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Australian captain loses command after Indonesia incursion

An Australian naval captain has been relieved of his command after his vessel was involved in an incursion into ...

20 Somali women conduct rally in front of UNHCR Jakarta

About 20 women and children asylum seekers from Somali conducted a rally in front of the UNHCR office in Jakarta here ...

Australian PM Gillard reshuffles cabinet ahead of poll

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday denied that her government was in chaos, after the resignation of two ...

Over 300 illegal immigrants detained in Kupang

The Kupang immigration office in East Nusa Tenggara said it has detained 304 new illegal immigrants from Middle East ...

30 illegal immigrants sent to Tanjungpinang

Cilegon immigration authorities are moving 30 illegal immigrants to immigration detention centers on Tanjungpinang, ...

Twenty-three Myanmarese apply for asylum seeker status

Twenty-three Myanmarese have applied for asylum seeker status to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees ...

Afghan peace council head killed in Kabul

Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani and head of the council tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to ...

RI shares experience in refugee handling with Timor Leste

The Indonesian government shared its experience in refugee handling with Timor Leste, especially its experience in ...

Floods hampering evacuation of 93 illegal immigrants

Floods are hampering efforts to evacuate 93 illegal immigrants from Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan stranded on Naikliu ...

Tunisian urges Canada to arrest Ben Ali`s relative

Tunisia has asked Canadian authorities to arrest the billionaire brother-in-law of ousted Tunisian president Zine El ...

Ben Ali family members arrive in Canada

Relatives of Tunisia`s ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali have arrived in Canada, a government official in ...

Ben Ali`s plane lands in Jeddah: Saudi source

The plane carrying toppled Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali landed early Saturday in the Saudi Red Sea city ...

Police arrest seven illegal Iraqi immigrants

East Nusa Tenggara Police arrested seven illegal Iraqi immigrants and two Indonesians serving as the crew of the boat ...