The high cost of living experienced in the country is mostly driven by imported inflation, the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) said. Commissioner and…
Former finance minister Rainbo Paita on September 4 was named as the alternative prime minister candidate ahead of a motion of no confidence filed by…
Pope Francis warned on September 5 against religion being used to stoke conflicts, in a declaration signed with a top Indonesian imam before he held…
Hundreds of indigenous Papuans staged protests on September 5 and 6 to highlight ongoing violence and displacement in the conflict-torn Papua region as Pope Francis…
West Java has declared an emergency status for drought in 12 municipalities in the province due to the prolonged dry season. The affected regions comprise…
The construction of Bali’s first ever urban underground light rail transit (LRT) began on September 4. A ground breaking ceremony for the $10.8 billion (Rp167…
A Russian strike on west Ukraine's Lviv, hundreds of kilometers from the front, killed seven people on September 4, authorities said as Moscow claimed advances…
The World Health Organization said on September 3 more children had been reached than expected at the start of an emergency polio vaccination campaign in…
At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on September 3 trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster…
Poland on September 3 announced new military deals worth several hundred million dollars, the latest in the NATO member's drive to beef up its defence.…
Greta Thunberg and a group of activists were arrested on September 4 after occupying a University of Copenhagen building to call for an academic boycott…
Lebanon's former central bank governor Riad Salameh was arrested September 3 after being questioned over alleged embezzlement, a judicial official told AFP. The public prosecutor…
Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn denied the charges against him as his "dieselgate" trial began, his lawyer said September 3, nine years after the scandal…
Iran's foreign ministry said it had summoned the Australian ambassador on September 3 to "strongly condemn" a social media message posted by the embassy supporting…
Botswana will hold general elections on October 30, the president of the stable and diamond-rich southern African country announced September 3. President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who…
A former official who worked as an aide to the governor of New York state was arrested and charged with working as an agent of…
An Indian state, shaken by weeks of protests demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, passed a law on September 3 that…
India is setting up high-tech warning systems at nearly 200 Himalayan glacial lakes at risk of bursting their banks, a deadly threat exacerbated by climate…
The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on September 3 with millions of people still stranded in devastated areas and increasing concern…
Pakistan's finance minister vowed on September 3 to persevere with plans for new taxes on the retail sector despite strike threats, as a step towards…
Thailand's new prime minister named her cabinet on September 4, dumping an influential military-linked party out of government for the first time since 2019. King…
At least 20 people are missing, feared dead, following a boat mishap on the Mekong river in the "Golden Triangle" area between Laos, Myanmar and…
Myanmar's military government is allowing selected civilians to carry weapons, expanding its public mobilization beyond the draft as the fighting in its civil war edges…
Singapore collected S$80.3 billion (US$61.4 billion) in tax revenue for the 2023/2024 financial year, a 17% increase from the previous year. This increase reflects the…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will host over two dozen African leaders at a lavish dinner in Beijing on September 4, kicking off the city's biggest…
