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Indonesian rescuers search for survivors after deadly earthquake
Feb 26, 2022 04:43Rescue teams in Indonesia were searching Saturday for six people still missing after a strong earthquake rocked Sumatra island a day earlier, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, an official said.
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Two killed as magnitude 6.1 quake rattles Indonesia's Sumatra island
Feb 25, 2022 06:14A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s western province of Sumatra early on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring several others.
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US brokering Tel Aviv’s normalization with Saudi Arabia, Indonesia: Israeli official
Jan 04, 2022 05:13A high-ranking official at the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs says Israel is working behind the scenes towards normalization of diplomatic relations with Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, more than a year after the regime reached similar US-brokered agreements with a number of Arab states.
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Indonesia to allow stranded Rohingya boat to seek refuge
Dec 29, 2021 16:42Indonesia says it will allow a boat packed with persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar stranded off its coast to dock.
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Eleven Indonesians dead, 27 missing in Malaysia boat sinking
Dec 15, 2021 06:23At least 11 Indonesian migrants died and 27 are believed to be missing after a boat sank Wednesday in stormy weather off southern Malaysia, authorities said.
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Indonesians flee homes after magnitude 7.3 quake triggers tsunami warnings
Dec 14, 2021 08:25A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning, the meteorological department said, which sent startled residents out into the streets, but there was no immediate word on any casualties or damage.
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Over dozen killed, thousands fleeing as Java volcano erupts in Indonesia
Dec 05, 2021 05:59Disaster officials in Indonesia raised the death toll in the eruption of Mount Semeru to 13 on Sunday, as rescuers working through the night freed as many as 10 people from the debris.
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FM stresses need to form inclusive govt. in Afghanistan
Oct 21, 2021 10:59Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian emphasized the importance of formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.
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First ancient human DNA found from key Asian migration route
Sep 01, 2021 04:17The 7,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage hunter-gatherer from Sulawesi in Indonesia could be the first remains found from a mysterious, ancient culture known as the Toaleans. Sulawesi has some of the world’s oldest cave art, but ancient human remains have been scarce — now a fossil with DNA hints at a mysterious lineage of people.
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Russia backs ASEAN plan on tackling post-coup turmoil in Myanmar
Jul 06, 2021 13:41Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow strongly supports the Southeast Asian diplomatic efforts to end the post-coup crisis engulfing Myanmar.