DHAKA -- Bangladeshi National Film Award winning actress Bidya Sinha Saha Mim has been appointed as the newest National Ambassador for the UN agency for children in Bangladesh. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in a program in Dhaka Thursda...

JAKARTA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was inaugurated and sworn in early Friday morning as the president of Timor Leste for the period of 2022 to 2027, making it the second time for him to lead Southeast Asia's young...

© Provided by Xinhua Indonesia's export ban on palm oil products will be lifted on May 23. JAKARTA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will lift an export ban on crude palm oil, cooking oil, refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) palm oil,

DILI, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- The newly elected President of East Timor, Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta, has announced his country's adoption of the Doc...

New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Lauding the country's healthcare sector, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said India turned a crisis into an opportunity by augmenting Tuberculosis elimination activities. Add...

TOKYO -- Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) carried out a drill in the western city of Osaka for deploying ground-based PAC-3 interceptor missiles, local media said on Thursday. According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, the training exercise wh...

HANOI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam, host of the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), will face Thailand in the event's men's soccer final. The Vietnam national under-23 soccer team defeated Malaysia 1-0 at Viet Tri Stadium in the northern P...

JAKARTA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia recorded foreign debt of 411.5 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter this year, down from 415.7 billion dollars in the previous quarter, Bank Indonesia said on Thursday. Erwin Haryono, head of the Communicati...

JAKARTA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will lift an export ban on crude palm oil, cooking oil, refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) palm oil, and RBD palm olein starting May 23, as the country has brought domestic cooking oil prices and supply under...

Jakarta [Indonesia], May 19 (ANI): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday announced the lifting of the country's three-week-long ban on Palm oil exports from coming Monday following protests by farmers in the capital Jakarta on Tuesday. The de...

SUMATRA, 19th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, Reuters quoted ...

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Joe Biden travels Thursday to South Korea and Japan - his first trip to Asia since taking office - following his summit with Southeast Asian leaders at the White House last week.In Seoul, Biden will meet newly inaugurated...

Singapore, May 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Panduit announces the launch of its new RapidIDtrade;Network Mapping System, an offering designed to reduce the time and cost of patch cord documentation by up to 50 per cent (Panduit internal time study, May 2021)...

JAKARTA, Indonesia: A new poll released this week indicated that Indonesian President Joko Widodo's approval rating has hit a six-year low, amidst dissatisfaction over soaring cooking oil prices and the perceived failure of an export ban to swiftly r...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI): Indian shuttler Chirag Shetty, who recently brought honour to the country by winning the Thomas Cup 2022, returned to the capital city of Maharastra on Wednesday night. The Indian team scripted history on S...

EAST JAVA, Indonesia: A tourist bus crashed into a billboard on a highway on Indonesia's main island of Java this week, killing at least 14 people and injuring 19 others.East Java traffic police chief Latief Usman said the bus, which was carrying Ind...

Honiara [Solomon Islands], May 18 (ANI): Even as Australia and other nations, attempt to challenge China's recent moves in the Pacific of signing a security pact with the Solomon Islands, the Asian giant's expansion is being attributed to the strong ...

HONG KONG -- The Executive Council (ExCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday considered and endorsed a package of proposals to re-organize the structure of the HKSAR government, upon the request of the sixth-term chief ...

JAKARTA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- As the number of reported COVID-19 cases is showing a declining trend over the past few weeks, the Indonesian government announced Tuesday that the use of face masks would no longer be mandatory in outdoor spaces. "The gov...

By Vipul KashyapNew Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is planning to accord a grand welcome to the Indian badminton team which made history by clinching its maiden Thomas Cup trophy, as per sources. "We are plannin...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/Singapore (ANI/PR Newswire): With prolonged global trade disruptions accelerating the demand for digital services to strengthen supply chains, DBS is dialling up efforts on digitalising financing capabilities offered thro...

SUMATRA, 17th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, Reuters quoted ...

Bangkok [Thailand], May 17 (ANI): Indian shuttler Chirag Shetty expressed happiness after Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Team India on winning the historic Thomas Cup. The Indian team scripted history on Sunday by winning the first-ever T...

Bangkok [Thailand], May 17 (ANI): After their historic win in Thomas Cup 2022 on Sunday, Indian shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lavished praise on his bond with Chirag Shetty. Indian badminton team created history on Sunday as they lifted the Thomas...

Law reform and investigations into cases such as the Timor-Leste spy scandal are long overdue, writes Hannah Thomas.IF THE 96% of people who want a federal ICAC with teeth get their way after the Election, it's difficult to imagine an institution wit...

New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Sharing the insights of Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda's interaction with the 14 foreign diplomats under the 'Know BJP' initiative on Monday, the party's Foreign Affairs Incharge Vijay Chauthaiwale...

© Provided by Xinhua MAGELANG, Indonesia, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Buddhists released thousands of sky lanterns in celebration of Vesak, the day of the full moon in the month of May.Vesak is one of the most sacred days to millions of Buddhists ...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 17 (ANI): Badminton player Lakshya Sen, who created history for India on May 15 by winning the Thomas Cup, returned home to the capital city of Karnataka on Monday night. Lakshya Sen expressed his happiness and prid...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 16 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has announced Rs 5 lakh reward from the State government for Thomas Cup winner Lakshya Sen. The Chief Minister was speaking after inaugurating the 'Mini-Olympic Sp...

By Vipul KashyapBangkok [Thailand], May 16 (ANI): The Indian badminton team created history by winning the maiden Thomas Cup title on Sunday after defeating 14-time champions Indonesia, the winner of the prestigious crown Kidambi Srikanth dedicated t...

by Nurul Ramadhan JAKARTA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The last couple of weeks have been difficult for Sumochtar, a 51-year-old palm fruit farmer living in the Nagan Raya regency of Indonesia's Aceh province. His daily income has slumped so drastically that ...

