New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): India's lone entry into the year-ending BWF World Tour Finals 2022 in Bangkok, HS Prannoy, is keen on ending the year on a high. The World No. 12, playing in his first year-end tournament, has been clubbed in Grou...

New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Janta Dal (Secular) president HD Deve Gowda who participated in the recent all-party meeting to strategise for the G20 summit to be held in India next year lauded Prime Minister Narendra ...

Corruption is rife within Indonesia's police ranks but it's unclear whether there is the appetite to clean up their act.. Two weeks after the Kanjuruhan football stadium stampede which killed more than 130 people, Indonesian President Jok

New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Noting India's G20 Presidency is an honour for the country which every Indian should take pride in,Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sought cooperation from political parties for its success and termed them s...

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu laid emphasis on digital knowledge at the all-party meeting over the G20 presidency on Monday. Addressing the all-par...

BANGKOK, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's mixed doubles duo Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong have been announced as the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) Pair of the Year for their remarkable run this season. Zheng and Huang were nearly unbeatable, claiming nine...

JAKARTA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo opened on Monday the eighth World Junior Wushu Championships in Tangerang, Banten province, expecting that the tournament can strengthen friendship among countries and regions. "I am glad t...

JAKARTA -- Seven people died and 45 others were injured after a tour bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia's East Java, police said on Monday. The bus departed from Semarang in Central Java, carrying dozens of passengers for a tour of East Java's Ma...

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired an all-party meeting to underscore the significance of India's presidency of the G20 and brief the leaders about the government's approach. India formally assumed the...

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday expressed happiness over India assuming the G20 presidency for the next one year. Patnaik is on a visit to the national capital to attend an all-party meeting called ...

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has said that India's trade with Russia is at a very "small level" in comparison to European nations. He made the remarks on Monday during a joint press conference with vi...

By Payal MehtaNew Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted with a thunderous applause when he arrived at the BJP headquarters in Delhi on Monday afternoon to address a meeting of national office-bearers. BJP national ...

The United Arab Emirates and Ukraine on Monday announced their intention to start negotiations on a bilateral trade deal, expected to conclude by the middle of next year, the UAE economy ministry said.The UAE state has tried to remain neutral in the ...

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Underling that India is assuming G20 Presidency at a difficult moment, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Monday said the ongoing war in Ukraine has brought the whole world into a difficult situation, in...

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar signed an agreement on the comprehensive migration and mobility partnership with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in New Delhi on Monday. Jaishankar welcomed visitin...

Jakarta, Indonesia - Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villa...

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday welcomed visiting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who began her two-day India visit today. The German foreign minister landed in Delhi earlier today. Dur...

JAKARTA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Seven people died and 45 others were injured after a tour bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia's East Java, police said on Monday. The bus departed from Semarang in Central Java, carrying dozens of passengers for a tour ...

JAKARTA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Semeru volcano on the country's most densely populated Java island erupted on Sunday, forcing nearly 2,000 people to flee their homes. No casualties have been reported so far.The country has raised its volcanic...

Berlin [Germany], December 5 (ANI): Lauding the constructive role played by India at the recently concluded G20 summit in Bali, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has credited New Delhi for the clearer positioning of Group of Twenty (G20) on t...

© Provided by Xinhua The first Sherpa meeting under India's G20 presidency aims to set the stage for important conversations on some most pressing global issues, with a focus on accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked his US, France and Japanese counterpart for extending their support to India as New Delhi assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1. Responding to US President Joe Biden's congr...

By Ayushi AgarwalUdaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 5 (ANI): Sherpas and delegates of countries attending the first Sherpa of India's G20 Presidency stated that India has the leadership in bolstering the grouping's status as the world's most effec...

VIENNA -- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, on Sunday agreed to stick to its oil output target against the backdrop of sliding crude prices and an imminent Western countries' price ca...

