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The 11 Cities Most Likely To Run Out of Drinking Water

Cape Town is in the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running...

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Hong Kong Maids Lured By Islamic State Recruiters

Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong are being radicalised by extremists from the Islamic State group, a security...

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Vietnam Says Four Fishermen Wounded By Indonesian Navy

Four Vietnamese fisherman were shot and wounded by Indonesia's navy over the weekend, authorities said on Monday, the...

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East Timor Set For New Coalition After Ruling Parties Win Poll

East Timor is set for another coalition after the two governing parties in Asia's youngest democracy clinched a...

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Bad Weather Caused Deadly Plane Crash

Bad weather caused a Myanmar military plane to crash last month with 122 people on board, state media reported on...

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Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia

An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited...

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Indonesia President Inks Decree To Ban Radical Groups

Indonesia has issued a decree allowing it to ban groups that oppose its official state ideology, in a move seen to...

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Trump’s Indonesian Business Partner Summoned Over Alleged Threats

US President Donald Trump's Indonesian business partner has been questioned by police over alleged threats against a...

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Energy Firms Hit By Oil Dive, N.Korea Crisis Fuels Uncertainty

Asian energy firms sank Thursday following a plunge in oil prices while equity traders remained on edge after North...

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Obama Calls For Tolerance and Unity In Childhood Home Indonesia

Barack Obama called for tolerance and respect in his childhood home of Indonesia Saturday, amid rising religious...

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Suspected Militant Shot Dead After Stabbing Indonesian Policemen

Indonesian police shot dead a suspected militant after he stabbed two policemen inside a mosque near the national...

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Obama Visits Childhood Home Jakarta

Former US president Barack Obama arrived Friday in his former childhood home Jakarta, where he met Indonesia's...

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From China Coin-Thrower To Dirty Dancer

An 80-year-old Chinese woman delayed a domestic flight from Shanghai this week for nearly six hours after throwing...

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Obama On Temple Sojourn During Indonesia Holiday

Barack Obama took his wife and daughters to the ancient Borobudur temple on Java on Wednesday on a family vacation to...

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Alleged IS Militants Kill Police Officer In Indonesia

Two alleged Islamic State group militants stabbed a police officer to death in western Indonesia, authorities said...

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GTMO Detainee Charged With Bombing In Indonesia

A US military court has charged an Indonesian detainee at Guantanamo Bay in connection with the 2002 bombing in Bali,...

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Obama Kicks Off Tropical Holiday In Indonesia

Barack Obama kicked off a 10-day family holiday in Indonesia that will take in Bali and Jakarta, the city where he...

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Wall Street Journal Sacks Top Reporter Over Ethics Violations

The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired a top correspondent over ethics violations after a news agency investigation...

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Google ‘seals Tax Deal’ With Indonesia

Indonesia has reached an agreement with Google over payment of taxes, the country's finance minister said Tuesday,...