At least 120 people were killed in a crush during a Halloween celebration in South Korea's capital Seoul late on Saturday.Here are details of some of the worst stampedes over the last three decades:April 1989: Ninety-six people are killed and at leas...

MANILA -- A spokesperson of Philippine national disaster agency on Saturday lowered the death toll caused by severe tropical storm Nalgae to 45, with 18 more remaining missing. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) spokespe...

Paris [France], October 29 (ANI): Ace Indian men's pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy kept India's campaign alive at the French Open 2022 badminton competition on Saturday, as they sailed into the men's doubles championship match. In t...

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© Provided by Xinhua JAKARTA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Jakarta Fashion Week 2023 is going on in Indonesia's capital. The latest collections of local brands hit the stage with new designs, various colors and styles. The fashion week runs from Oct. 24 ...

New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force (FASF) are participating in a bilateral exercise, named 'Garuda VII', from October 26 to November 12, 2022, at Air Force Station Jodhpur. In this exercise, FAS...

JAKARTA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Health ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) members launched a "Call to Action on Financing for Tuberculosis Response" to tackle the second leading cause of death from infectious diseases after COVID-19. The launch was carr...

Bali [Indonesia], October 28 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi attaches prime importance to the health sector and is devoted to creating a resilient global healthcare e...

New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to put pictures of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi on currency notes stating that "it is a desire o...

Indonesian rifler Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand has joined Apeks on a trial basis, taking the place of Frenchman Richard "shox" Papillon. BnTeT will make his debut Friday against EYEBALLERS in an ESEA Advanced Europe Season 43 match. BnTeT will assume th...

New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): After Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's appeal to include images of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on currency notes, Congress MP and former union minister Manish Tewari on Thursday suggested including Babas...

Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted the importance of religious freedom as a fundamental American value and informed that a 500-year-old stolen statue of Hanuman, a Hindu deity, was returned to the Indi...

New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Slamming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his appeal to put Lord Ganesha and Goddess Laxmi on currency notes, Senior Leader of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) Brinda Karat on Thursday asked the AAP n...

Photo: Pixabay/e-smileHalf-Earth is a proposal by the late naturalist and ?father of biodiversity?,EO Wilson. In its original context, it proposes that half of the Earth?s surface should be designated a human-free nature reserve to preserve biodivers...

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has told an audience in Washington D.C. that his government is in discussions with Ford and Hyundai to provide materials needed in the construction of electri...

New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) party leader and Rajya Sabha member Jayant Singh on Wednesday took a swipe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his appeal to the Centre to include photos of Lord Ganesh and Goddess...

Spain [France], October 26 (ANI): Indian shuttler Sameer Verma scripted a huge upset to defeat Indonesia's Anthony Ginting in a closely-contested game at the French Open badminton tournament on Wednesday at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin. The ace shut...

Spain [France], October 26 (ANI): Indian ace shuttler HS Prannoy advanced into the second round after defeating Malaysian D Liew in the French Open after a see-saw battle that stretched to three sets at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin on Wednesday. Pra...

Spain [France], October 26 (ANI): Lakshya Sen, the Commonwealth Games champion, was eliminated early from the French Open 2022 BWF Super 750 competition after falling to fellow Indian Kidambi Srikanth in the first round of the men's singles competiti...

Paris [France], October 26 (ANI): The Indian men's doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila crashed out of the ongoing French Open 2022 in the first round after losing to Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia in Paris on Wednesday. Th...

JAKARTA, 26th October, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesia has entered the race to attract wealthy global citizens for long-term stays in bolstering the gr...

An Iraqi man has been jailed for seven years for his role in organising a people smuggling venture, which resulted in the deaths of more than 350 people in 2001.The man, 46, was sentenced today (26 October 2022) in the Brisbane Supreme Court for his ...

New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Wednesday took a jibe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his appeal to the Centre to include photos of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Laxmi on currency notes. "He is B team of...

