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President Jokowi deplores clash after demonstration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his regret over the clash after demonstration in front of the Merdeka ...

VP Kalla monitors massive peaceful rally

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla monitored the ongoing massive peaceful demonstration in Jakarta on via television. ...

madura ulemas write to president over ahok`s alleged blasphemy case - (d)

Leaders of Islamic boarding schools have written to President Joko Widodo, urging that the due process of law should ...

"Greatest Living Poet" Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize

Bob Dylan, regarded as the voice of a generation for his influential songs from the 1960s onwards, has won the Nobel ...

U.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters

U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track ...

Jakarta Giant Sea Wall to prevent sea water intrusion

An ambitious plan to build a 24-kilometer long Giant Sea Wall will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, ...

Susi pledges protection for Jakarta fishermen

Marine and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti pledges protection for the interest of traditional fishermen if the ...

Egyptian court jails five juveniles over Red Sea island protest

An Egyptian court sentenced five juveniles to five years in prison and a fine of 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($11,000) for ...

Attorney general: Mary Jane still facing death execution

Attorney General HM Prasetyo said the government has remained with its decision to carry out the execution of death ...

Indonesian Mily Chief protests Singapore`s action against Suryo Prabowo

The Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief, General Gatot Nurmantyo, has written to the Foreign Ministry to lodge a note of ...

Only four convicts executed in third wave of executions

Only four death row inmates convicted for drug trafficking were finally executed out of the 14 announced earlier by ...

Third wave of executions of drug traffickers imminent

Despite the Indonesian media lately giving greater coverage to the planned cabinet reshuffle, but it does not mean ...

Many in Hong Kong look for the exit amid China tensions

When activists began setting fire to trash bins and hurling bricks at police during a February riot in Hong Kong, ...

Indonesian AG set to carry out third wave of executions

Any move to execute convicts on the death row continues to draw strong criticism since many NGOs strongly oppose and ...

Egypt blocks UN security council condemnation of Turkey violence

The United Nations Security Council failed on Saturday to condemn the violence and unrest in Turkey after Egypt ...