JAKARTA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia aims to develop a nuclear power plant in 2039 to achieve net zero emissions and support domestic needs for energy, the country's Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) said here Sunday. The agency's Director ...

NEW DELHI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The first G20 Sherpa meeting under India's presidency began Sunday evening in the western state of Rajasthan, officials said. The meeting started in Udaipur, about 396 km southwest of Jaipur, the capital city of Rajastha...

By Payal MehtaNew Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): As India takes over the presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, heads of political parties will attend a meeting convened by the central government tomorrow to discuss the way forwa...

Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 4 (ANI): India's G20 Presidency has come at a time when the world is under political turmoil and there are challenges of geopolitical crisis in Europe, breakdown of supply chains, the situation of climate action,...

Jakarta - A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their highest warning for the area in the east of Java island.There were ...

Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 4 (ANI): Days after India assumed G20 Presidency, delegates from various nations today started to arrive in Udaipur for attending the G20 Sherpa meeting. The heads of delegates and Sherpa of Turkey, Oman and othe...

JAKARTA, 4th December, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesia's Semeru volcano on Java island erupted early on Sunday, spewing a column of ash 1.5 kilometres ...

Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 4 (ANI): Days after India assumed G20 Presidency, Udaipur is all geared up for the G20 Sherpa meeting. G20 guests from various nations receive a warm welcome on their arrival in the City of Lakes to attend the G2...

JAKARTA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Semeru volcano on Indonesia's Java island erupted on Sunday, spewing a 1.5-km high ash column, authorities said. As of Sunday afternoon, the country's Volcano Disaster Mitigation of the Center for Volcanology and Geologica...

Paris [France], December 4 (ANI): As India assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1, French President Emmanuel Macron exuded confidence in India's leadership. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Macron stressed that he trusts his friend Prime Mini...

Goa [India], December 4 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Saturday inaugurated the International Lusophone Festival with Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. Taking to her official Twitter handle, Lekhi shared gl...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 3 (ANI): The rise of apparel shipments from Bangladesh to the European Union (EU) has not only surpassed that of China but also all other significant suppliers across the globe, Dailystar reported referring to data from E...

VIENTIANE -- Lao Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on Saturday hailed the Laos-China railway as a pride of Laos. When addressing a gathering to review the operation of the railway that went optional on Dec. 3, 2021, Sonexay said the cross-bord...

Nonthaburi [Thailand], December 3 (ANI): Rising shuttler Unnati Hooda created history at the Badminton Asia U-17 and U-15 Junior Championships 2022 by becoming the first Indian to enter the U-17 singles final after thrashing Japan's Mion Yokouchi 21-...

JAKARTA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's western province of West Java on Saturday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency reported. The agency had first reported the quake w...

New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has searched 17 premises across Mumbai and Nagpur under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, covering office and residential premises of various persons involved ...

white house - VOA White House correspondent Paris Huang spoke with John Kirby, National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications, on Friday about protests in China, the Chinese military, Taiwan, South Korea, and the Russian war...

GENEVA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Central Board "conditionally" approved to host a part of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 basketball competition in Lille, France, the world basketball governing body announced on ...

Restricting Russian seaborne crude supply may shatter the energy market, according to the outletAs the European Union's sanctions on Russian oil are about to kick in next week, the measure could result in price shocks on the global market, The Econom...

Restricting Russian seaborne crude supply may shatter the energy market, according to the outletAs the European Union's sanctions on Russian oil are about to kick in next week, the measure could result in price shocks on the global market, The Econom...

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Extending her brilliant winning streak, rising India shuttler Unnati Hooda stormed into the U-17 women's singles quarter-finals at the Badminton Asia U-17U-15 Junior Championships 2022 with a comfortable victory i...

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said that there is no space for hate speech in democracy and added that extremism in terrorism is against the very meaning of Islam because this religion means "peace."While ad...

