Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (file)

Well... No question during Indian Modi's first press conference

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took tea, but no questions, on Saturday at his first staged meeting with the Indian press since coming to power five months ago. Modi said he wanted to strengthen ties with journalists and thanked them for reporting on a 'Clean India' campaign he launched recently by taking a broom to a...

United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at the airport in Jakarta October 20, 2014, for the inauguration of President of Indonesia Joko Widodo and meetings with other regional leaders.

Kerry in Indonesia seeking Asian support against Islamic state

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Indonesia for Joko Widodo's presidential inauguration on Monday, seeking more help from Southeast Asian leaders in the US-led effort against Islamic State in the Middle East. In a one-day stop in Jakarta, capital of a country with the world's largest Muslim population, Kerry plans bilateral meetings with Widodo, the...