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Saudi govt defends decision to reduce global hajj quota

The Saudi Arabian government defends its decision to reduce hajj quota for 20 percent for each countries during the ...

Indonesia urged to lobby Saudi Arabia over hajj quota

Amid the Saudi government`s policy to cut hajj pilgrims` numbers due to expansion work at Mecca`s Grand Mosque, some ...

RI deserves dispensation in hajj quota cut: IPHI

Indonesia deserves dispensation in the hajj quota cut the Saudi government will impose this year, the Indonesian Hajj ...

RI hajj quota cut by 20 percent: Minister

The Saudi government has cut Indonesia`s hajj pilgrimage quota this year by 20 percent or 42,200 pilgrims from 211,000 ...

RI, S. Africa to discuss joint trade commission meeting in August

Indonesia and South Africa have agreed to discuss a joint trade commission meeting in August 2013 as part of efforts ...

ASEAN should help solve Rohingya dispute through resolution: Jusuf Kalla

Jusuf Kalla, one of the founders of the Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council (APRC), said that ASEAN should help ...

US clashes with France over Palestinians

The United States publicly disagreed with France, one of its closest allies, on Tuesday, after Paris said it would ...

Indonesia to prepare road map for international protocol on blasphemy

Indonesia will develop a road map for an international protocol on religious defamation, as earlier proposed by ...

China opposes excessive pressure on Iran

China is not in favor of putting excessive pressure or imposing new sanctions on Iran over Tehran`s controversial ...

12 people killed in Damascus funeral procession blast

Twelve people were killed and another 48 injured Tuesday when a car bomb ripped through a funeral procession for two ...

Rohingya issue will not disturb interfaith harmony

Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Chairman Amidhan has assured that the problems facing Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar will ...

Iindonesia calls for UN peacemaking forces in Syria

Muslim-majority countries that are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will meet in Mecca, Saudi ...

Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on Syria

Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday that threatened Syrian authorities ...

Yudhoyono says regionalism needed to build peace

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said lasting peace requires strong and dynamic regional development ...

RI proposes three pragmatic steps for Palestine

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa at a ministerial-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Sharm ...