Pope Francis has indirectly acknowledged the abuse scandal in East Timor involving its bishop and Nobel Peace Prize-winning independence hero
September 09, 2024
East Timor pulled out all stops for Pope Francis’ historic visit to one of the world’s youngest and poorest countries to the tune of $12 million, drawing rebuke from activists and human rights organizations
September 09, 2024
An emotionally abusive marriage of 11 years has led Rani Miranti to join a fight club that has trained her in martial arts
July 20, 2024Indonesia’s military says it has arrested 13 elite troops accused of involvement in a video showing the torture of an indigenous Papua man believed to be a member of a separatist group
March 25, 2024Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay
June 25, 2024
Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay
June 24, 2024
Muslims in Asia are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar
June 17, 2024
The Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is being celebrated by Muslims with family reunions, new clothes and sweet treats
April 10, 2024
Indonesia’s electoral commission has confirmed Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former general linked to past human rights abuses, was elected president
March 20, 2024
Former special forces general Prabowo Subianto has been confirmed the victor of Indonesia's presidential election
March 20, 2024
The camps of the two presidential candidates who appear to have lost in Indonesia’s election last month say they plan to challenge the official results at the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud
March 14, 2024
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at sunrise Tuesday in much of Asia, a day after many Muslims in the Middle East began their fasts
March 12, 2024
Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, will open its polls Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia’s largest economy began democratic reforms in 1998
February 13, 2024
Joko Widodo’s phenomenal rise from a riverside slum, where he grew up, to the presidency of Indonesia shows how far the world’s third-largest democracy has veered from a brutal authoritarian era a decade ago
February 11, 2024
As the world's third-largest democracy prepares for national elections on Wednesday, women and minority candidates face questions about whether voters will accept them
February 10, 2024
Indonesia’s top security minister says that President Joko Widodo has accepted his resignation from the Cabinet amid heated political discourse before this month's election
February 01, 2024
Coffee growers look to postpone EU deforestation requirement
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Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens
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Venezuela’s opposition ex-candidate says he was forced to sign letter that effectively admits defeat
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