Thousands of Indonesians rallied across the world's most populous Muslim nation Sunday to protest 40 years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, some carrying banners that said “Israel is the enemy” and “Save our Palestine.”
Police estimated that crowds swelled to 10,000 in the two largest cities of Jakarta and Medan, where demonstrators clad in flowing white gowns waved flags and accused Israel of human rights abuses. Smaller pro-Palestinia...

Jakarta's rejection of a UN Security Council statement condemning the Iranian president for calling for the destruction of Israel is being seen as an attempt to appease domestic critics angered by its earlier decision to back UN sanctions against Tehran. Observers said that Indonesia's decision to block the United Nations statement condemning President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was understandable given the domestic political situation and its long-standing support for Palestine in its conflict with...

Lawyers acting for Babar Ahmad are making a final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to prevent the computer expert from London's prestigious Imperial College being extradited to the US for allegedly running terrorist websites.
A decision on the case is expected to be made after Britain's highest judicial authorities, the House of Lords, refused permission to appeal at the weekend.
Law Lords rejected Babar's appeal when concluding that two points of law presented to t...