New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A 19-year-old man, having an alleged link with the Naveen Bali gang died after being shot with half a dozen bullets in New Delhi's Bawana area on Sunday. Notably, Naveen Bali and Tillu Tajpuriya were arrested for the ...

JAKARTA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in a bus crash in East Java province of western Indonesia on Monday, a doctor and an official said. The incident took place at a toll road in Mojokerto district on Monday mo...

TALUQAN, Afghanistan -- Forty-two people have fallen ill from mass food poisoning in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar, local police said on Monday. The incident occurred during a wedding ceremony in Takhan Abad village of Chah Hab district o...

Jakarta [Indonesia], May 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): In light of the readiness to welcome back international travellers, Wonderful Indonesia will proudly present some of the country's best destination highlights and new experiences at South Asia's Travel an...

MOGADISHU -- Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was re-elected as the tenth President of Somalia, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo in the third round of vote held in the capital, Mogadishu on Sunday. The 67-year-old Mohamud, w...

London for decades sought to drive a wedge between Moscow, Beijing, the Arab world and Africa through fake news, a researcher claimsA secretive unit within the British Foreign Office waged a "black propaganda" campaign against the USSR and China from...

Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): US State Secretary Antony Blinken during the US-ASEAN Special Summit met with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi where he highlighted the importance of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, women's rights in Afghan...

Jakarta [Indonesia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed and five others wounded as an oil refinery operated by an Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province on Sunday, a res...

By Vivek Prabhakar SinghBengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 15 (ANI): Former India shuttler Trupti Murgunde has lauded the achievement of Indian team which won their maiden Thomas Cup title in Bangkok on Sunday. The 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze meda...

JAKARTA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and five others wounded as an oil refinery operated by an Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province on Sunday, a rescuer said. The...

JAKARTA -- One person was killed and five others were wounded as an oil refinery operated by Indonesian state owned oil-and-gas firm PT Pertamina caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province on Sunday, a rescuer said. The accident occur...

ISLAMABAD -- Four people were killed and two others injured on Sunday in a firing between two rival groups in Buner district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported. According to the reports, the incident took place ...

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a special interaction via phone with the Indian badminton team which made history in Thailand by winning its maiden Thomas Cup trophy. On the call, the Prime Minister remark...

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Hailing the Indian men's badminton team for defeating 14-time champions Indonesia, Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan congratulated the Indian team for their historical maiden Thomas Cup...

Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): After the Indian men's badminton team on Sunday scripted history after lifting the Thomas Cup title, Kidambi Srikanth's father lauded the team and called it a great achievement for India. Indian badminto...

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Praising the Indian men's badminton team for defeating 14-time champions Indonesia on Sunday, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur announced Rs 1 crore cash award for the team for winning the ...

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): After registering the historic win in Thomas Cup on Sunday, winners Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Chirag Shetty and others thanked PM Narendra Modi for 'motivating and encouraging them to do better.'Follo...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 15 (ANI): There is an atmosphere of happiness and pride back at the residence of badminton player Lakshya Sen, who is the part of the Indian team that clinched its first-ever Thomas Cup trophy in Thailand on Sunday....

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Indian men's badminton team created history when they upset 14-time champions and holders Indonesia 3-0 to clinch their first ever Thomas Cup title in Bangkok on Sunday. The underdogs, who had not reached the last fou...

JAKARTA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and five others were wounded as an oil refinery operated by Indonesian state owned oil-and-gas firm PT Pertamina caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province on Sunday, a rescuer said. T...

By Vivek Prabhakar SinghNew Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Former Asian badminton champion Dinesh Khanna on Sunday congratulated the Indian badminton team for winning its first-ever Thomas Cup trophy, saying that it is like India's first-ever triumph i...

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Sports fraternity on Sunday sent words of praise and extended congratulations to the Indian badminton team for winning the first-ever Thomas Cup trophy in Thailand. Indian badminton team created history on Sunday as t...

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday congratulated the Indian badminton team which made history by clinching the Thomas Cup trophy for the first time in Thailand. "India clinched the Thomas Cup. A momentous day for...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): As the Indian men's badminton team scripted history in the Thomas Uber Cup 2022 by defeating 14-time Champions Indonesia in Bangkok on Sunday, actor Taapsee Pannu took to Twitter to hail the historic win. "...

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Hailing the Indian men's badminton team for defeating 14-time champions Indonesia, Anurag Thakur, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Sunday announced Rs one crore cash award for the team for winning th...

NEW DELHI, May 15 (Xinhua) -- India sprang into a celebratory mood on Sunday after the country's shuttlers won the Thomas Cup badminton tournament for the first time, convincingly defeating 14-time champions Indonesia 3-0 in the final in Bangkok. Lak...

BANGKOK, May 15 (Xinhua) -- India's men's badminton team made history on Sunday, winning Thomas Cup for the first time by sweeping defending champions Indonesia 3-0 in dominant fashion. India's first singles shuttler Lakshya Sen set the tone for the ...

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended his congratulations to the Indian badminton team which won the Thomas Cup trophy for the first time in Thailand. "The Indian badminton team has scripted history! The ent...

Bangkok [Thailand], May 15 (ANI): Indian badminton team created history on Sunday as they lifted the Thomas Cup trophy for the very first time. In what was India's first-ever appearance in the tournament finale, they defeated the record 14-time champ...

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (Xinhua) -- In the just-concluded U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit, U.S. President Joe Biden said that "the ASEAN centrality is the very heart of my administration's strategy in pursuing the future we all want to see. And I mean that since...

JAKARTA, 14th May, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo has mourned the death of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. "I...

ABU DHABI, 4th May, 2022 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of t...

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

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...