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Jokowi Sends Foreign Affairs Minister to Ease Saudi-Iran Tension
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said that she had been sent by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo to meet with the King of Saudi Arabia and the Iranian President.
"(I have…
MUI Urges Gov’t to Mediate Saudi Arabia, Iran
Chief of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Ma'ruf Amin requested the government to mediate the increasing tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia. As the country with the largest Muslim…
Russia Removes Iran`s Enriched Uranium as per Nuke Deal
A landmark nuclear deal with Tehran moved closer to implementation Monday, December 28, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announcing that tons of enriched uranium that could…
Russian Strikes Against Syrian Opposition are Helping IS
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that Russia's continued focus on targeting most of its air strikes in Syria against opposition forces rather than Islamic State was helping…
Saudi Arabia Forms Islamic Counter-terrorism Coalition
Saudi Arabia says 34 Muslim-majority nations have agreed to form a new military alliance to fight terrorism with a joint operations center based in the kingdom's capital, Riyadh.
The…
Turkish police arrest suspected Islamic State scout in Paris attacks
Turkish police have arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan origin on suspicion he scouted out the target sites for Islamic State in attacks that killed 129 people in Paris a week ago, a Turkish…
Indonesian Embassy, Saudi Police Free 39 Illegal Migrant Workers
The Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh and the Saudi Arabian police have conducted collaborative searches and managed to free 39 women migrant workers (TKW) who were employed illegally in the…
Stabbing attack shows the risks gays face in Jerusalem
A server at Jerusalem's only gay bar, still shaken by last week's deadly stabbing at a Gay Pride parade, is candid about the difficulties homosexuals face in the Holy City.
"Being gay in…
42nd OIC Members Meeting in Kuwait
By : Agus*)
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has held 42nd Meeting of the OIC’s Foreign Affairs Council in Kuwait on Thursday, followed by 57 Ministers and senior delegations of…
Saudi-Led Coalition Pounds Yemen on Eve of Proposed Truce
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition pounded weapons depots on the edge of Yemen's capital Monday, one day before a humanitarian cease-fire is due to start and a U.N. envoy arrives on his…