Monthly Archives: December 2021
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John Howard warned of influx of boat arrivals weeks before Tampa affair, cabinet files reveal
Several cabinet documents relating to the period, including those dealing with the costs of a lawsuit over potential unauthorized arrivals to the Tampa, remain classified. The ... -
Philippine death toll from strongest typhoon of year surpasses 400
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia wants to adopt a supplementary budget of 122 billion birr ($ 2.5 billion) to help finance reconstruction programs in war-torn areas and provide ... -
Bowing to international pressure, Indonesia authorizes docking of stricken boat with more than 100 Rohingya refugees
[ad_1] MANILA: Filipino labor migration stakeholders on Friday welcomed the creation of a new agency to protect the well-being of Filipino workers abroad – 2.2 million ... -
DAF clears pass for COVID> Air Force> Article display
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AFNS) – Airmen and guardians who are eligible and choose to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are allowed a four-hour pass or ... -
As Taliban draw closer to Kabul, former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani says he had no choice
[ad_1] LONDON: More than half a million people have called on the UK government to rethink the award of a knighthood to former Prime Minister Tony ... -
Indonesian military finds strange replica of Chinese tank floating in Natuna Sea
[ad_1] The Indonesian military recently discovered a strange and very mysterious replica of a Chinese tank floating in the sea, according to the country’s security and ... -
Indonesian Navy ship tows boat with Rohingya refugees to port
[ad_1] LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) – An Indonesian Navy ship towed a boat carrying 120 Rohingya Muslims to the port on Thursday after drifting for days off ... -
Mother Teresa charity to continue services after India bans foreign funding
[ad_1] CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Californian convicted of attacking a synagogue and mosque in 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, US Attorney ... -
Louisville vs. Air Force: Live Stream, Watch Online, TV Channel, First Responder Bowl Prediction, Odds, Spread
[ad_1] Louisville and Air Force will meet on Tuesday in the First Responder Bowl at Gerald Ford Stadium in Dallas. The game between the Cardinals and ... -
Indonesia rejects Rohingya refugees, sends boat to Malaysia | News from the Rohingya
[ad_1] At least 100 people, mostly women and children, aboard a wooden boat supposed to take water refused to take refuge. Dozens of Rohingya refugees who ... -
Christmas arrives in Saudi Arabia as kingdom catches up in soft power religious rivalry
Long banned, Christmas has finally, at least tacitly, arrived in Saudi Arabia; just don’t use the name in marketing or be ostentatious about your tree. Coffeeshops ... -
Air Force ceremony moved from Utah to Kansas for terminally ill dad to watch son’s promotion
[ad_1] through: Hunter funk, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Dec 26 2021 / 20:08 CST / Update: Dec 26 2021 / 20:08 CST WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – ... -
Editors’ choice for 2021: “Australia’s decision on nuclear submarines leaves more questions than answers”
[ad_1] Originally published September 30, 2021. It is true, as former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull argued, that few questions raised by the government’s announcement that Australia ... -
Air Force ceremony moved from Utah to Kansas for terminally ill dad to watch son’s promotion | WJMN
[ad_1] WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The promotion ceremony for an Air Force officer was moved from Utah to his hometown of Wichita, Kansas this week for ... -
Indonesian shipping agency hails successful Natuna drilling
[ad_1] JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post / Asia News Network): The Maritime Safety Agency (Bakamla) hailed the completion last month of a six-month drilling project on the ... -
Air Force lab demonstrates key element in diffusing solar energy from space – pv magazine USA
[ad_1] The Air Force Research Lab is demonstrating key equipment for the Arachne Flight Experiment, which aims to build an operational space-based solar power transmission system. ... -
Two-day visit of Vietnamese President Phuc to Cambodia
[ad_1] On December 13, US Secretary of State Blinken landed in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to deliver a speech on America’s “Indo-Pacific Strategyâ€. His first trip ... -
The difficult balancing act of Indonesia’s new $300m Merah Putih fund
At an event showcasing Indonesia’s new national venture capital fund, the US$300 million Merah Putih Fund (MPF), on December 15, Indonesia’s Minister of Public Enterprises launched ... -
Survivor questions minister after only Indonesians came to save them
PETALING JAYA: A flood victim at Hulu Langat asked Cabinet Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar about the government’s late response to rescuing people trapped in the ... -
DVIDS – News – Air Force operational C2 advisers provide more than advice
[ad_1] The U.S. Air Force’s senior advisers in the Operational Command Training Program, or OCTP, have had a busy 2021, connecting the concept of Strategic-Level Joint ... -
Papuan rebels are waging a war with only bows and arrows
