Jakarta (dpa) – About 300 Shiite Muslims fleeing an attack by local Sunnis on Indonesia's Madura island have refused to return home, fearing further violence, activists said Thursday.
The Shiites have taken shelter at a football stadium in (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – The wife of a man accused of involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in an Indonesian prison for immigration offenses.
Ruqayyah binti Husein Luceno, the 28-year-old Philippine-born wife of Umar (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – An Iraqi journalist made headlines in 2008 when he threw a shoe at President George W Bush to protest the US invasion of his country.
More recently, Indonesians have also been using footwear to send a message, dumping cheap shoes (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – Rainwater mixed with volcanic rocks and sand has caused floods that have killed three people in Indonesia's North Maluku province on the Molucca islands, an official said Wednesday.
The Gamalama volcano erupted earlier this month, (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – Indonesia has a working tsunami early warning system seven years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, but risks to coastal populations remained high, experts said.
Similar disasters that followed the 2004 tsunami have shown that a lack (...)
Jakarta (dpa) – A volcano in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province erupted Tuesday, but there were no casualties, an official said.
No evacuation order was issued after the eruption of Mount Lokon in the Tomohon district, said Sutopo Nugroho, a (...)
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (dpa) – Aliya Humaira scribbled a message on yellow paper in the shape of a petal: “I love Papa, I love Mama, I love Sister Icha, I love Brother Kiki.”
The 8-year-old Aliya lost her parents, a brother and a sister in the (...)
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (dpa) – An Indonesian girl who was thought to have died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated Aceh province has been found alive and reunited with her parents, her grandfather said.
Meri Yulanda, also known as (...)