Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi said Wednesday that he will not be required to fast during Ramadan while on his upcoming space mission.

For around 20 years of Indonesia’s participation in PISA, the quality has not increased much—if it increased at all. 

Stopping the production of copper concentrate will not only adversely affect export earnings and state revenues but also will cause massive worker layoffs.

Domestic workers are even more vulnerable to abuse because they work in private homes. 

The 2021 AGRIS conducted by BPS provides data showing that we need a paradigm shift in the agriculture sector to adopt a holistic approach toward sustainability that incorporates the economic, social and environmental dimensions.

Many violations of religious freedom have occurred because intolerant actors feel empowered by a joint ministerial decree issued in 2006 that requires local resident approval for the construction of any new place of worship.

Thousands of members of the Indonesian Village Apparatus Association (PPDI) from across Indonesia staged a protest demanding that policymakers revise the 2014 Village Law before the 2024 presidential and legislative elections, in Jakarta on Wednesday, a week after a similar protest by village heads.

Historically the province of collectors scouting for rare watches at auction, the second-hand market is turning increasingly professional with the proliferation of online sales sites that verify authenticity -- with even the watch manufacturers themselves getting involved.

The upstream oil and gas regulatory body has expanded the country's exploration and targets for this year to banking on higher firms' revenue driven by last year’s price surge for crude.

RI saw 32 times more measles cases in 2022 than the year before, amid a slump in routine pediatric immunizations blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Nothing has been decided at this time regarding my visit to Ukraine," he told parliament.

Romero was killed on Monday, shot dead by a gunman along with six other farm workers in Half Moon Bay, just south of San Francisco. Even in a nation all too familiar with gun violence, the shooting was stunning, coming just two days after another gunman opened fire at a ballroom in Monterey Park, an Asian American enclave outside Los Angeles.

The fake election that took place in Cambodia in 2018 is the blueprint for the plan by Myanmar’s junta to devise a bogus electoral exercise to try to secure a fig leaf of legitimacy.

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said in an interview that Ethiopia's Aircraft Investigation Bureau (EAIB) had made errors in its report.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) expects lower credit growth in the banking industry this year and a drop in net interest margins amid a possible global recession.

The twentysomething members of the Bandung-based rock outfit make their case for Adulting Is Hard as the ultimate album that goes against the “Happy New Year” grain.

The North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has started an investigation following the death of a 15-year-old Sumatran orangutan from severe injuries during treatment in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.

The Bali Police are investigating into fake information that an Australian man was mugged and bashed while holidaying on the resort island.

Asian markets fluctuated Wednesday as traders in several countries returned from the Lunar New Year break to a soft lead out of Wall Street with recession fears still causing concern.

With China asserting its maritime presence and the United States bolstering defense ties in the wider Indo-Pacific, ASEAN is in need of a novel diplomatic approach, analysts say.

Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, Seoul-based NK News reported on Wednesday, citing a government notice.

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Asian Americans were reeling Tuesday after two mass shootings in California targeting members of their community left 18 people dead – with the alleged gunmen in both cases being older men of Asian descent.

Jacinda Ardern was officially replaced on Wednesday as New Zealand prime minister, after stunning the country by announcing her abrupt departure from the role last week.

Indonesia’s discussion with electric automaker Tesla made headline again last week as Bloomberg reported that the two are closing in on a deal. However, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk was quick to respond via his recently-acquired Twitter cautioning against citing “unnamed sources” as they are frequently false.

Jacinda Ardern played the role model of a leader who not only did her best for her nation, but also knew when to step back and ensure a sustainable succession.

Indonesia has exceeded its target for realized investment in four consecutive years as the mining sector in conjunction with the development of downstream industries attracted vastly greater funding last year.