Egypt's former president Mohamed Mursi has died in court: Public prosecutor

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi died on Monday after he collapsed in a defendants' cage after speaking in court, Egypt's public prosecutor said. He added that the former leader, 67, was pronounced dead at 4:50 pm CET in the hospital. A medical report done on Mursi's body showed no signs of recent injuries. The Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist organisation Mursi belonged...

Continue

'Jokowi’s magic has now gone': Prabowo ready for presidential debate

Terrorism, human rights, legal affairs and corruption will take centre stage when President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his opponent Prabowo Subianto square off in the first presidential debate of 2019. Tens of millions of Indonesians are expected to tune in for the debatel, which will also feature Widodo's running mate, the Islamic cleric Ma'ruf Amin, and Prabowo's offsider, former Jakarta deputy...

Continue

Indonesia: Millions gather for anti-government rally in Jakarta

By Dandy Koswaraputra | Anadolu JAKARTA: More than 2 million Indonesians gathered in capital Jakarta on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of the "212 movement" by holding a peaceful anti-government rally. The protesters read verses from the holy Quran and sang songs against incumbent President Joko Widodo. "People are lied to, promises are denied, scholars are tyrannised, mandates are...

Continue

Rupiah at lowest since Asian financial crisis, but Indonesia keeps calm and carries on

With consumer prices falling, wages rising and inflation under control, the Bank Indonesia governor rubbishes comparisons with 20 years ago. “Come on!,” he says. “You make it sound like Indonesia is falling apart” BY DAVID G ROSE Saturday, 6 OCT 2018 The Asian financial crisis may have occurred two decades ago, but it continues to cast a long shadow over Indonesia. The country’s modern image...

Continue

New Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemotherapy, Not Cancer

No matter how much doctors push the treatment, chemotherapy might not be the best option in the fight against cancer, as a new study shows up to 50 percent of patients are killed by the drugs — not the disease, itself. Researchers from Public Health England and Cancer Research UK performed a groundbreaking study examining for the first time the numbers of cancer patients who died within 30 days...

Continue

My friend the wind song | Demis Roussos

My Friend The Wind is a song by Greek singer Demis Roussos. It was released as a single in 1973. The song was written by Alec R. Costandinos and Stelios Vlavianos. Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, in a Greek family where his father George (Yorgos) Roussos was a classical guitarist and an engineer and his mother Olga was a singer; her family originally came from Greece. As a...

Continue

Breaking: At least 82 dead as earthquake rocks Lombok and Bali

At least 82 people have died after a powerful earthquake rocked the Indonesian tourist islands of Lombok and neighbouring Bali, triggering a tsunami warning just a week after another quake in the same region killed 16 people. The magnitude 7 earthquake hit about 6.46pm Jakarta time (9.46pm AEST) on Sunday, 27 kilometres north-east of northern Lombok at a 15-kilometre...

Continue

How Beijing is winning control of the South China Sea

Erratic US policy and fraying alliances give China a free handSIMON ROUGHNEEN, Asia regional correspondentChinese warships and fighter jets take part in a military display in the South China Sea on April 12.   © ReutersEven by his outspoken standards, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's account...

Continue

Mesut Özil Walks Away from German Team Alleging Racism on a Sad Day for German Football

By Preity Uupala Observer Staff Writer Germany's world cup failure blamed on Özil, despite his stellar record over his career Twitter Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says today in Ankara that he is glad with Mesut Özil's stance: "I called him on Monday night...

Continue