JAKARTA, Feb 14 — Indonesians started voting on Wednesday in areas across the archipelago in an election headlined by the race to succeed popular President Joko Widodo, whose influence could determine who takes the helm of the world's third-largest democracy.

DUBAI, Feb 14 — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called upon all "conscientious" nations to rally behind the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) which he hailed as a vital support for millions of refugees across Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.

JAKARTA, Feb 13 — The General Elections Commission (KPU) invited friendly countries to observe the 2024 General Elections at several polling stations through the Indonesia Election Visit Programme (IEVP), reported Antara news agency.

JAKARTA, Feb 13 — Ikatan Setiakawan Wartawan Malaysia-Indonesia (Iswami) Indonesia is always ready to collaborate in sharing information with journalist associations in Malaysia to realise the proposed establishment of the Malaysian Media Council.

JAKARTA, Feb 13 — Indonesian authorities were making final preparations ahead of Wednesday’s election, with around 25,000 police set to ensure security in a contest seen as a test of democratic gains made since the end of authoritarian rule 25 years ago.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 — Pakistan’s elections last week returned a hung parliament, with no party getting enough seats in the National Assembly to form a government by itself.

DOHA/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, Feb 13 — US President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah kept up the pressure for a Gaza Strip ceasefire as senior mediators were to resume work on Tuesday on an Israel-Hamas truce agreement, with the threat of an Israeli ground offensive looming in Rafah.

INDONESIA holds simultaneous presidential and legislative elections on February 14.

DOHA/JERUSALEM, Feb 12 — Israeli strikes on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah killed 37 people and wounded dozens, local health officials said on Monday, after US President Joe Biden told Israel not to attack Rafah without a credible plan to protect civilians.

JAKARTA , Feb 11 — Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto is on course to secure over 50% of the votes in the country's presidential election, winning in one round, an opinion survey showed on Saturday, the last day of campaigning.

JAKARTA, Feb 11 — Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Indonesia's presidential contenders packed final rallies in the capital Jakarta and the Central Java city of Solo on Saturday, ahead of the world's biggest single-day election.

DUBAI, Feb 11 — Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerges as the focal point of discussion at this year’s World Government Summit (WGS) set to convene in Dubai from February 12 to 14.

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DOHA, Feb 10 — Trapped in and around Rafah, more than 1 million Palestinians braced for Israel to complete a plan to evacuate them and launch a ground assault against Hamas fighters in the southern Gaza city.

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JAKARTA, Feb 9 — Indonesia's Health Ministry and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have signed the Grant Agreement and Joint Work Plan WHO Biennium 2024-2025, to support the implementation of various health programmes.

JAKARTA, Feb 9 — Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is projected to pip the 50 per cent threshold needed to win the February 14 election in a single round, the latest opinion poll showed on Friday.

NEW YORK, Feb 9 — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) cannot be replaced.

REUTERS, Feb 9 — The La Nina weather pattern characterised by unusually cold temperatures in the Pacific Ocean could emerge in the second half of 2024, following a strong El Nino year, a US government weather forecaster said on Thursday.