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

JAKARTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and 20 others hospitalized in a single-vehicle road accident in Indonesia's Central Java province on Monday evening. The accident took place in Bumiharjo Village in Wonogiri regency at ar...

Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 22 (ANI): The first ever short film festival 'Dil Mange More' is being organized for the youth of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh to channelize their hidden talents in films in a positive direction. The India...

Malango [Solomon Islands], November 22 (ANI): An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude has struck south-west of Malango in the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.0 km at 02:03:07 (UTC)...

A 7.0-magnitude quake hit the Solomon Islands, briefly prompting fears of a tsunami A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck near the Solomon Islands, with the Pacif...

© Provided by Xinhua A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, killing at least 162 people and damaging many houses.JAKARTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 162 people were killed after a 5.6-magnitude ea

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...

Indonesia's military chief has pointed out that the Southeast Asian nation seeks to maintain good relations with all major powers The US and Indonesian defense chiefs came...

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 22 (ANI): The death toll in a powerful earthquake that rattled Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday has increased to 162 people while injuring hundreds of others. The rescuers are searching for survivors trapped und...

A strong, shallow earthquake struck Indonesia's main island of Java Monday, killing at least 162 people and injuring hundreds.The head of the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said the earthquake damaged and toppled dozens of buildings. W...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The casualty toll in Monday's magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Indonesia keeps rising. At the latest count, 162 people have been killed and 326 injured, according to West Java governor Ridwan Kamil. The epicentre of the quake, accordi...

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, officials said.Doctors treated patients outdoors...

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's new president has suspended his routine morning Q&A sessions with journalists after squabbling with a broadcaster over coverage of his remarks caught on a hot mic in the United States.Since taking office in May, Yoo...

JAKARTA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A total of 162 people were killed after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, officials said. The quake has also caused heavy damages to many houses, buildings and infrastructure facilit...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni said in a royal message on Monday that peace in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to be protected, stressing that it has created enormous socio-economic opportunities for the people...

BAGHDAD -- One person was killed and seven others wounded on Monday after the Iranian forces carried out a new cross-border bombardment on the Iranian Kurdish opposition's bases in northern Iraq. The Iranian forces launched ballistic missiles and dro...

BEIJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday held a phone conversation with Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajan

© Provided by Xinhua Over 5,000 people were forced to take shelters at safer locations as the tremors destroyed more than 2,000 houses, buildings and infrastructure facilities. The tremors were strongly felt in the national capital Jakarta.

JAKARTA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 62 people were killed, 25 went missing and about 700 others were injured after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, officials said. The quake has also caused heavy damages to m...

New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday expressed solidarity with Indonesia over the loss of lives in an earthquake and wished the injured a speedy recovery. He said that India stands in solidarity with ...

THREE HIGH-LEVEL meetings gathered Southeast Asian and world leaders last week: the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 10 to 13; the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on the 15th and 16th; and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) f...

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 21 (ANI): At least 46 people died in an earthquake that hit Indonesia's main island Java on Monday, Channel News Asia reported citing an Indonesian government official. In the morning, a shallow 5.4 magnitude earthquake ...

The country's main island of Java has been hit by 5.6 magnitude tremors, according to USGS Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded as Indonesia's main islan...

More than a dozen killed in Indonesia's 5.6 magnitude quake, local official says Reuters

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 21 (ANI): National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Monday expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be successful in "ending the Russia-Ukraine war" that has stretched for nearly nine month...

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- China has sent out a loud voice for promoting global development and leading global governance at the just concluded G20 Bali summit. A Mexico-based expert says China has contributed to a new world trade architecture....

An earthquake struck Indonesia's main island of Java Monday, killing at least 46 people and injuring hundreds.The head of the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said the earthquake damaged dozens of buildings.The U.S. Geological Survey sai...

© Provided by Xinhua A 5.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's West Java province, killing at least 14 people and injuring 17 others and causing massive damages to houses, buildings and infrastructure facilities. JAKARTA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua

JAKARTA. Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people were killed and 17 others injured after a 5.6-magnitude quake hit Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, officials and weather agency said. In addition, hundreds of houses and buildings as well as a ...

The US will keep sending weapons to Kiev until it retakes the territory it claims as its own, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said The US has already sent tens of billions ...

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 21 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 rocked Indonesia's western province of West Java on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake's tremors were also felt throughout the Indonesian c...

JAKARTA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's western province of West Java on Monday, with the tremors strongly felt in the country's capital of Jakarta and triggering panic, the country's meteorology, climatology and ge...

Melbourne [Australia], November 21 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping's meetings at the G20 summit in Bali did not go as per the plan after a video of his conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went viral and his meeting with UK Pr...

By John SolomouNicosia [Cyprus], November 21 (ANI): The deadly explosion on Istanbul's bustling Istiklal Street at 4.20 pm on November 13 was immediately blamed by the Turkish government on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's...

