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American killed, several rescued in Mali hotel attack

One US citizen was killed and around a dozen more had to be rescued on Friday when suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a ...

Police deploy in NY after Paris attacks

New York went on a heightened state of alert Friday, deploying counter-terrorism police reinforcements to crowded ...

Seven hostage takers arrested by PNG military

The commander of the XVII Cenderawasih military region, Major General Hinsa Siburian, said here on Sunday that the ...

House lauds Jokowi for peaceful solution of hostage crisis

House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Setya Novanto lauded President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) for coordinating with Papua ...

Commission I lauds release of two Indonesian citizens

House of Representatives Commission I Chairman Mahfudz Siddiq lauded the governments efforts in securing the release ...

Hostage situation in PNG not political: Chief security minister

The Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday that the recent ...

UN Chief slams deadly attack in central Mali

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Saturday condemned an attack in Sevare, a town in central Mali, which led to ...

Residents of Surabaya protest against Majapahit Coalition

A large number of residents of Surabaya staged a rally outside the joint secretariat of the Majapahit Coalition here ...

Armed group in Papua frees 11 workers held hostage

An armed criminal group led by Gerius Wenda finally freed 11 workers of PT Timur Laut Papua (TLP) who had been held ...

China `extremly concerned` by ASEAN statement on disputed sea

Chinas foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it was "extremely concerned" after leaders of Southeast Asian countries ...

Twitter and Facebook vow to challenge Turkey over ban

Twitter and Facebook have vowed to fight a Turkish ban that briefly blocked access to social media sites this week, a ...

Indonesia condemns Tunisia terror attack

The government of Indonesia strongly condemns the bomb attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, which resulted in ...

Indonesia`s internal economic conditions are good: Chief Minister

Indonesias Chief Economic Minister Sofyan Djalil reiterated here on Wednesday that the internal economic conditions ...

President asks citizens to be optimistic about Indonesia`s economic growth

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on his countrymen to be optimistic about the nations economic condition in ...

Jordan executes two Iraqi militants in response to pilot`s death

Jordan executed by hanging on Wednesday a jailed Iraqi woman militant hours after Islamic State fighters released a ...