JAKARTA, June 3 - Indonesian authorities arrested the recently dismissed head of an agency overseeing President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meals programme on Wednesday along with two other former officials, hours after a raid put the agency's offices under lockdown.
When US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took the podium at the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, his words signaled a profound structural shift in the global security landscape. Declaring that the era of America subsidizing the defense of wealthy nations is officially
Repeated price hikes have added strain on people struggling with long-running inflation.
The scheme was linked to cases of food poisoning that have reportedly affected at least 33,000 children as of April.
Malaysia hosts more than 120,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
The woman said that her daughter had flown with AirAsia before, and questioned if that meant the policy was breached during those earlier flights.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed his ministers to seek a bilateral trade solution with Malaysia.
NEW DELHI, June 3 - At least 21 people were killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police said, in one of the worst such incidents in the national capital in recent years.
The 2019 bombings killed 279 people.
In August 2023, Jakarta briefly became a symbol of what happens when governments ignore environmental warning signs for too long. The city ranked among the most polluted places in the world. Schools adjusted activities. Some offices asked employees to work from home. Parents
Many victims were South Asians who had travelled to India for treatment or to accompany relatives.
The alleged thief reportedly said: “The dog is dead, so stop making a fuss. I did not break the law.”
At a security conference in Singapore over the weekend, the three AUKUS partners – the United States, United Kingdom and Australia – announced a tweak to their partnership that has generated quite a lot of attention in Canberra. Australia will now receive three second-hand
Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama) - helmed by former federal ministers Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad - said that further discussions would be held with party representatives in Johor to identify the seats the party would contest.
Tokyo remained the lowest among Japan’s prefectures, with a fertility rate of 0.96.
The natural instinct of any government facing a more fragmented global system is to guard its policy flexibility and keep its hands free to respond to whatever comes next. But the countries that consistently attract long-term investment tend to choose a different path. They
SEOUL, June 3 - South Korea and the U.S. held inaugural talks this week to discuss nuclear cooperation under a joint fact sheet on security agreed by U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung last year, Seoul said on Wednesday.
It added that China had no right to claim to speak on its behalf over the maritime boundary issue.
One of the most notable outcomes of last month’s Xi-Trump summit in Beijing was not tangible. Rather, it was Xi Jinping’s introduction of a new authoritative formulation, or tífǎ, for US-China relations. Such authoritative concepts have long been an important means for the
They say that life-size robot replicas and AI-generated images do the job without cruelty.
TOKYO — The billionaire CEOs who accompanied US President Donald Trump to Beijing last month are probably feeling some whiplash. Some of that disorientation comes from Trump himself — a president who built two campaigns on confronting China and has since recast himself as an
Investigators believe the victims of the theft had intended to use the cash to buy gold in Hong Kong.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn granted pardons to selected prisoners to mark Queen Suthida's birthday on Jun 3, the official royal gazette stated.
It is estimated that as much as 80 per cent of nicotine consumption in Australia in 2025 was illegal.
The prosecution contends the soldiers did not act on orders but on their own initiative.
South Korea allows certain foreign nationals to vote in local elections - those aged 18 or older who have held permanent residency status for at least three years are eligible to cast ballots.
The vessels were carrying tin and heading towards Singapore.
Under Singapore’s increasingly sweltering skies, the lobby of the Shangri-La Hotel in late May 2026 offered a revealing snapshot of a world edging toward deeper fragmentation. The 23rd edition of the Shangri-La Dialogue, held from May 29 to 31, brought together representatives
The raid came just hours after President Prabowo Subianto sacked the head of the agency, Dadan Hindayana, which an official said was linked to governance and food quality concerns.
MOSCOW, June 3 - President Vladimir Putin has read long-term ally Armenia the riot act: persist in wanting to join the European Union and you can kiss goodbye to cheap Russian oil and gas.
It was unclear whether the drone was launched by Myanmar's military or ethnic armed groups.
This move is in response to the surge in prices of naphtha, a key raw material for printing ink.
In the dog days of summer 70 years ago, Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal. The move triggered the invasion of Egypt by a joint force of British, French and Israeli troops. Although the military operation was a success, it was a diplomatic
No plenary sessions have been held in the past two days.
MANILA, June 3 - Philippine President Marcos Jr. called on the Senate to \"get back to work,\" expressing disbelief on Wednesday that an impasse in the upper chamber has stalled urgent legislative duties ahead of a congressional break.
Tokyo reiterated the view that the delimitation will not cause any problem under international laws.
The 21-year-old was charged with negligent driving.
A bizarre conference incident opens wider questions over Indonesia’s academic integrity.