New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Wednesday lashed out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his appeal to the Centre of including images of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Laxmi on currency notes to improve the economic sit...

by Xin Ping BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- More than a year has passed since the signing of AUKUS, a trilateral security pact between Australia, Britain and the United States. Feeling cheated, many stakeholders found that the pact increasingly endanger...

New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider including the images of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on currency notes in India to "improve the economic situation o...

Beijing [China], October 26 (ANI): After the Chinese government said it has "overlapping claims" with Vietnam over maritime rights in parts of the East Sea, Indonesia rubbished the statement, rejected China's offer for any negotiations and said that ...

India has never been a strong market for Honda when it comes to SUVs. With declining exports, Honda's domestic car sales have been fairly steady. That being said, QoQ analysis reveals that Honda is losing market by a small margin. When compared to ot...

JAKARTA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers retrieved three more bodies on Tuesday after a ship caught fire in the waters off Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province a day earlier, bringing the casualties of the incident to 17 people with at least five oth...

NEW DELHI -- Many places in India witnessed a partial solar eclipse on Tuesday, officials said. The Indian Institute of Astrophysics live-streamed the celestial phenomenon. (India-Solar Eclipse) - - - - JAKARTA -- Rescuers retrieved three more bodies...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 25 (ANI): Hockey India on Tuesday named the 22-member Indian Men's Hockey Team for the upcoming double-header matches against Spain and New Zealand in the season opener of FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-2023 to be he...

Myanmar's military junta is denying that civilians were killed in airstrikes carried out Sunday against an ethnic rebel force.Leaders of the Kachin Independence Organization say the attack took place in part of Hpakant township during a celebration o...

London - A Uyghur organization and a human rights group are taking the U.K. government to court to challenge Britain's failure to block the import of cotton products associated with forced labor and other abuses in China's far western Xinjiang region...

ABU DHABI, 25th October, 2022 (WAM) -- EDGE Group has announced that it will participate in the INDO Defence Expo and Forum in Jakarta from 2nd...

By Naveen KapoorNew Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): Saudi Crown Prince and newly appointed Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Mohammed bin Salman is expected to be in New Delhi for a short one-day visit on November 14. In Delhi, the Saudi Crown Prince w...

Chinese stock markets experienced one of the worst routs in years on Monday, as investors reacted to the news that Chinese President Xi Jinping had not only won a third five-year term in office but had stacked the most senior levels of the government...

bangkok - Airstrikes by Myanmar's military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority's main political organization, members of the group and a rescue worker said M...

JAKARTA, 16th October, 2022 (WAM) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude on the Richter scale struck the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, without...

JAKARTA, 5th October, 2022 (WAM) -- During a meeting held today at the Indonesian parliament's headquarters, Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Feder...

JAKARTA, Indonesia, 2nd October (WAM/ANTARA) - Indonesia President Joko Widodo has instructed National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabow...

JAKARTA, 1st October, 2022 (WAM) -- An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Indonesia's Northern Sumatra province on Saturday, killing one, said...

SHARJAH, 21st September, 2022 (WAM) -- The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) organised today a seminar to explore investment opp...

ABU DHABI, 14th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The UAE has always believed that global challenges can only be resolved through inclusive global solu...

BADUNG, Bali, 13th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesia will invite G20 nations at the Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting (LEMM) to develop...

BADUNG, Bali, 13th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesia will invite G20 nations at the Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting (LEMM) to develop ...

MADRID, 11th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The countdown to World Tourism Day 2022 is now underway, with every part of the sector invited to be an ...

MADRID, 11th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The countdown to World Tourism Day 2022 is now underway, with every part of the sector invited to be an a...

JAKARTA, 10th September, 2022 (WAM) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the region of Papua in Indonesia on Saturday and has no potential...

JAKARTA, 6th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has taken part in the 3rd G20 Health Working Group (HWG3) ...

JAKARTA, 6th September, 2022 (WAM) -- The World Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) supports the government of the Republic of Indonesia ...

JAKARTA, 3th September, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesia has a viable path to reaching its target of net zero emissions by 2060, bringing major benefit...