The governments of Indonesia and the Netherlands have reached an agreement on the five islands construction project near the Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya (East Java), for building the proposed industrial area. “The estimated cost of the project is slated to be 20 million euros,” the First Secretary of Information and Social Culture Affairs at…
The United States blacklisted a number of additional companies and people under sanctions aimed at Iran’s nuclear program, officials said in a statement on Thursday. Treasury and State Department officials said the move shows the recent agreement reached in Geneva over Iran “does not, and will not, interfere with our continued efforts to expose…
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia plans to raise the East China Sea issue at the ASEAN-Japan Summit scheduled in Tokyo at the weekend. “The political situation in East Asia is quite tense right now. The attention used to be focused on the Southeast China Sea, but now tensions are reaching a flashpoint with the…
Dubai: Pirates attacked two ships off the coast of Yemen yesterday, just 18 minutes apart from each other. A bulker was intercepted by a skiff with armed men aboard. A heavy response from the private security firm onboard the bulker eventually deterred this attack. A tanker was then hit 18 minutes later, possibly by…