Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto looks set to become the new president of the world’s third-largest democracy, likely avoiding a runoff vote against election rivals who have yet to concede.
Shambhu (India) (AFP) – Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel block a highway to prevent farmers from marching towards New Delhi during a protest demanding minimum crop prices, at the Haryana-Punjab state border in Shambhu near Ambala about 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of the capital. IMAGES
Shambhu (India) (AFP) – Columns of Indian farmers on tractors march on the capital to demand guaranteed crop prices. They launched this week the “Delhi Chalo”, or “March to Delhi”, in an echo of January 2021, when they broke through barriers and rolled into New Delhi on Republic Day during a then year-long protest.
Sarajevo (AFP) – Forty years since their impeccable performance at the Sarajevo Olympics left the world breathless, British skating greats Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean return to the Bosnian capital to mark the anniversary.
Canberra (AFP) – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks to a parliament hearing about the war in Gaza and calls on Israel not to go ahead with a planned ground offensive in Rafah.
Istanbul (AFP) – The afternoon prayers have ended in the working-class Istanbul mosque and the silver-haired men turn their gaze from the imam to the fitness instructor in a white polo shirt. A dozen worshippers, including the imam, begin their exercises. In January, a fitness project was launched in 11 mosques of Istanbul’s deprived Bagcilar district and is allowing these men to get more exercise than they have had in years. But women in Turkey, who more often pray at home, are excluded from the project.
Selydove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Emergency workers rescue people from a hospital hit by a Russian strike late on February 13, in Ukraine’s eastern city of Selydove in the Donetsk region, according to local authorities. A 38-year-old pregnant woman as well as another women and her nine-year-old son were killed, Ukraine’s general prosecutor said. The strikes also hit nine apartment blocks, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the front line, the local council said on Telegram.
Geneva (AFP) – Israel’s expected mass military offensive on Rafah would create an “unfathomable catastrophe”, the World Health Organization warns, as international concern mounts over the fate of the more than 1.4 million Palestinians currently trapped in the southern Gazan city.
Jakarta (AFP) – Heavy rains cause flooding near polling station in Jakarta as Indonesians vote in giant one-day election. IMAGES
Jakarta (AFP) – Outgoing Indonesian leader Joko Widodo casts his vote at a polling station in Jakarta as the 200-million nation puts democracy to the test. IMAGES
Jakarta (AFP) – Voting drew to a close Wednesday after Indonesia held one of the world’s biggest one-day elections, with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the favourite to emerge as president of the Muslim-majority nation. More than 204 million Indonesians were eligible to cast a ballot at some 800,000 polling stations from easternmost Papua to Sumatra at the other end of the volcano-dotted archipelago. IMAGES
Bogor (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesia’s defence minister and presidential frontrunner, Prabowo Subianto, casts his vote at a polling station in Bogor, south of Jakarta. IMAGES
