An official shows working permit for migrant worker. (Illustration)

Indonesia sends team to arrange illegal migrant workers' repatriation from Middle East

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) has sent its deputy head Lisna Pulungan to Egypt to arrange the repatriation of illegal migrant workers from the Middle Eastern country. According to BNP2TKI's press statement, Lisna also discussed the protection of Indonesian migrant workers in Egypt with a number of Indonesian officials and migrant...

Egyptian security forces stand guard outside a court ahead of the trial of ousted President Mohammed Mursi in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014.

Egypt dissolves Muslim Brotherhood's political party

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CAIRO - An Egyptian court ruled on Saturday to dissolve the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, and to liquidate all its assets, according to the state-run Ahram online. The committee of the political parties' affairs, responsible for granting licenses to newly-formed parties in Egypt, had filed an official request to dissolve the party which...