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The quake originated offshore from Sumatra's northeastern tip, authorities said, prompting people to flee outdoors in a ...

Indonesia's largest home goods retailer, has officially opened its second flagship store at Summarecon Mall Bekasi 2 in ...

The department, in posts on X, said it had updated travel advisories for Bahrain and Jordan "to reflect the ordered departure of non-emergency US government personnel and family members of government ...

Indonesia has recorded a slight increase in its inbound tourism, welcoming 1.01 million foreign visitors in January, ...

What the Philippines needs is a genuine moral reckoning: in schools, in media, in families, in politics.

By prioritizing the commercial "free flow" of information, the Indonesia-US trade deal threatens to transform personal data ...

The United States-Israeli attack on Iran has sent global oil prices surging past US$80 per barrel, putting additional strain on the state budget, which could force painful adjustments.

As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war against Iran was "not going to take years", ...

Brent crude futures LCOc1 were at $80.89 a barrel, up $3.15, or 4.1 percent, by 0745 GMT. On Monday, the contract surged to as high as $82.37, its highest since January 2025, though it pared those ...

Women’s rights groups have criticized the country’s new Criminal Code (KUHP) for continuing to criminalize abortion except in cases of rape or medical necessity, calling the law a setback for women’s ...

Ambassadors from all of the Security Council's members, including Washington's rivals Russia and China, lined up to meet with Trump, representing the US as it takes over the monthly rotating ...