Population growth isn't automatically good for Indonesia. Developing young people, and helping them to move are both key to economic development. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo recently talked about the 'demographic dividend' in an Instagram post...

A difficult road lies ahead for Indonesia. Faced with a rare opportunity to turbo-charge economic growth, it has major problems yet to solve. Indonesia, once an emerging manufacturing powerhouse, is facing an 'early' deindustrialisation according to...

To catch the potential demographic bonus, Indonesia should use its biggest asset: fishing nets. Time is running out. In only five years, the window of opportunity to make the most of Indonesia's current demographic profile will start to close. Shor...

Sandwiched between the aged and the youth, with a societal expectation to care for both, millions of Indonesians are struggling. Indonesian office worker Dedi Ardila, 28, doesn't dare dream of owning his own home. His modest monthly income is entire...

© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China has been walking the talk of high-standard opening-up, with concrete moves that will allow economies worldwide to benefit.China reaffirmed on Friday that it will advance a broader agenda of ope...

© Provided by Xinhua HAIKOU, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Mixing condensed milk and charcoal-roasted coffee, barista Li Shihong prepares a classic Indonesian coffee milk, with the aroma of the hot beverage permeating the ambiance.This flavored coffee is part...

BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's traditional woven bamboo basket, chalom, was transformed into the logo of this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, delivering a wish to weave together the strengths of APEC members to overc...

Sharm El-Sheikh [Egypt], November 20 (ANI): The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 closed today with a breakthrough agreement to provide "loss and damage" funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. "This outcome moves...

SYDNEY, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's Shi Yuqi bagged the men's singles title at the Australian Badminton Open 2022 here on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over his compatriot Lu Guanzu in the final. In a 69-minute clash with Lu, Shi sealed the 21-19 first-s...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - China said on Sunday it is open to a meeting with the US defense secretary on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Cambodia this week, in a sign of thawing relations after the countries' top leaders met earlier this month....

Toyota's global push towards hybrid tech has spearheaded the company towards hybridisation of existing ICE products and new launches. Unlike other companies that are going heavy into fully-electric realm, Toyota is focusing more on Hybrid tech. Recen...

New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): India has improved its position by six slots and is now placed at 61st rank as per the Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022) report released recently. In its latest version of 2022, the NRI report maps the netw...

Medan [Indonesia], November 19 (ANI): Three Indian fishermen were released by Indonesia on Saturday, according to the official Twitter handle of the Consulate General of India in Medan. The fishermen boarded the flight to India from Medan following t...

BANGKOK -- Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies issued a declaration and endorsed an outcome document on Bio-Circular-Green Economy on Saturday. The declaration, adopted after the two-day 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeti...

New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) in its 86th meeting on Friday approved Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra's proposal to train at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom (UK). Neeraj, along with coach Dr. Klaus...

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 19 (ANI): International pro outfits, Team Heretics and Team Secret manoeuvred phenomenal moves to secure semi-final berths at the end of the action-packed Day One at the Valorant India Invitational being played...

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 19 (ANI): India and Indonesia, maritime neighbours and strategic partners, had civilizational links for more than two thousand years. Both countries have excellent relations and these relations have the huge potential to...

SYDNEY, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's Shi Yuqi and Lu Guangzu will vie for the men's singles title after both notched up semifinal victories at the badminton Australian Open on Saturday. Shi claimed a hard-fought 21-16, 16-21, 21-19 triumph over Japan'...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 19 (ANI): Congress leaders reached Karnataka Election Commission (SEC) office on Saturday for filing a complaint against "electoral fraud" in the state allegedly at the behest of the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP go...

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 19 (ANI): The recent G20 Summit seems to be an opportunistic platform for Chinese President Xi Jinping as he tried to mend relations with the United States, Sergio Restelli writes in The Times of Israel. Since Chinese Pres...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was forced to return home early this week from the G20 Summit in Indonesia after testing positive for COVID-19. "This is my biggest concern," he said in an audio message on his Facebook page. "Am...

Brussels [Belgium], November 19 (ANI): After decades of concentrating its fighting power in the Middle East, the US is now shifting its focus to Asia amid Chinese aggressiveness. The United States shifting its military focus since last year from the ...

Washington [US], November 19 (ANI): The White House on Friday (local time) lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's key role in adding the "today's era isn't of war" message to Russian president Vladimir Putin in the backdrop of the Ukraine-Russia confl...

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

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 18 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale struck 660km WNW of Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The quake, which struck at 19:07:10 IST, was determine...

Morbi (Gujarat) [India], November 18 (ANI): Mahatma Gandhi wanted the Congress dissolved after independence, it's time now to "immerse the party in Narmada", because the party cannot provide development, prosperity, security and global prestige to th...

JAKARTA -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's western province of Bengkulu on Friday evening, but did not trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake jolt...