Wiro Nongganop says he commands a battalion of West Papua independence fighters, but he has no firearms, only bows and arrows, and lives in exile in ... -
Indonesia inaugurates China-backed ‘green’ industrial zone in Borneo — Radio Free Asia
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday inaugurated a US$129 billion “green” industrial zone in Borneo that will be built with investment from China and the ... -
The Making of Peter Thiel’s Networks: A Review of Max Chafkin’s “The Contrarian”
Thiel was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1967. The following year his parents, Klaus and Susanne, moved to Cleveland, so Klaus could study at Case Western ... -
Cash-strapped Pakistan to buy two second-hand mine-hunting vessels from the Netherlands
[ad_1] Cash-strapped Pakistan will buy two retired second-hand tripartite-class mine hunters from the Royal Netherlands Navy as the country has reportedly been grappling with insufficient funding ... -
Arkansas State Basketball Soars Over Air Force, 68-46
[ad_1] JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – The Arkansas State men’s basketball team maintained the Air Force at 32.1 field goal percentage and got a double-double from forward ... -
Major Kit Maunsell, Gurkha officer who fought the enemy up close during the Indonesian confrontation – obituary
[ad_1] The enemy is now fully alerted and Maunsell’s force is automatically fired from the top of the hill and the flanks. During this exchange of ... -
60,000 flee as West Papua conflict escalates, poses questions to region
SPECIAL REPORT: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific reporter The armed conflict in West Papua continues to claim victims, displace tens of thousands and generate resentment against ... -
Trying to draw the attention of the international community to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan: Foreign Minister Pak
[ad_1] Pakistan is trying to draw the attention of the international community to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told acting ... -
Afghan Air Force pilots trapped in Afghanistan call for evacuation
[ad_1] About two dozen former US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots are still trapped in Afghanistan and are calling on the US government to evacuate them from ... -
ASIA TODAY Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court in prison uniform
[ad_1] In the spotlight: Record low turnout expected in Hong Kong parliamentary elections tomorrow. The Chinese energy sector will reach a peak of emissions in 2025. ... -
The rampart of New Delhi in the Indian Ocean – The Diplomat
Advertising In 2015, the Indian government drew up a 100,000 million Indian rupee plan funded by the Ministry of Navigation and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... -
The US Air Force has just received its first F-35A based in Europe
[ad_1] An air base in the United Kingdom, the Royal Air Force Lakenheath, has just received a delivery of the F-35A Lightning II. Although based abroad, ... -
Staff Sergeant Earl D. Plumlee | Medal of Honor recipient
Staff Sgt. Earl Plumlee was born in Clinton, Oklahoma. He grew up working on his family’s cattle ranch and oilfield instrument company. He began his military ... -
Human rights defenders attacked in Asia – UN experts |
Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor said Indonesia must immediately stop threatening and intimidating human rights defender Veronica Koman and her family. Living in voluntary exile in Australia, ... -
Boat sinks off Malaysia, killing at least 11 Indonesian migrants | Migration news
[ad_1] Ongoing search for 25 missing people after 14 survivors and boat were found on a beach in Tanjung Balau. At least 11 Indonesian migrants have ... -
Air Force fan accused of driving A-10 style Chevrolet Camaro at 131 mph
[ad_1] The “need for speed†hits some of us harder than others. Earlier this month, officers from the California Highway Patrol – West Valley arrested a ... -
SAF-TAC capabilities expand for JTACs
[ad_1] SimCentric’s new mixed reality variant of its SAF-TAC system enables a JTAC to use emulated equipment such as a laser rangefinder in the virtual environment. ... -
United States calls on Southeast Asian countries to converge on a shared vision for the Pacific
[ad_1] Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Southeast Asia this week to strengthen ties with the United States. The United States has sought to strengthen its ... -
West Papua conflict deepens, questions over regional response
The armed conflict in West Papua continues to claim victims, displace tens of thousands and generate resentment against the Indonesian regime. But despite continued pleas for ... -
Air Force vet Michael Nesmith was more than just a Monkee
[ad_1] Michael Nesmith is perhaps best known as a member of ’60s rock sensation The Monkees, but he led an inventive and fascinating life outside of ... -
SimCentric improves range planner – Shephard Media
[ad_1] A screenshot of the latest version of SimCentric’s SAF-FORESIGHT family safety tool showing 3D safe zones and individual entities with their risk status, including red ... -
How a nervous agent killed sheep and transformed the law in the United States
In 1942, the US military established the Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) in the desert of western Utah, located 137 km southwest of Salt Lake City. It ... -
Improve ASEAN-Russia naval relations | Borneo Bulletin Online
