Jose Ramos-Horta appears to be on his way to his second tenure as president of East Timor after Tuesday’s runoff election. Preliminary results released Wednesday by the country’s election commission show that, with more than 60% of all votes counted, the 72-year-old Ramos had a commanding lead, with just over
Myanmar’s junta chief and the Philippines’ outgoing president are not expected to attend the Washington meeting. President Joe Biden, keen to showcase American interest in Southeast Asia, has secured a date to celebrate 45 years of U.S. ties with the far-away region, but not all of ASEAN’s leaders are coming
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Canadian and European counterparts on April 20 led a walkout of a meeting of Group of 20 finance officials in protest against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. British, French, and Canadian officials joined the walkout of the virtual meeting, which took place on the
Minister of Religious Affairs, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, has announced that the quota for Indonesian pilgrims for the 2022 Hajj implementation has been set at 100,051. “Alhamdulillah (thank God), due to all of our efforts and prayers, this year, we will dispatch pilgrims again with a quota of 100,051 pilgrims and
Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, has appealed to people to get the COVID-19 booster vaccine before participating in the Eid al-Fitr homecoming exodus. “The government continues to appeal to people to get vaccinated far before the departure,” he said at a press conference regarding Indonesia’s COVID-19
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that the commemoration of Nuzulul Quran (the Descent of the Quran) has offered a momentum to strengthen togetherness amid diversity in Indonesia. “I call on Muslims to make the commemoration of Nuzulul Quran a momentum to strengthen togetherness in diversity, which is badly needed