JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has ditched a controversial plan to buy 733 million euros ($790 million) worth of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets previously used by Qatar, the defence ministry spokesperson said late on Saturday. “There is no purchase of Mirage jets. Even though it was planned, it has been cancelled … meaning there is no …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will pledge 15.8 billion yen ($106 million) in aid to Ukraine at a conference to be held in Tokyo on Feb. 19, Kyodo News reported on Sunday, citing unidentified sources. The funding will be used for reconstruction in seven areas, including agriculture and the disposal of rubble, Kyodo said. Japanese Prime …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two of Indonesia’s three presidential contenders pledged to protect press freedom in the world’s third-largest democracy at a weekend event that frontrunner Prabowo Subianto didn’t attend. The event came just days ahead of the Feb. 14 poll, and as some Indonesians raise concerns over an erosion of the country’s hard-won democratic freedoms. …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Sunday it had detected eight Chinese balloons crossing the Taiwan Strait in the previous 24 hours, of which five flew across Taiwan, the second day in a row is has reported a large number of balloons. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory despite the strong …
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By Ariba Shahid and Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Candidates backed by the party of jailed Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan plan to form a government, a senior aide to the former prime minister said on Saturday, urging supporters to peacefully protest if final election results are not released. The nation of 241 million people voted …
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BISHKEK (Reuters) – A court in Kyrgyzstan has ruled to dissolve a non-governmental organisation that ran a popular news website often critical of the government. The court order late on Friday to shut down Kloop.kg follows raids on several other media outlets and arrests of their reporters, which Western governments have criticised as a crackdown …
By Ananda Teresia and Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) -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. Candidates enter a cooling-off period on Sunday, running through election day on Wednesday, when voters …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A senior aide to Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday their party would try to form a government as it had won the most seats in Thursday’s general election. Interim party chief Gohar Ali Khan called on all institutions in Pakistan to respect the party’s mandate, telling a …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -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. Prabowo is projected to gain 51.9% of the votes, based on a survey of 1,220 respondents by Lembaga …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Canadian tourist opened the door of a Thai Airways flight that was preparing to take off from Chiang Mai airport bound for the capital Bangkok, local broadcaster ThaiPBS and officials said this week. “The whole plane was in chaos,” wrote Facebook user Ananya Tiangtae, who was on the flight, adding that …
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