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Indonesia's government has signed a memorandum of understanding with an investor from Qatar to build one million affordable homes, one of President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programmes. Housing Minister Maruarar Sirait signed the…

Lebanon is set to extradite the son of late senior Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi to the United Arab Emirates after the country's caretaker cabinet approved the move on Tuesday, the Lebanese prime minister's office said. Abdul Rahman…

A light aircraft crashed near Rottnest Island off the Western Australian city of Perth killing two tourists from Switzerland and Denmark and the pilot, authorities said. The aircraft was carrying six tourists when it crashed on Tuesday…

The UN World Food Programme said that Israeli forces had opened fire on one of its convoys in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza in what it called a "horrifying incident". The agency said the convoy of three vehicles carrying eight…

Brazil's government said that Indonesia is formally joining BRICS as a full member, further expanding the group of major emerging economies that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa. Indonesia, the world's fourth most…

Three Israelis were killed and several injured in a shooting attack on a car and bus near the settlement of Kedumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israel's national ambulance service Magen David Adom (MDA) said. The attack comes amid…

South Korea's government said it will extend the shutdown of Muan International Airport by a week to January 14, citing the ongoing investigation into the crash of a Jeju Air jet that killed 179 passengers on board. The airport had been…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a North Korean missile test carried out during his visit to Seoul was a reminder of the need to deepen Washington's cooperation with South Korea and Japan to deter an emboldened Pyongyang. North…

Myanmar's military government will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the Southeast Asian nation's Independence Day, state media said. Myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the…

A fire at a vegetable market in China's northern province of Hebei killed eight people and wounded 15, state television said. Authorities were investigating the cause of the fire in the city of Zhangjiakou, which was doused just over an…