Section: The Jakarta Globe (Indonesia)
Australia PM in ‘Time Warp’ as British Royal Knighted
Sydney. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott marked his country’s national day on Monday by honoring Britain’s Prince Philip with a knighthood, sparking criticism from the opposition of being in a “time warp”. Abbott said Queen Elizabeth II had accepted his recommendation that her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, be awarded the...
Ukraine Cedes Airport on One of Bloodiest Days of War
Donetsk. Ukrainian forces on Thursday ceded a long-disputed airport to Russian-backed rebels as an upsurge in clashes killed nearly 50 people and punctured Europe’s latest push for peace in the nine-month war. The deadliest day of fighting since the signing of an increasingly irrelevant September truce also saw Moscow and Kiev trade bitter...
Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Chechnya Against Charlie Hebdo Cartoons
Grozny, Russia. Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia’s Chechnya region on Monday against what its Kremlin-backed leader called the “vulgar and immoral” cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad published by French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Mixing pro-Islamic chants and anti-Western rhetoric, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov criticized...
Fourth Ship to Join Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet
Sydney. A fourth search vessel equipped with a sophisticated underwater drone is set to join the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Australian search coordinator said on Wednesday. Months of searches have failed to turn up any trace of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared on March 8, carrying 239 passengers and crew...
Worldwide Marches in Solidarity With France
People, led by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde,center, German Ambassador to the US Peter Wittig, center left, and French Ambassador to the US Gerard Araud, center right, march in Washington on Jan. 11, 2015 in tribute to the 17 victims of last week’s attacks in France. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm) Washington....
Bodies From AirAsia Crash Arrive in Surabaya
Jakarta/Surabaya. The first two bodies from the AirAsia plane that crashed off the coast of Borneo arrived on Wednesday in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where relatives have gathered to await news of their loved ones. Rescuers believe they have found the plane on the sea floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large, dark object beneath...
Aviation’s Deadly 2014, Yet Safety Record Improving
London. The loss of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 would cap one of the deadliest years in civil aviation for almost a decade — yet experts say the industry’s underlying safety record is improving. The statistics underscore a year of tragic contrasts dominated by two Malaysian catastrophes and a handful of weather-related incidents, yet a...
The World Hot Spots You’ve Never Heard of That Could Ruin 2015
The Spratlys. Narva. Fezzan. These places risk becoming household names in 2015. Can’t locate them on a map? Well, a lot of people couldn’t have found Donetsk in Ukraine or Raqqa in Syria as 2014 got under way. As experts debate potential nasty surprises in 2015, certain scenarios keep coming up: a naval incident between China and one...
In Past Year, 66 Journalists Killed as Attacks Grow More Barbaric
Paris. Attacks on journalists have grown more barbaric and kidnappings have soared, Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday, after a year when violence against the media took center stage and 66 reporters were killed. Among those murdered this year was AFP journalist Sardar Ahmad, 40, who was shot dead in March when Taliban militants stormed a...
Modi to Putin: Russia to Stay India’s Top Defense Partner
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russia will remain India’s top defense supplier, even though New Delhi’s options had improved since the end of the Cold War. Modi spoke after a one-day summit that sought to revive a relationship that peaked in the Soviet era, while the two sides signed...
