Section: The Jakarta Globe (Indonesia)
Record Numbers Trying and Dying to Reach Europe: UN
Geneva. More than 3,400 people have died in the Mediterranean this year trying to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday, urging governments to take more action to save lives. More than 207,000 people have made the risky sea crossing since January, almost three times the previous high of 70,000 during the Libyan civil war in 2011, the...
MH17 Wreckage Arrives in Netherlands
The Hague. A convoy carrying wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday on its way to a Dutch air force base where the doomed plane will be reconstructed. Dutch national broadcaster NOS showed eight trucks carrying wreckage crossing the border with Germany overnight, before heading to a southern air base...
China and Turkey Fall Behind in Global Corruption Index
Berlin. Turkey and China’s rating on perceived corruption has fallen steeply, according to Transparency International (TI), and the global watchdog called for closer international cooperation to root out graft and abuses of power. Transparency International issues an annual report measuring perceptions of graft rather than actual levels...
Pope and Patriarch Say ‘No Middle East Without Christians’
Pope Francis, left, bows to Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, during a service at St. George Church in Istanbul, Turkey on Nov. 29, 2014. (EPA Photo/Sedat Suna) Istanbul. Pope Francis and Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on Sunday issued a rare joint plea against anti-Christian violence, saying the world cannot stand...
Russia Says US Arms Supplies to Ukraine Would Destabilize situation
Moscow. Russia said on Thursday the United States would violate international agreements and destabilize the situation if it supplies weapons to Ukrainian government forces fighting separatists. Responding to comments by a US official who suggested Washington should consider providing weapons to Ukraine, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander...
Putin Says Good Chance of Ending Ukraine Crisis, West Threatens More Sanctions
Brisbane. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday there was a “good chance” of resolving the conflict in Ukraine as Western leaders squarely blamed Moscow and threatened to slap more sanctions if it did not take action to end the crisis. Putin was speaking at a G20 leaders summit in Brisbane where he has come under intense pressure, with...
Myanmar Hosts Biggest Cast of World Leaders Since Reforms
Naypyidaw. Myanmar welcomed on Wednesday its biggest gathering of world leaders since shedding junta rule but concerns over the pace of democratic reforms are expected to surface at the two-day event featuring US President Barack Obama. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and East Asia summits, held in the purpose-built capital of...
Rising China, Geopolitical Tensions Take Stage at APEC
Beijing. World leaders including Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday for an Asia-Pacific summit hosted by China’s Xi Jinping and including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, against a backdrop of growing big-power rivalries. Obama arrives wounded by the Democrats’ defeat in the mid-term US elections and with US-Russian relations in...
Putin Cannot Avoid Me: Australia PM
Sydney. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday warned Vladimir Putin he will not be able to avoid a “conversation” over the loss of Australian lives in the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. Last month Abbott vowed to “shirtfront” the Russian president at the G20 summit in Brisbane next week, although Moscow has yet to respond to his...
Dutch PM: Thorough, Independent Probe Needed for Downed Flight MH17
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak (left) and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte pose for photographs during an official visit to discuss the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in Putrajaya on Wednesday. (Reuters Photo/Olivia Harris) Kuala Lumpur. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday stressed the importance of a thorough, independent...
