ASADABAD, Afghanistan -- Asadabad city, capital of eastern Kunar province, fell to the Taliban militants on Saturday, bringing the number of provincial capitals captured by the armed group to 20, locals said. An eyewitness who refused to be named ass...

KABUL -- Afghan president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday vowed to prevent instability in his war-battered country amid the intensified fighting and Taliban's advance towards major cities. "It is a matter of pride that the security and defense forc...

JAKARTA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 28,598 within one day to 3,833,541, with the death toll adding by 1,270 to 116,366, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. During the past 24 hours, 31,880 recovered patien...

New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday exchanged perspectives on the situation in Myanmar with his Brunei Darussalam counterpart Dato Haji Erywan, who is also the ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar....

West Jakarta: Places of worship double up as vaccination centers ANTARA English

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Despite a weak global economy, rentals for prime warehouse markets across Asia Pacific region remained largely unchanged in first half of the year, according to Knight Frank's latest report 'Asia Pacific Wa...

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Edition SUV Makes Global Debut Toyota has launched a sportier iteration of Fortuner in Indonesia bearing the GR Sport branding alongside its name. This version of the full-size SUV comes with aesthetic updates over the regular model on both its exte...

Indonesia's capital reopened its retail malls this week to an exclusive crowd - shoppers vaccinated against coronavirus.With restrictions still in place in much of Indonesia, Jakarta's malls are allowed to operate at 25% capacity to try to keep the e...

JAKARTA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 30,788 within one day to 3,804,943, with the death toll adding by 1,432 to 115,096, the Health Ministry said on Friday. During the past 24 hours, 42,003 recovered patients...

Click to View Gallery of images (showing 1 of 3)Two Adelaide men have each been sentenced to 12 years jail today (Friday, 13 August 2021), over a thwarted plot to import 18 kilograms of methamphetamine, worth up to $7 million, hidden in 4WD winche...

New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) organized a webinar on the theme, 'Strengthening the market share of sustainable palm oil in India' to deliberate upon the prevailing state of palm oil deman...

Indonesia's army has stopped imposing so-called "virginity tests" on female recruits following calls from rights groups to ban the invasive vaginal exams.The National Commission on Violence Against Women welcomed the news but cautioned they needed ev...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has trimmed its outlook for global oil demand in 2021, citing the rapidly spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus and its impact on the world's economy.In a report published on Thursday, the Paris-based organi...