JAKARTA, Jun 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has arrived at the venue of the 48th G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany on Monday afternoon (June 27) local time (UTC+1) to attend the meeting in the capacity of a partner country and as the G20 President. Indonesian President […]
In this picture taken on March 10, 2022, supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party wave their flag as they celebrate party's win in Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections outside the party office in Lucknow. (SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP) BHUBANESWAR, India – A female Indian politician from a tribal community has been nominated as presidential […]
South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during an inaugural dinner at a hotel in Seoul on May 10, 2022. (JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL / AFP) SEOUL – The Republic of Korea's president Yoon Suk-yeol said the United Nations Security Council should respond in a coordinated manner against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's missile provocations, […]
South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks on the government's supplementary revised budget bill at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea on May 16, 2022. (JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol promised on Thursday to remove outdated regulations hindering new businesses while calling for an immediate start […]
Indonesian President Joko Widodo takes part in a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (not pictured) in the cabinet room at Parliament House in Canberra on Feb 10, 2020. (TRACEY NEARMY / POOL / AFP) JAKARTA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, appointing a new trade minister following controversy […]
A handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office on June 11, 2022, shows President Mahmud Abbas (right) meeting with Special Assistant to the US President and Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Barbara Leaf at the presidency headquarters in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. (THAER GHANAIM […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a welcoming ceremony for his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in Ankara, Turkey, on May 16, 2022. (BURHAN OZBILICI / FILE / AP) ANKARA – Turkey will address its security concerns in northern Syria with a new cross-border operation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. Erdogan made the […]
Turkey's President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) in Ankara on May 18, 2022. (ADEM ALTAN / AFP) ANKARA – Turkey is preparing for a new military operation in northern Syria to establish a […]
Japan's Emperor Naruhito (right) and US President Joe Biden pose for a photograph prior to their meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. (SAUL LOEB / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) TOKYO – Visiting US President Joe Biden on Monday met with Japanese Emperor Naruhito. Biden arrived at the Imperial Palace and […]
A group of activists chant slogans as they protest against US President Joe Biden's visit to Japan, in Tokyo on May 22, 2022. (PHILIP FONG / AFP) TOKYO / SEOUL – US President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday, as about 750 protesters took to the streets against the planned US-Japan summit and the […]
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi holding a press conference ahead of departing to Qatar at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, on Feb 21, 2022. (IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) TEHRAN – At the invitation of Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit the […]
East Timor's new President Jose Ramos-Horta (center) reads his oath during his inauguration ceremony in the capital of Dili on May 20, 2022. (LORENIO DO ROSARIO PAREIRA / AP) JAKARTA – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta was inaugurated and sworn in early Friday morning as the president of Timor Leste for the period of […]
In this file photo taken in Nov 1, 2021, Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as part of the World Leaders' Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. (ANDY BUCHANAN / POOL / AFP) COLOMBO/WEERAKETIYA, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Wednesday he would […]
South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during an inaugural dinner at a hotel in Seoul on May 10, 2022. (JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL / AFP) Republic of Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol said his new government will open dialogue for issues concerning the peninsula and be a “trusted member” of the international community. Noting the Republic of […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol takes an oath during his inauguration in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea on May 10, 2022. (JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) SEOUL – The Republic of Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol said Tuesday that his new government will open door to dialogue with the Democratic […]
South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a service to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Jogye temple in Seoul on May 8, 2022. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) SEOUL – Yoon Suk-yeol seals his surge to the summit of South Korean politics on Tuesday when the man who once dreamt of becoming a pastor, but was […]
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on May 08, 2022, shows him (left) during a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (center), and Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi (right), in the capital Tehran. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) TEHRAN – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah […]
Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr greets supporters during a proclamation rally in Laoag city, Ilocos Norte province, north of Manila on March 25, 2022. (TED ALJIBE / AFP) MANILA – Philippine presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. continues to lead the race, according to a survey released Monday, one week before the May 9 elections. A […]
This handout image taken and released by the Kazakh presidential press service on Jan 7, 2022 shows Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev making a public address in Alamaty. (HANDOUT / KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE / AFP) NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed holding a referendum on constitutional reform, his office said on Friday, instead of […]
This handout photo released by the Turkish presidential press service on April 28, 2022 shows Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (left) speaking with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (right) during their meeting in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah. (MURAT KULA / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) RIYADH – Saudi Arabia's King Salman […]
US President Joe Biden (left), with Secretary of State Antony Blinken (second left), meets virtually with members of the "Quad" alliance of Australia, India, Japan and the US, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2021. On screens are then Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime […]
Supporters of French President Emmanuel Macron celebrate at the Eiffel Tower in Paris after voters elected him to a second five-year term as France's leader, April 24, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) After the second round of the French presidential election on June 24, President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected for a second term of five years. […]
In this file photo taken on July 26, 2021, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the annual state of the nation address at the House of Representatives in Manila. (JAM STA ROSA / POOL / AFP) MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has refused the invitation of US President Joe Biden to attend the summit […]
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US President Joe Biden speaks about trade with Russia, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) JERUSALEM – US President Joe Biden has accepted Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's invitation to visit Israel in "the next few months," the prime minister's office said […]
This photo taken on Sept 19, 2018 and released by the Korean Central News Agency via KNS shows the Republic of Korea's President Moon Jae-in (left) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shaking hands during a joint press conference after their summit at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang. (PHOTO / […]
US President Joe Biden (left) speaks during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room the White House in Washington April 20, 2022, while President-elect of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, on March 10, 2022. (PHOTO / AP, XINHUA) SEOUL/WASHINGTON – […]
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 10, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) SEOUL – The Republic of Korea’s incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol picked close adviser Park Jin to be foreign minister among a slew of cabinet nominations on Wednesday, as he readies to […]
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo gives a speech at the launch of the first public electric vehicle charging station, which will be used for electric vehicles transporting world leaders during the G20 conference in October this year, in the town of Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 25, 2022. (SONNY TUMBELAKA / […]
Soldiers secure and cordon off the area near Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's home in Colombo on April 1, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed an advisory group on debt sustainability composed of economic and financial experts, the president's media division said on Wednesday night. The […]