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UN lauds Indonesia`s progress on human rights implementation

The United Nations` High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has expressed her appreciation towards the ...

Minister emphasizes importance of intellectual property rights

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly has stressed the importance of intellectual property rights for ...

Indonesia urges UN to stop impunity of Israel

Indonesia has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva to immediately end impunity on Israe, ...

Indonesian waters in plastic waste emergency

Indonesian waters are currently in a state of plastic waste emergency that can affect the health of marine animals and ...

Disappearing Swiss snow likely linked to global warming: study

In Switzerland, snow is disappearing and it is probably linked to global warming, the University of Geneva said ...

France warns of humanitarian, political consequences of Khan Al-Ahmar demolition

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian expressed his country`s deep concern over the situation in the Palestinian ...

Occupied Palestinian territory has world`s highest unemployment rate: UNCTAD

Unemployment in the occupied Palestinian territory rose to more than 27 percent in 2017, the world`s highest, while ...

News focus - Indonesia has serious concern about plastic waste reduction by Otniel Tamindael

Efforts to reduce global plastic waste are a serious concern of the Indonesian government, along with delegations from ...

Yemen`s children suffer malnutrition, lack of medical care amid ongoing war

Wijdan Mohammed Hussein is only four years old, but her face looks ten times older than age. With a tiny and skeletal ...

Rohingyas remain vulnerable despite thousands of lives saved: WHO

The nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees still remain vulnerable today, even though concerted efforts by the Bangladesh ...

UN warns of third wave of Yemen cholera epidemic

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday said that the number of suspected ...

Marsudi offers condolences over Annan`s death

Indonesia`s Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi has offered her condolences, on behalf of the government and people ...

U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps

A United Nations human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic ...

Indonesia to again revise import regulations following complaint by U.S.

The Indonesian government has agreed to revise its import regulations again following a complaint lodged by the United ...

Congo ebola outbreak poses high regional risk, says WHO

An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely spread over tens of kilometres (miles) and poses a ...