The results of Peter Dutton's labour trafficking scam are still lingering as asylum seeker applications continue to surge, writes Dr Abul Rizvi.THE NOVAK DJOKOVIC SAGA triggered media focus in recent weeks on the Government's appalling

GENEVA - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is calling for greater international pressure on Myanmar's military to stop its relentless campaign of violence against the people and return the country to civilian rule.It is nearly...

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Rome [Italy], January 28 (ANI): India is a great country with a complex and fascinating history but it has been never linked to a group of people or any religion. Andrea Muratore, writing in Inside Over, an Italy-based publication said that India is ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Friday confirmed 9,905 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 1, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelagic country. With the increase, the country's tally of infect...

Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): Google has announced the addition of an "Offers" tab to the Google Play app, intended to help find deals on games and apps. As per The Verge, Google said that the Offers tab will include things like sales on games a...

© Provided by Xinhua JAKARTA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- As tiger lanterns are being prepared, red lanterns are hung up at shopping malls, the joyful festive atmosphere of Chinese Lunar New Year is reaching every corner of Indonesia.The 2022 Chinese Lunar ...

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 28 (ANI): The Philippines booked their spot in the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 quarter-finals after beating Indonesia 6-0 to finish as the Group B runners-up on Thursday. The Malditas completed their group sta...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia on Thursday confirmed 8,077 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 2, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the country. With the increase, the country's tally of infections rose to 4,309,270, the c...

BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank on Thursday said that it has extended a bilateral currency swap agreement with its counterpart in Indonesia. The deal has a scale of 250 billion yuan (about 40 billion U.S. dollars), or 550 trillion I...

JAKARTA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Three Indonesian soldiers were killed and a soldier was seriously wounded in an ambush by an armed-guerrilla group in the country's easternmost province of Papua, a military officer said on Thursday. The Papua Cendrawasih...

New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has the territorial jurisdiction to entertain the petition in view of Article 226(2) of the Constitution of India as impugned order granting sanction to prosecute was passed by an Authority in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The central bank of Malaysia and Indonesia on Thursday launched a cross-border QR payment linkage to enable instant, secure and efficient cross-border payments between the two countries. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) an...

© Provided by Xinhua Cai Tao and Hu Chun, the two giant pandas that have been living in Indonesia's Taman Safari park since 2017 are heating up the celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year of the Tiger.by Wang Aona, Hayati Nupus

by Wang Aona, Hayati Nupus JAKARTA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A male panda called Cai Tao is chewing bamboo sticks, and sometimes climbs up a tree or rolls in the grass, while the female panda Hu Chun goes back and forth picking up carrots at the Panda Pal...

JAKARTA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Wednesday confirmed 7,010 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 8, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago. With the increase, the country's tally of infections r...

Washington [US], January 26 (ANI): A book describing the "transformation" of Uttar Pradesh under Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath is evoking curiosity among the diaspora in the United States, its author Shantanu Gupta has said. Shantanu Gupta, who start...

Brawl between rival gangs in Indonesia ended with victims trappedA deadly rivalry between two gangs in West Papua's Sorong City ended with one person stabbed to death and 18 more trapped in a fire after a fight broke out in the Double O club on Monda...

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday confirmed he had invited Myanmar's junta chief to a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on the condition he makes progress on a peace plan he agreed to last year.Hun S...

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo and visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong signed agreements Tuesday on economy, travel bubbles and the extradition of fugitives. At a press conference with Lee after their meeting in Bintan ci...

JAKARTA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo and visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong signed agreements Tuesday on economy, travel bubbles and the extradition of fugitives. At a press conference with Lee after their me...

JAKARTA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed 4,878 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 12, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago. With the increase, the country's tally of infections ro...

SEOUL -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two unidentified missiles, believed to be cruise missiles, into the East Sea, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday citing unnamed military sources. The South Korean military...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 25 (ANI): At least 19 people were found dead in a nightclub, which caught fire, after a clash between two community groups in Indonesia's West Papua province, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday. Quoting a Provincial P...

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Provincial-level regions across China have hosted their annual legislative and political consultative meetings in recent weeks, underlining sci-tech innovation, common prosperity, further opening up ...

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Provincial-level regions across China have hosted their annual legislative and political consultative meetings in recent weeks, underlining sci-tech innovation, common prosperity, further opening up and green development,...

Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 24 (ANI): Thailand bounced back from their opening day defeat to secure a 4-0 win over Indonesia in Group B of the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 at the D.Y. Patil Stadium on Monday. Kanyanat Chetthabut st...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday met with visiting Sri Lankan Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena to discuss bilateral and economic relations, the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan said. During the meeting, the Paki...

JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Monday confirmed 2,927 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's tally of infections to 4,289,305, according to the country's health ministry. The ministry's senior official Siti Nadia Tarmizi reported on Mond...

JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has allowed quarantine-free cross-border travel between Singapore and the two Indonesian cities of Batam and Bintan, with an aim to revive the tourism sector in both areas, an official said on Monday. "The gover...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 24 (ANI): Australia maintained the top spot in Group B with a 4-0 win over the Philippines in the ongoing AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 at Mumbai Football Arena on Monday. The Matildas took 51 minutes to break...

JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia, the world's largest crude palm oil (CPO) producer and exporter, started on Monday the implementation of a stricter rule for CPO exports as an attempt to control a surge in domestic cooking oil prices. Under the...

A pair of migrant workers in Taiwan were slapped with a hefty fine for sneaking out to buy snacksA pair of Indonesian fishermen have been fined NT$100,000 (US$3,610) each by Taiwanese health authorities for leaving their quarantine hotel rooms for ju...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Jan. 19, 2022 - Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that Australia's Therapeutic Goods Adminis...