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JAKARTA: Price pressures fuelled by the Middle East war may push Indonesia’s government to reconsider its dogged defence of energy subsidies and a costly meals scheme close to the heart of President Prabowo Subianto, analysts say.Unlike many of its neighbours, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy has not seen long fuel queues as global oil prices have soared, nor have its citizens been subjected to pandemic-style work-from-home measures.But that may change.As Prabowo seeks to raise the economic growth rate from 5.1 per cent last year to 8 per cent by 2029, powered by high public spending, Jakarta has limited options for offsetting…

NewsFeedPalestinian activist Leqaa Kordia was released from an ICE detention facility in Texas after a year in custody. The 33-year-old from the occupied West Bank was the last person connected to the Columbia University anti-genocide protests still held by US immigration authorities.Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man who worked security for Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, but was killed in a standoff with SWAT last week was accused of impersonating a police officer and other offenses, although the congresswoman is defending him, saying his criminal history does not include any violent offenses.The suspect, who was identified as Diamon-Mazairre Robinson, 39, was shot and killed by Dallas Police SWAT officers on Wednesday. He had barricaded himself inside a vehicle in the garage of a children’s hospital after Dallas Police officers tracked him while investigating an active warrant.Police deployed tear…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Army general who led the military’s effort to coordinate support for Ukraine left classified documents on a train in Europe and improperly drank too much alcohol one night during a social occasion, according to a report by the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General.Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, now retired, was commander of the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, based in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 2022 through August 2024.Aguto was returning from Ukraine to Germany on April 3, 2024 when he had classified maps, which were stored in a cylindrical tube rather…

Experts say the war in Iran is having a rippling effect across the world, and B.C. is starting to see some impacts. The pressure on oil supplies has pushed the price of gas in Metro Vancouver to record highs of more than $2 per litre.“With few exceptions, the price has gone nowhere but up since the beginning of the conflict,” Dan McTeague with gasbuddy.ca and affordableenergy.ca told Global News.He said oil is up about $30 a barrel, with gasoline up about 24 cents a litre.“Just at the beginning of this, we were in the $1.67 to $1.70 range, so we’ve…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Johan Rojas will officially be suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball after an unsuccessful appeal after testing for a banned performance-enhancing drug. The league announced Rojas’ official suspension of Rojas, the Philadelphia Phillies outfielder, after testing positive for Boldenone, an anabolic steroid. The news broke earlier this month that Rojas, 25, failed the test. As a result, not only did he face an MLB suspension, but he was removed from the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic (WBC) roster.  Johan Rojas of the Philadelphia Phillies looks on against the Miami Marlins at…

Desperate to be part of Melbourne’s exciting new era, Jack Viney will resume running over the next fortnight as he ramps up his rehabilitation from an achilles injury.Viney, who also had a back issue flare up over summer, was initially expected to be sidelined for several months, and still has no firm timeline on his comeback.But the 31-year-old vice-captain is in a positive frame of mind, buoyed by the new-look Demons’ upset of St Kilda in their season opener.”It’s an exciting time and it’s not much fun watching from the sideline, so I’m working hard to get out there quickly,”…

TOKYO: Oil climbed again in Asia on Tuesday (Mar 17) after prices retreated a day earlier, with investors remaining focused on the Strait of Hormuz.At around 12.30am GMT, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 1.95 per cent at US$95.32 after it fell 5.3 per cent the previous day.Brent Crude was 1.84 per cent higher at US$102.05 after it dropped back 2.8 per cent on Monday.Japan said Monday it was beginning the release of its strategic oil reserves, and the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said member countries could unlock more oil from strategic stocks “if needed”. IEA…

NewsFeedEbrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said wars are decided on the battlefield, not on social media, in response to comments by US President Donald Trump. He also derided the US campaign name “Epic Fury” as better described as “Epic Fear”.Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

A man who was accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack in 2021 is asking a judge to dismiss the criminal charges against him, arguing he is covered by President Trump’s sweeping pardons of alleged Jan. 6 rioters.Monday’s motion from lawyers for Brian Cole Jr. marks the latest twist in a case that remained unsolved for years — and the latest test of how extensively the Jan. 6 pardons could apply.His attorneys argued that the charges against Cole, who has pleaded not guilty, are “inextricably…