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Philippines set to roll out tough no-smoking law INTERNATIONAL

Philippines set to roll out tough no-smoking law

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia's second-most populous country, rolling out among the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the region.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
BlackBerry to outsource handsets, will halt production ECONOMY

BlackBerry to outsource handsets, will halt production

BlackBerry, the Canadian firm that helped pioneer the smartphone market, said on Wednesday it will stop making handsets, outsourcing production to an Indonesian partner.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tourists flee volcano at Indonesian hiking spot INTERNATIONAL

Tourists flee volcano at Indonesian hiking spot

Hundreds of tourists have fled a volcanic eruption at a popular Indonesian hiking destination, an official said Wednesday, expressing fears some may have stayed behind to document the natural wonder.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar-Indonesia joint investment fund in ‘final stages’ ECONOMY

Qatar-Indonesia joint investment fund in ‘final stages’

The $1bn joint investment fund (JIF) by Qatar and Indonesia, which was reactivated by state leaders in 2015, is nearing its final stages, and is expected to fund major infrastructure and energy projects, an official has said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indonesia arrests key people smuggler who targeted Australia INTERNATIONAL

Indonesia arrests key people smuggler who targeted Australia

Indonesian police have arrested an alleged key people smuggler who has targeted Australia since 1999, Indonesian and Australian authorities said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Death toll from Indonesia floods, landslides, rises to 19 INTERNATIONAL

Death toll from Indonesia floods, landslides, rises to 19

The death toll from a series of landslides and flash floods in Indonesia climbed to 19 on Wednesday, an official said, including several children found by rescuers scouring for survivors.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ex-hostage tells of terror as friends beheaded in Philippines INTERNATIONAL

Ex-hostage tells of terror as friends beheaded in Philippines

A Norwegian former hostage on Sunday described his psychological torture as he heard his friends being beheaded by Islamic militants during a year-long captivity in the southern Philippines.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Austrian woman among two killed in Indonesian ferry blast INTERNATIONAL

Austrian woman among two killed in Indonesian ferry blast

An explosion on a ferry carrying 35 tourists between the Indonesian resort islands of Bali and Lombok killed two people on Thursday and injured several, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Foreigner dead, 14 others injured in Bali tourist boat blast INTERNATIONAL

Foreigner dead, 14 others injured in Bali tourist boat blast

A foreign woman was killed and 14 other foreigners injured Thursday when an explosion hit a tourist boat that had just departed the Indonesian resort island of Bali, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indonesia to resume work on ‘Giant Sea Wall’ to save sinking Jakarta INTERNATIONAL

Indonesia to resume work on ‘Giant Sea Wall’ to save sinking Jakarta

Indonesia will resume land reclamation that will help prevent Jakarta from sinking below sea level, a cabinet minister said, five months after work was suspended ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indonesian officials taken hostage during fire probe INTERNATIONAL

Indonesian officials taken hostage during fire probe

Indonesian officials investigating forest fires on Sumatra island were taken hostage and threatened with death by a mob allegedly linked to a palm oil company, the environment ministry said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indonesian priest injured in church attack INTERNATIONAL

Indonesian priest injured in church attack

A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016