When the Maple Leaf flag was first hoisted to the top of the Peace Tower on Feb. 15, 1965, few spectators commented on the ...

In another escalation in the contentious Indo-Lanka fisheries conflict, India has lodged a "strong protest" after a Sri Lanka Navy patrol opened fire on Indian fishermen, leaving two with “serious ...

President Droupadi Murmu unfurled the national flag on the 76th Republic Day, accompanied by a 21-gun salute using indigenous Light Field Guns. The Republic Day parade included cultural performances ...

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The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

Indonesia is close to a deal with Apple for an investment plan that could lift a ban on iPhone 16 sales in the country, investment minister Rosan Roeslani told Bloomberg News on Tuesday (Jan 21).

JAKARTA: Indonesian companies are asking the government to consider adjustments to the new rule to retain all proceeds from natural resource exports onshore for a year, amid concerns it will ...

SINGAPORE – One of Indonesia’s most prominent start-ups, eFishery, may have inflated its revenue and profit over several years, according to an internal investigation triggered by a whistle ...

According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas. According to a press release from the White House, flags were ordered to be flown at full-staff at the White House ...

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country's main island ...

Factbox-Trump's Inner Circle Offers Different Perspectives on ... U.S. regional security alliances as part of Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy, as well as continued U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.