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Indonesia, Australia Host Counter-Terrorism Meeting

Western governments are warning their citizens against travelling to nearly all of the southern third of the...

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Indonesia Speaker Named Suspect In Major Graft Case

Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has named the country's speaker of parliament as a suspect in a major graft scandal...

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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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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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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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Google ‘seals Tax Deal’ With Indonesia

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

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Celebration and Protest As Indonesian Leader Visits Hong Kong

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo was greeted by a mixture of celebration and protest in Hong Kong Sunday with calls to...

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Indonesia’s President Says Open To Death Penalty Review

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said he would restore a moratorium on the death penalty if he won the backing of the...

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Taiwan Badminton Star Tai Digs Deep In All-England Opener

World number one Tai Tzu Ying overcame an early wobble to reach the second round of the All-England Open in Birmingham...

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Australia-Indonesia Restore Full Military Ties

Australia and Indonesia announced the full restoration of military ties Sunday as the countries' leaders held talks...

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Indonesian President To Visit Australia This Weekend

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will head to Australia this weekend for his first visit as head of state to a key ally...

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Jakarta Holds Governor Elections Amid Blasphemy Trial

Residents of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, are voting for a new governor, in an election overshadowed by the...

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Nearly 50 million Indonesians are set to vote on Wednesday in scores of regional elections but the most closely watched...

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Muslim Indonesia’s Capital To Vote In Tolerance Test

Jakarta's Christian governor will fight to cling on to his job at polls this week despite standing trial for blasphemy,...

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Singapore PM Visits Indonesia To Further Economic Collaboration

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be in Semarang, Indonesia from Sunday to Monday to attend the...

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Indonesia Castration Law ‘will Wipe Out Paedophilia’

Indonesia could "wipe out" paedophilia with its new policy of chemical castration, President Joko Widodo has told the...