Tokyo: Countries and partners today reported continued progress toward the World Bank Group’s goal-set in April 2024-to help deliver affordable, quality health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030. Building on that momentum, 15 countries introduced …

Jakarta: Indonesian journalists are calling for better pay and job protection amidst a backdrop of declining democratic freedoms in the country. Journalists, like other workers, have rights that are supposed to be safeguarded through a structured labo…

Sumatra: Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, the country’s disaster management agency said Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the toll even higher. Story by Eliza Herbert.

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Doha: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has called for the immediate removal of non-Syrian elements from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as a crucial step towards the integration process in Syria. Speaking at the 23rd Doha Forum in the Qatari ca…

Cairo: Foreign ministers from several Arab and Muslim countries, yesterday, expressed concern over recent Israeli remarks, suggesting the Rafah Crossing be opened only in one direction to transfer Gaza residents into Egypt.

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