Morbi (Gujarat) [India], November 18 (ANI): Exuding confidence in his home party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that Gujarat emerged as a model of development, security, peace and harmony and the welfare of the poor and ...

Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): US President Joe Biden was spotted using a detailed "cheat sheet" at the recently concluded G20 summit in Bali. The cheat sheet showed instructions for Biden on where to sit, when to make remarks and when to pose f...

New Delhi [India], November 18 (ANI): Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) will reduce global annual GDP by 3.8% by 2050, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday and added that it could push 24 million more people into extreme poverty. "New glob...

GAZA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Local security and medical sources said at least 21 Palestinians, including seven children, were killed and more than 30 others were injured on Thursday in a massive fire inside a residential building in the northern Gaza St...

vancouver, british columbia - The arrest of an employee of Quebec's public electricity provider on suspicion of sending trade secrets to China is prompting the latest in a series of allegations that Beijing is actively spying and conducting clandesti...

Canberra [Australia], November 18 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that he will visit India next year in March to lock India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) deal and upgrade the relationship, accor...

CANBERRA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Parliament is set to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) with Britain after a key committee approved it. The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on Thursday released its report on the FTA, concluding it wo...

Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], November 18 (ANI): India will be soon be presiding over the G20 from December 2022 to November 2023. It will host over 200 meetings across 55 cities during this period. These meetings are also proposed to be held in several ...

Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], November 18 (ANI): Union Minister of Tourism G Kishan Reddy on Friday said that the Modi government is fully committed to boost the development of the North East region and establish a world-class tourism hub in this region....

SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on countries to take climate actions instead of "finger-pointing" at the ongoing UN climate change conference. He made the remarks during a press briefing at the ...

GAZA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A least 21 Palestinians, including seven children, were killed and more than 30 others were injured on Thursday in a massive fire inside a residential building in the northern Gaza Strip, said security and medical sources. S...

Joe Biden's top adviser reportedly instructed Ukraine to ?tread carefully? and stop blaming Russia for the deadly strike in PolandUS President Joe Biden did not speak to his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky about the missile incident in Poland...

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 17 (ANI): The Congress government made use of the entire information of the state but still lost the election, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Thursday, adding that the Congress leaders were i...

KAMPONG CHHNANG, Cambodia -- For Dul Sarath, the 34-year-old vegetable grower in central Cambodia's Kampong Tralach district, a China-aided rural road project has made traveling and transportation of agricultural produce from farms to town markets ea...

SYDNEY, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's Lu Guangzu bagged a 20-22, 21-15, 21-16 victory over the top seed and world No. 2 Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia on Thursday, storming into the men's singles quarterfinals of the Australia Badminton Open 2022. "I executed...

© Provided by Xinhua BANGKOK, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Thursday to attend the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting and visit Thailand.When the plane carrying President Xi Jinpin...

MANILA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Thursday it has approved a 500-million-U.S.-dollar policy-based loan to support reforms to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Indonesia. The Manila-based bank said the loan will cover t...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 17 (ANI): A special CBI court in Mumbai has acquitted underworld don Chhota Rajan and three others in the 2009 double murder case of JJ Signal in Bhindi Bazaar. In 2009, Asif Dadhi alias Chhote Miyan and Shakeel...

BANGKOK, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Thursday to attend the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting and visit Thailand. When the plane carrying President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng L...

The United States and its allies on Wednesday criticised Russia in the United Nations Security Council over missile attacks on Ukraine in a meeting a day after a missile that NATO said was a stray fired by Ukraine's air defences crashed inside Poland...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday wrapped up his press conference at the G20 summit in Bali with a tough message for Iran. He called for regional stability, referring to recent bombardments on Iraqi soil, denounced the use of hostage-taki...

Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], November 17 (ANI): The Congress on Thursday launched an attack against Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai alleging that he was directly involved in electoral fraud that has come to light in Bengaluru. "Shocking e...

Seoul, South Korea - North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Thursday, hours after the North threatened to launch "fiercer" military responses to the U.S. bolstering its security commitment to its allies South K...

An agreement allowing Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea will continue "under current terms," according to Turkish officials. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the extension of the export deal, which was made necessary by ...

The Chinese president scolded Justin Trudeau, implying he leaked the contents of their meeting to the media Chinese President Xi Jinping has publicly dressed down Canadian...

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...

Thomas Bach told the G20 summit that sport must be kept separate from politics Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has told world leaders ...

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...

Western nations have long been participants and were the ones that unleashed it, the Russian foreign minister has said The conflict in Ukraine is a hybrid war, in which Ru...

Indonesia's president called on world leaders need to show responsibility and avoid conflict, for the sake of humanity G20 summit host, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, h...

Indonesia's president calls on world leaders need to show responsibility and avoid conflict, for the sake of humanity Indonesian President Joko Widodo, hosting the G20 sum...

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...