Polls show Indonesian president holds lead ahead of April election
With just over a month to go to an Indonesian election, President Joko Widodo holds a double-digit lead over his challenger, retired general Prabowo Subianto, according to an opinion poll released this week.
Singapore, China, Indonesia ground Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 as concerns mount
Singapore suspended operations of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in and out of Changi airport on Tuesday, and Indonesia and China grounded their fleets of the U.S. planemaker’ s latest model after it suffered a second fatal crash in less than five months….
U.S. to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela
The United States will withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela this week, the U.S. State Department said late on Monday, citing the deteriorating situation in the country after months of political unrest.
Twenty-two civilians killed, including children, in north Yemen: U.N.
Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, this week in a village in northern Yemen, the United Nations said.
U.S. says North Korea diplomacy ‘very much alive,’ but it’s watching rocket site
The chief U.S. envoy for North Korea said on Monday that “diplomacy is still very much alive” with Pyongyang despite a failed summit last month, but cautioned that Washington was closely watching activity at a North Korean rocket site and did not know …
‘I’m an Aussie’: refugee footballer Araibi granted Australian citizenship
A refugee footballer who fled Bahrain and was held in a Thai prison for months during a tense extradition stand-off between Australia and the Gulf state was granted Australian citizenship on Tuesday.
Body of missing British woman found in Guatemala
Searchers have found the body of a 23-year-old British woman in Guatemala a week after she went missing, police in the Central American nation said on Monday.
‘All-or-nothing’ U.S. approach toward North Korea won’t work: Moon adviser
The United States should seek the gradual denuclearisation of North Korea because an “all-or-nothing” strategy will not help break an impasse in talks, a special adviser to South Korea’s president said on Tuesday.
Kazakhstan puts campaigner against Chinese camps under house arrest
A Kazakh court has placed an activist who campaigned on behalf of ethnic Kazakhs in China under house arrest on the charge of calling for a “jihad” against the Chinese, state prosecutors said.
U.S. says to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela
The United States is to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela this week, the U.S. State Department announced late on Thursday.
