INDONESIA

At least 73 people have been killed after an earthquake with 6.2 magnitude struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday. More than 820 people were injured and over 27,800 left…

A strong earthquake hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early Friday morning, killing at least 34 people, while dozens are trapped in collapsed buildings. The 6.2-magnitude quake struck in the early hours, triggering…

A powerful earthquake with magnitude 6.2 has killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi on Friday. Thousands of frightened residents fled their homes for higher ground when the quake struck 6 km…

Indonesian investigators have successfully downloaded information from the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea last week, the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said in a statement on…

Indonesia on Wednesday temporarily suspended a search by divers for the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air that crashed with 62 people on board shortly after takeoff. The search in the Java Sea had to be halted due to bad weather…

Indonesian authorities on Monday identified the first victim from the Sriwijaya Air crash. Okky Bisma, a flight attendant on the plane, was identified by his fingerprints, a police official told reporters Emergency crews have prepared to…

Indonesian Islamic cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, has been released from Gunung Sindur prison on Friday after serving 10 years for setting up a militant training camp.…

Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council hopes to issue a ruling on whether a COVID-19 vaccine is halal, or permissible under Islam, before the country is due to start a mass immunization programme using a Chinese vaccine next week. The…

Perched on a hilltop overlooking the Indonesian city of Bandung neat lines of teepee-style tents are set up each evening on a patch of lawn in front of a large screen. Known as ‘Cinema Under the Stars’, the outdoor camp-style movie…