Several airlines have canceled flights to and from Bali due to dangerous ash clouds from a volcano near the Indonesian holiday island.
Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia advised passengers of the disruptions on Wednesday, saying the ash from Mount (...)
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto called for collaboration, rather than confrontation, with China, emphasizing peace and prosperity following the signing of $10 billion in new deals at a business forum in Beijing on Sunday.
Subianto, in his (...)
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto vowed to strengthen Indonesia's relationship with China during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Saturday, marking his first overseas trip since taking office three weeks ago.
Subianto, (...)
At least 10 people have been killed after a volcano erupted in eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, officials have said.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted at 23:57 local time, (...)
MADINAH — A woman passenger died after falling from the stepladder while getting off a plane at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah on Tuesday.
The Saudi National Transport Safety Center revealed that it had received (...)
Newly inaugurated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto kicked off his first Cabinet meeting on Friday, urging the 109 members to collaborate as a cohesive "team."
Dressed in military combat uniform, Prabowo led his "Red and White Cabinet" at the (...)
JAKARTA — Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Member of the Cabinet, and Climate Envoy Adel Al-Jubeir represented Saudi Arabia at the inauguration ceremony of Prabowo Subianto as president of Indonesia, held in Jakarta on Sunday.
Al-Jubeir (...)
Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated on Sunday as Indonesia's eighth president, succeeding Joko Widodo, who served for a decade. In his inaugural address, he pledged to be the "leader of all Indonesians."
The inauguration ceremony took place in Jakarta (...)
Singapore's grandest arena, which has hosted Taylor Swift and Madonna, is getting ready to welcome an arguably bigger icon — Pope Francis.
The pontiff will celebrate Mass with 50,000 people at the National Stadium on Thursday evening, packing the (...)
JAKARTA —The General Authority for Foreign Trade (GAFT), represented by Deputy Governor of International Organizations and Agreements, Farid Al-Asali, headed Saudi Arabia's team participating in the first round of negotiations on the Free Trade (...)
Pope Francis began a landmark 12-day visit to Asia and Oceania on Tuesday, starting with Indonesia in what is the longest trip of his pontificate.
"Today I begin an Apostolic Journey to several countries in Asia and Oceania. Please pray that this (...)
Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia's restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, the Associated Press reported.
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JAKARTA — Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Albudaiwi met on Wednesday with Indonesian Minister of Trade Dr. Zulkifli Hasan in Jakarta, where they underscored the significance of strengthening cooperation between the Gulf (...)
The oldest example of figurative cave art has been discovered in the Indonesian Island of South Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian scientists.
The painting of a wild pig and three human-like figures is at least 51,200 years old, more than 5,000 (...)
The three girls started making metal music at high school, but they never thought they could make history for Indonesia at Glastonbury.
The band they formed — Voice of Baceprot — are playing at the festival this year and when they found out they'd (...)
The head and deputy head of the body overseeing Indonesia's planned new capital have unexpectedly resigned, raising questions about the $32 billion project, Reuters reported.
With Jakarta, the current capital of 10 million, overcrowded and plagued (...)
JAKARTA — Saudi Arabia has been announced as the host for the 11th World Water Forum in 2027.
The announcement was made during the closing ceremony of the forum's 10th session in Indonesia, attended by heads of states, ministers, and officials from (...)
KARACHI— Saudi Arabia has launched the Makkah Route Initiative for Pakistani pilgrims for this year's Hajj at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. This is the second airport in Pakistan to benefit from the initiative, which is part of Saudi (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has launched the Nusuk pilgrim card, which will be in use for the forthcoming annual pilgrimage of Hajj 2024.
Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah released the Nusuk card by presenting its (...)
Renewed eruptions from a remote Indonesian volcano have triggered fresh evacuation orders and sparked flight cancellations and airport closures this week with smoke, lava and volcanic gasses spewing out of the fiery mountain.
Mount Ruang, a (...)
Earlier this year, Ai Qing was woken up in the middle of the night by angry chants outside her dormitory in northern Argentina.
She peered out of the window to see Argentine workers surrounding the compound and blockading the entrance with flaming (...)
Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano, raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami.
Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) volcano (...)
Over 130 families have been evacuated after an explosion at a military ammunition warehouse near the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday evening, an official said on Sunday.
The blast occurred at the warehouse owned by the Jayakarta Regional (...)
Indonesia's defense minister Prabowo Subianto has been declared the winner of last month's presidential election in the world's third-largest democracy.
Prabowo appealed for unity as his two rivals, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, vowed to (...)
The death toll from floods and landslides in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra has risen to 32, the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (NDMA) reported on Tuesday.
According to the agency, five of the province's 12 regencies declared (...)