[ad_1] The first-ever multilateral naval exercise between ASEAN and Russia ended on December 3 and strengthened naval cooperation between the two sides, according to a statement ... -
Air Force civilian police officer at Joint Base Charleston threatened “mass shooting or terrorist act”: files
[ad_1] ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) An Air Force civilian police officer at Joint Base Charleston was arrested in Florida after threatening to bring his vehicle into a ... -
Isko wants to modernize Navy and Coast Guard to improve defense of Western Philippine Sea GMA News Online
[ad_1] Manila’s aspiring mayor Isko Moreno on Friday vowed to modernize the Philippine Navy and Coast Guard (PCG) to enhance efforts to defend the country’s sovereignty ... -
Azerbaijan says soldier killed in clashes with Armenia
KAMAR KALAGH, Afghanistan: Hajji Wali Jan brought half a dozen plastic containers to the Kamar Kalagh well on a recent Friday – one of the few ... -
Bishops mourn the death of Indian defense chief and 13 others
[ad_1] The Indian bishops offered their condolences to the families of 13, including Indian Defense Chief General Bipin Rawat, who died in a helicopter crash on ... -
Israel’s Air Force One ready to take off, but Bennett not on board yet
[ad_1] Aviation authorities granted Israel’s version of Air Force One a “flight certificate” earlier this week, effectively authorizing it for use by the country’s rulers. The ... -
Helicopter crashes with Indian military leader on board, at least 3 dead
[ad_1] Published on: 12/08/2021 – 10:24 amAmended: 12/08/2021 – 10:22 New Delhi (AFP) – A helicopter carrying Indian defense chief Gen. Bipin Rawat crashed on Wednesday, ... -
Air Force wins 2 offensive on All-Mountain West, but is snubbed on the defensive end | North Springs Edition
[ad_1] An Air Force football pair received first-team honors as the Mountain West pulled their teams out of all conferences on November 30, but the Falcons’ ... -
Yamin Kogoya: 60 years ago Indonesia invaded West Papua with weapons. 60 years later, they still rule with guns
Shocking footage has circulated on social media showing Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) military helicopters indiscriminately firing at civilian villages in Suru-Suru District, Yahukimo Regency, Papua. ... -
Netflix Squid Game Creator named Straits Times, Asia News & Top Stories Asian of the Year
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 50-year-old South Korean filmmaker, who has captured the world’s imaginations with a dystopian survival drama that raises uncomfortable questions about contemporary society, ... -
Air Force Football Await Bowl Destination To Be Announced Sunday, Screenings Vary | Sports
[ad_1] Air Force football-related Tre ‘Bugg’s favorite photo is Jordan Jackson pouring a box of Cheez-It’s all over his face after a win in the named ... -
Russia and ASEAN organize their first naval exercise
[ad_1] The Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev seen off Indonesian territorial waters during a joint exercise between the Indonesian Navy, the Russian Navy and members of ASEAN. ... -
The 366th Fighter Wing activates the 389th and 391st Generation Fighter Squadrons> Mountain Home Air Base> Post Display
[ad_1] MOUNTAIN HOME AIR BASE, Idaho – MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho — On December 3, 2021, the 366th Fighter Wing (FW) activated two Fighter ... -
The Flag of the Morning Star: A Shared Identity, Legacy and Struggle
Saturday, December 4, 2021, 6:25 a.m.Press Release: IPMSDL The International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) joins the 60th West Papua Flag Raising Day, ... -
New hope rises for justice for Indonesia’s past crimes
[ad_1] The Indonesian government’s decision to address serious human rights violations has sparked new hope after years of stalemate. Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin announced last month ... -
In Brief: Pacific News
[ad_1] Members of the West Papua Liberation Army outside the burnt down base camp of the Indonesian logging company PT Bangun Katu Irian Photo: Provided Indonesian ... -
The proxy war you’ve never heard of – OZY
[ad_1] In the aftermath of World War II, countless corners of the globe fell into a pit of proxy war vipers. On both sides, the United ... -
Aligning Allies – Editorial
Do bad-credit loans suitable for those with poor credit scores? The no-credit-check loan is suitable for everyone even if you have a poor credit score. But, it’s ... -
Another Indonesian year of life-threatening – Indonesia Expat
As COVID-19 dominated the news in 2021, hundreds of Indonesians have been killed by landslides, floods and accidents throughout the year. Meanwhile, corruption and environmental problems ... -
Air Force recovers 2 fuel tanks that fell on Japanese city
[ad_1] An F-16D Fighting Falcon flies over the Utah desert on May 17, 2017 (Andrew Lee / US Air Force) The Air Force has located two ... -
DNA matches body of Alaskan man last seen alive in 1979
[ad_1] GENEVA: WHO issued stern warnings on the dangers of vaccine apathy on Wednesday and the European Union put mandatory injections on the table, as the ... -
How ‘2 Lizards’ and Meriem Bennani captured the essence of 2020
[ad_1] Since 2016, Bennani has been engaged in what she calls a speculative documentary – a series of videos on a fictional island in the middle ...
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