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Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina says it has asked Iran to allow the company to accelerate exploration of two major oil fields in the southwestern Khuzestan province.
President Hassan Rouhani in a message to his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo congratulated the people and government of Indonesia on the Southeast Asian country’s National Day.
A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island Sumatra on Sunday but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said as panicked residents fled their homes.
Indonesia and Russia pledged Wednesday to strengthen cooperation in cyber-security and counter-terrorism as concern grows about the spread of radicalism in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia blocked access to web versions of the encrypted messaging service, Telegram, citing concerns the app is being used to spread “terrorist propaganda.”
Suspected Daesh terrorists have stabbed an Indonesian police officer at a police post in the North Sumatra Province, amid rising concerns over the growth of militancy in the region.
Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have launched a joint maritime operation against Daesh-linked militants holed up in a southern Philippine city.
Police in Indonesia have arrested three suspected terrorists in the country’s West Java Province on suspicion of being linked to a Wednesday bombing attack that left three officers dead in Jakarta.
Two bombs have gone off near a bus station in eastern Jakarta, leaving a police officer and a suspected bomber dead, Indonesian police say.
Indonesia is set to disband the Hizb ut-Tahrir extremist group, citing concerns that it undermines the state ideology and threatens the security of the Southeast Asian nation.