Tag: Indonesia
Seven dead, dozens buried in Indonesia mine collapse
AFP | At least seven people have died and dozens more are still trapped beneath the rubble of an illegal gold mine that collapsed in...
Strong 6.1-magnitude quake rocks western Indonesia
AFP | A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Mentawai on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The earthquake hit at a...
Waking up the neighbours: Indonesia’s Ramadan alarm clocks
AFP | Most of Jakarta is fast asleep at 2:00 am, but for Fajar Ramadan and his pint-sized comrades it's time to wake up the...
Heartbreaker? Smoking causing millions of heart attacks, strokes: WHO
AFP | While the link between smoking and a range of cancers is well known, the World Health Organization warned Thursday there was too little...
“Saffronization” of India: US Federal Commission Report
News Analysis | Religious freedom conditions witnessed a "downward trend" in India last year, as Hindu-nationalist groups sought to "saffronize" it through violence, intimidation, and...
Cyber Security Issues in Pakistan
Afeera Firdous| A special report on cybersecurity norms by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) concluded that many engineered systems, around the world, which depend on digital-computational...
President Azad Jammu and Kashmir seeks international attention for the region
News Analysis | President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Sardar Masood said, “India-held Kashmir is on fire but the world community is not sending any...
Pakistan takes Defence Attaches of six countries to visit LOC
News Analysis | Defence Attaches of US, UK, France, China, Turkey and Indonesia visited Line of Control (LOC) in Rawalakot Sector of Azad Jammu &...
Now Pakistani Pet Lovers get an International Brand Locally for their...
News Desk | Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company has launched yet another innovative consumer product in Pakistan – Purina pet food! Nestle has...
Sindh government ignores sugarcane woes, organizes seminar for farm owners.
News Analysis | A seminar is being organized by the Sindh Enterprise Development Fund, as the seventh installment of the Livestock Dairy...
Indonesia allows unlimited kinnow import from Pakistan
News Analysis | Indonesia’s commerce minister on 26th January announced the lifting of the quota embargo on kinnow imports from Pakistan, allowing shipment of an...
South China Sea becomes global and regional threat
Jumel G. Estrañero | While China has been making considerable diplomatic and economic inroads in Asia, the US has been reminding the same continent of...
Kinnow exports skyrocket: Exports to Indonesia boost to $48 million
News Analysis | Export of Kinnow (citrus fruit) from Pakistan to Indonesia has surged by a staggering 150 percent to $48 million in the current...
Muslims in Asia protest against Trump’s Jerusalem decision
Reuters | Several thousand protesters in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia rallied on Friday to condemn the U.S. decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, as...
Is Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem just to boost popularity amongst conservatives?
James M. Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump has let a genie out of the bottle with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital...
Women flogged for adultery in Indonesia
A video has surfaced from Indonesia in which a woman is being brutally flogged for committing adultery. The woman can be seen kneeling before a...
Indonesia, Malaysia & Philippines launch joint patrols to tackle ISIS threat
Jumel G. Estrañero | Staggering six months of waiting coupled with best efforts before this quarter of 2017, a more concrete defense alignment and cooperation...
Taiwan’s President says it will not seek war with China
Jumel G. Estrañero | Old friends, old enemies. Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen pledged on 9 October (Monday) to bolster the island’s military but added it...
“Plight of Myanmars Rohingya’s: Destabilizing Muslim Governments?”
JAMES M. DORSEY | Calls for jihad in defense of the Muslim minority prompt fears of a second front against Islamic State-linked fighters in Southeast Asia,...
Will Trump continue the CIA’s cover-up in the JFK assassination?
Jacob G. Hornberger | Last week, the National Archives suddenly released a batch of long-secret official records relating to the JFK assassination. This was surprising...
Politics everywhere: Pakistan’s debating team
News Analysis | Just two weeks away from the 2017 edition of The World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC), the Debating Circuit of Pakistan has made...
Yadnya Kasada festival Indonesia
News Analysis | Despite the cold weather of 10 degree Celsius, Hindu religious worshippers gathered at the Base of Mount Broom in Indonesia to mark...
How safe is Indonesia’s democracy from Islamic extremism?
In May, the governor of Jakarta, Indonesia – a Christian – was convicted for blasphemy against religion and sentenced to two years in prison. The conviction has shocked observers around...
Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations across the globe!
Eid-ul-Fitr is an auspicious and the most awaited celebration of the year in the Muslim world. From the Moroccan deserts to the plains of...
Ascendance of Prince Salman: Saudi Arabia’s rise or demise?
James M. Dorsey | Saudi King Salman’s appointment of his son, Mohammed bin Salman, as a crown prince at the expense of his nephew, Mohammed...
Gulf crisis: A new tale or a recap of the Southeast...
James M. Dorsey | Two competing visions of ensuring regime survival are battling it out in the Gulf. To Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,...
Indonesia restores military ties with Australia after latest neighbourly dispute
Yohanes Sulaiman| The Indonesian government has confirmed that it will not suspend military cooperation with Australia after a top general said earlier in the week...
Chinese seizure of US drone, in South China Sea, worries US...
South China Sea - Chinese naval boat's seizure of an unmanned US naval drone has rung alarm bells in Washington and its allies across...