New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): As India assumed the G20 presidency for 2023, the G20 Finance Track met on Thursday to discuss global economic and financial issues through meetings of finance ministers and Central Bank governors, their deputies ...

New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will visit India from December 5-6, Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi today announced. "The second announcement that I had was on the visit...

Indonesia's efforts to fight government corruption are being corrupted from within parliament, backed by big business. At the beginning of the 2000s, Indonesian voters said enough to corruption in politics. The Reform Order (1999) was designed to fi...

President Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Kiev has to demonstrate readiness to discuss demands made by Moscow earlier Peace negotiations could start between Russia an...

ABU DHABI, 22nd November, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today held a phone call with Joko Widodo, Pre...

CIANJUR, Indonesia, 22nd November, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesian rescue workers were racing on Tuesday to reach people still trapped in rubble a day...

ABU DHABI, 21st November, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to Presiden...

ABU DHABI, 21st November, 2022 (WAM) -- The UAE expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Republic of Indonesia over the victim...

ABU DHABI, 18th November, 2022 (WAM) - G42, the leading UAE-based AI and cloud computing company and global nonprofit ocean exploration organi...

BALI, 16th November, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan planted a sapling of a mangrove tree at Ngurah Rai...

BALI, 16th November, 2022 (WAM) -- Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno has affirmed his country's eagerness to fos...

SUMATRA, 16th November, 2022 (WAM) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck southwest of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, the Europ...

SOLO, 15th November, 2022 (WAM) -- The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Solo, Indonesia, which was built upon generous directives from President Hi...

BALI, 15th November, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated on Tuesday in the main session of the...

BALI, Indonesia, 14th November 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia h...

BALI, Indonesia, 14th November, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today met a number of Emirati and Indon...

BALI, 14th November, 2022 (WAM) - Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, delivered the UAE speech at the B20 Summ...

SOLO, 14th November, 2022 (WAM) - President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have inaugurat...

SOLO, Indonesia, 14th November 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia h...

ABU DHABI, 14th November, 2022 (WAM) -- Etihad Airways, the UAE national airline, and Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier of Indonesia...

BALI, 14th November, 2022 (WAM) -- Arshad Rasheed, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has expressed his pride in the UAE's part...

SOLO, 14th November 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived today in the city of Solo in the Republic o...

ABU DHABI, 13th November, 2022 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will attend the G20 Summit, which will take p...

Bali, 12th November, 2022 (WAM) -- The UAE Business Forum was held today in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the annual G20 meeting. The fo...

ABU DHABI, 12th November, 2022 (WAM) -- Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, said that the UAE's participation in the G20 Summit, which will...

SHARM EL SHEIKH, 8th November,2022 (WAM) -- Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, today announced the ...

JAKARTA, 5th November (WAM) - GAL, a UAE company engaged in aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), has signed a Memorandum of Under...

JAKARTA, ABU DHABI, 5th November (WAM) -- GAL-AMMROC, a UAE company engaged in aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), has signed a T...

JAKARTA, 4th November, 2022 (WAM) - Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), an EDGE entity, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PT PAL Indo...

JAKARTA, 3rd November, 2022 (WAM) -- Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, today met with Prabowo Subianto, Ind...

ABU DHABI, 3rd November, 2022 (WAM) -- The UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource...

ABU DHABI, 3rd November, 2022 (WAM) -- President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia on Wednesday won the 2022 Imam Hasan bin Ali Internat...

JAKARTA, 2nd November, 2022 (WAM) -- President of Indonesia Joko Widodo was briefed by Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Def...

ABU DHABI, 2nd November (WAM) - President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received today at the Qasr AL Shati' Palace, Dr. Ma'r...

JAKARTA, 30th October, 2022 (WAM / ANTARA) -- Indonesia would need 17 million technologically literate workers, or workers who are able to use ...

JAKARTA, 30th October, 2022 (WAM / ANTARA) -- Indonesia would need 17 million technologically literate workers, or workers who are able to use...

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

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...

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