tigers have been found dead after being caught in sling snares in a private oil palm plantation in Indonesia's Aceh province, the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency said on Mo...

JAKARTA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian ship crew member arrived safely in the capital city Jakarta on Monday, after being detained by Yemen's Houthi militia for 111 days since January, Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press rele...

NEW DELHI -- At least five laborers are feared trapped under the rubble of an under-construction building that collapsed Monday in Satya Niketan locality in the Indian capital New Delhi, officials said. "We rushed fire tenders to the spot. People her...

JAKARTA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed after a train hit a car in the Indonesian city of Surabaya in East Java province on Sunday night, local police said on Monday. The city police said the accident occurred when the car carrying thr...

SEOUL -- South Korea reported 34,370 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 16,929,564, the health authorities said Monday. The daily caseload was down from 64,725 in the previous ...

By Lee Kah WhyeSingapore, April 25 (ANI): Singapore last week effectively moved into the post-COVID-19 era as the city-state announced the most significant lifting of pandemic restrictions to date. The government announced on Friday, April 22, that f...

JAKARTA, Indonesia: To slow the soaring price of domestic cooking oil, Indonesia has banned the exports of all palm oil. Indonesia is the largest exporter of palm oil in the world. Palm oil is the most produced, consumed and traded edible oil in the ...

JAKARTA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's eastern province of Papua early on Monday, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The quake rocked at 06:50 Jakarta time, with the epicenter at 43 km southw...

Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): Due to China's sudden lockdowns and gradual rise in expenses, multinational firms are being increasingly pressured to move production away from mainland China to destinations such as Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia, sa...

Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are combining to swat down global insect populations, with each problem making the other worse, a new study finds.While insects may bug people at times, they also are key in pollinating plants to f...

With Ukraine a key supplier of sunflower oil to the UK, supply-chain problems have caused shortages and changed consumption patterns Major British supermarket chains have ...

Cooking oil crunch to worsen as the world's biggest producer bans exports Indonesia's ban on exports of palm oil, the world's most consumed edible oil, is set to severely...

April 14, 2022 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today concluded a successful visit to Indonesia and Vietnam. The visit focused on deepening our countries' already strong relation...

April 14, 2022 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today concluded a successful visit to Indonesia and Vietnam. The visit focused on deepening our countries' already strong relation...

April 11, 2022 - Jakarta, Indonesia - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today, met with Retno Marsudi, Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Jakarta. During her visit to Indonesia, Minister J...

April 9, 2022 - Brussels, Belgium - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will be travelling to Indonesia and Vietnam from April 9 to 14. While visiting these two strategic pa...

DUBAI, 29th March, 2022 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has participated in the panel discussion held by the Indonesian government und...

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...