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Indonesia agrees to terms with Apple to lift iPhone sales ban: source 25 Feb 2025 - 02:41 pm

Jakarta: The Indonesian government has agreed to terms with Apple to lift a ban on sales of the iPhone 16 model, a government...

Search for doomed MH370 resumes 11 years after disappearance 25 Feb 2025 - 02:41 pm

Kuala Lumpur: A fresh search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been launched more than a decade after the plane went missing in...

Indonesia accelerates garlic imports to stabilize prices before Ramadan 24 Feb 2025 - 05:53 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia has accelerated the import of 35,600 tons of garlic to stabilize prices ahead ofRamadan, according to the Ministry of Trade on...

Indonesia launches new agency to transform state-owned investment management 24 Feb 2025 - 05:26 pm

Jakarta:Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto officially launched the Investment Management Agency Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara) on Monday, a super holding agency to consolidate the...

Cambodia finds 230 foreigners in raids on online scam compounds 24 Feb 2025 - 05:12 pm

Phnom Penh: Cambodia has found a total of 230 foreigners in raids on two online scam compounds in northwest Banteay Meanchey province's Poipet...

British couple arrested by Taliban in Aghanistan: family 24 Feb 2025 - 01:21 pm

London: An elderly British couple have been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, their daughter said Monday, urging UK diplomats to do "everything...

Hope fades for Indian workers trapped in tunnel 24 Feb 2025 - 12:29 pm

New Delhi: Search teams had little chance of safely rescuing eight workers trapped inside an irrigation tunnel in southern India after it collapsed...

6 dead, 9 missing after truck plunges into river in Indonesia 23 Feb 2025 - 11:08 pm

Jakarta: Six people were found dead, and nine others remain missing after a truck carrying 32 people, including several children, plunged into a...

Rescuers search for eight trapped in India tunnel collapse 23 Feb 2025 - 05:38 pm

Mumbai: Search teams in southern India were working Sunday to rescue eight workers believed to be trapped in an irrigation tunnel that collapsed...

The last carriage horses of Indonesia's capital endure harsh lives 22 Feb 2025 - 09:59 am

Jakarta: In a dark stable under a heaving highway in Indonesia's capital, trucks rumble past emaciated carriage horses tied to pillars in ramshackle...

Philippines welcomes removal from money laundering 'grey list' 22 Feb 2025 - 08:18 am

Manila: The Philippines on Saturday praised its removal from a global financial "grey list" of countries under increased monitoring for money laundering and...

South Korea says asked US to exclude it from new tariffs 21 Feb 2025 - 02:20 pm

Seoul: South Korea has asked Washington to exclude it from planned US tariffs on steel and aluminium, Seoul's trade ministry said Friday. US...

Chinese AI companies celebrate DeepSeek, shrug off global curbs 21 Feb 2025 - 01:32 pm

Shanghai: Chinese tech companies shrugged off foreign scrutiny of upstart chatbot maker DeepSeek, telling AFP on Friday they were confident the country's tech...

Japan cabinet approves 'emergency' urban bear shootings 21 Feb 2025 - 12:37 pm

Tokyo: Japan's cabinet approved a bill Friday allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas at their own discretion after human encounters with...

Only one in six Japanese citizens has a passport, data shows 21 Feb 2025 - 12:28 pm

Tokyo: Only around one in six Japanese citizens hold valid passports, fresh data shows, with the number of residents travelling abroad slowly recovering...

Indonesian boy missing after second crocodile attack in two weeks 20 Feb 2025 - 07:23 pm

Pontianak, Indonesia: A boy is missing on Indonesia's Borneo island after he was attacked by a crocodile, police said on Thursday, the second...

Northern Japan snowed under after two-week whiteout 20 Feb 2025 - 05:07 pm

Tokyo: Residents of northern Japan were sheltering from deep snow up to the rooftops in some areas on Thursday after a two-week whiteout....

South Korea's ousted PM says tried to stop martial law decree 20 Feb 2025 - 04:21 pm

Seoul: South Korea's ousted premier said Thursday that he had opposed suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law, testifying for the...