Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has confirmed that the target ratio of debt to GDP in 2026 will remain unchanged at 39.96 percent over the past 3 years.
Indonesia’s 2026 budget ripe with politics, thinner on strategy
JAKARTA: A lack of satisfying answers on how to reach growth goals set forth in the freshly unveiled 2026 state budget has led economists to conclude that the fiscal document is based more on ...
China Stock Rally Sends Shanghai Benchmark to Decade High
Chinese shares hit multiyear highs on stimulus hopes and easing trade tensions.
Trump gave China the AI chips it wanted. Beijing isn’t saying thank you
In a surprising reversal of the United States’ years-long technology restrictions on China, President Donald Trump last month allowed Nvidia to resume sales of a key AI chip designed specifically for ...
Bangladesh’s army chief is saying what Yunus should be
Celebrating Janmashtami in Dhaka on Saturday, the army chief said Bangladesh belongs to everyone, regardless of religion, ethnicity, race, or community ...
‘The water had no mercy’: Hundreds killed as floods ravage north Pakistan
Across the wider province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least 314 people have been killed and 156 injured due to rains and flash floods that began between Thursday and Friday night. Buner district, where ...
Pakistan defends flood response, says foreign help not needed as death toll tops 270
A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country's northwest has risen to at least 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed houses.
What we know about devastating monsoon floods in Pakistan
We’ve been authenticating footage posted online to gauge the scale of flooding which has killed at least 300 people in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir following intense rainfall.
Flash floods devastate Buner, Pakistan after rare cloudburst kills hundreds
Aziz Ahmed, a local schoolteacher in Buner, northwestern Pakistan said the thunder accompanying recent torrential rains was so loud he thought the "end of the world had come". Water, rocks and trees ...
As Indonesia marks 80 years of independence, protesters demand rights
Jakarta's Kamisan protesters hold vigils, demanding justice for human rights abuses and resisting government's attempt to reshape Indonesia's official history.