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Jokowi using unpaid volunteers to campaign for him

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo alias Jokowi, as he is popularly called, claimed he is using unpaid ...

Prabowo names Mahfud success team chairman

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has asked former Constitutional Court chairman Mahfud MD to be the chairman of ...

Ansor to support NU cadres in presidential race

Ansor, the youth wing of one of Indonesia's largest Islamic organizations Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has pledged to support ...

Joint military team to assist police in military shooting case

A joint Indonesian military team led by Indonesian Military Police Major POM Eko Mujiyono will assist police officers ...

President Yudhoyono, Brunei`s Crown Prince hope for better bilateral ties

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received visiting Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei Darussalam, flanked by ...

Putin says sanctions could hurt western energy firms in Russia

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned that new EU and US sanctions could impact the work of Western energy firms ...

Indonesian army prepared special terror squad for plane hijack attempt

The Indonesian Army has alerted its Special Forces Counter-Terrorism Unit (Satgultor.

Indonesia, Japan to Start New Era of Military Cooperation

Whenever Indonesian and Japanese officials meet, their agenda topics usually concern economic issues, particularly on ...

Kopassus, Japan's defense forces strengthen partnership

Indonesia's army special forces (Kopassus) and Japan's self-defense forces army will continue to develop their ...

No border marks removed: Kopassus commander

Indonesian Army Special Forces (Kopassus) commander Major General Wisnu Bawatenaya said there has been no incidence of ...

Afghanistan, US finalise draft post-2014 deal: Kabul

Afghan and US officials have finalised the initial draft of a strategic partnership agreement that will govern ...

Karzai says NATO failed as 18-hr Kabul attack ends

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that a coordinated Taliban attack showed a "failure" by Afghan ...

Yemeni forces kill 38 Al Qaeda suspects:official

Yemen`s armed forces killed 38 suspected members of Al-Qaeda in two days of air raids and shelling of their hideouts ...

Four Turkish police killed in PKK clash - officials

Four special force police officers were killed in a clash with Kurdish militants in a mountainous area of southeast ...

Syria denies receiving special forces from Russia

A Syrian military source on Monday refuted as "baseless" some media reports about the arrival of Russian warships ...