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Hundreds of houses inundated in Manado

Hundreds of houses have been submerged in flood water reaching a height of 2.5 meters, following 11 hours of incessant ...

265 Indonesian migrant workers on foreign death rows

Some 265 migrant workers from Indonesia are facing the death penalty in countries such as Malaysia, China and Saudi ...

Arab Spring Adds To Palestinian Refugees` Suffering

On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, commemorated on November 29, the ...

Overseas remittances from Indonesian workers reach Rp100 trillion

Indonesia earns about Rp100 trillion in foreign exchange every year from Indonesian workers in various countries ...

RI evacuates citizens as US weighs limited action in Syria

Indonesia is evacuating its citizens from Syria as a United Nations expert team left Syria on Saturday, heightening ...

Australia Spares No Mercy For Asylum Seekers

In Indonesia, there is an old saying expressing one`s love of country, regardless of problems.  As the saying ...

Indonesia asks UNSC resolve Syrian crisis

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the permanent member states of the United Nations Security ...

UN rights team believes chemical weapons used in Syria

United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited ...

Illegal immigrants from Iran detained in Bali`s hotels

At least 95 illegal immigrants from Iran arrested in the sea off Benoa, Bali, on Sunday , have been detained in a ...

Fire displaces 200 Indonesians in Malaysia

A total of 200 Indonesian migrant workers were displaced in Malaysia after their lodging house in Aman Heights ...

Uphold emancipation, stop domestic violence

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri has said emancipation should be upheld by stopping domestic violence ...

Sampang police detain 76 Rohingya refugees

Sampang police detained 76 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Tanglok seaport, Madura Island, East Java Province, on ...

RI ready to evacuate workers from S Korea

The Indonesian government is ready to evacuate 30,000 workers from South Korea, following the escalating tensions in ...

Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular ...

Spill-over effects of Rohingya issue on Indonesia

As the tension has escalated in Myanmar due to sectarian conflicts between two different ethnic groups, more refugees ...