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Gunfire hit the home of two American lecturers in Indonesia's western province of Aceh on Monday, but no one was injured. Complete Story...
Newmont Mining has agreed to sell a 14 percent stake in an Indonesian gold mine for $494 million, ending a years-long dispute with the Indonesian government over how the mining company should sell shares as required under its contract to operate in the country.
Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Wednesday left an Australian customs vessel anchored off Indonesia after they were promised they would be resettled, ending a monthlong standoff.
Newmont Mining Corp. has sold a 10 percent share of its Indonesian joint venture to a consortium of regional and local governments.
Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday.
A powerful undersea earthquake killed one person, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses on a remote island in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.
A strong earthquake was reported in the ocean off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Officials say a German working for the Red Cross has been shot by men on a motorcycle in Indonesia's Aceh province.
Thousands of dead fish and clumps of oil have been found drifting near Indonesia's coastline more than two months after an underwater well began leaking in the Timor Sea, officials and fishermen said.
Muslim women would be banned from wearing tight pants in a devoutly Islamic district of Indonesia's Aceh province under proposed regulations to take effect Jan. 1, an official said Wednesday.
Plans to open branches of a Malaysian "Polygamy Club" in Indonesia have upset women's groups and religious leaders in the world's most populous Muslim nation, who say the search for multiple wives should be handled privately — not by a matchmaking service.
A powerful earthquake struck deep under the sea in eastern Indonesia, causing panic and sending residents running out of their homes, officials and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
A group of 10 alleged Iranian drug smugglers, including eight veiled women, were caught with $12.5 million worth of methamphetamines at Indonesia's main airport, the customs chief said Wednesday.
A strong undersea earthquake caused minor damage and made buildings in Indonesia's capital sway Friday, but there were no immediate reports injuries.
A strong earthquake struck Indonesia early Friday local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday.
Indonesian police raided a house near the capital Friday, shooting dead two suspected al-Qaida-linked militants wanted in the suicide bombings of luxury hotels in Jakarta, officials said.
The chief of Indonesia's anti-corruption commission went on trial Thursday charged with masterminding the murder of the head of a state-owned company.
Hundreds of people buried by landslides in Indonesia two weeks ago have been registered as dead, raising the death toll from last month's earthquake to 1,115.
President Barack Obama has spoken with Indonesia's president to offer his condolences for the devastating earthquake that struck West Sumatra.
List of donors and the aid material they have sent or pledged to Indonesia to help it cope with Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake on Sumatra island.
The U.N.'s humanitarian chief said Thursday the powerful earthquakes that struck Indonesia have killed at least 1,100 people.
Aid workers reached farther into Indonesia's disaster zone Wednesday, delivering food and water for the first time to villages cut off for a week by earthquake-triggered landslides.
Two Indonesian suicide bombers lounged and casually snacked in a grass field near luxury Jakarta hotels weeks before they attacked them, videos released by police Tuesday showed.
Indonesia's heaviest-ever newborn drew curious crowds Friday to a hospital where the boy named Akbar — or the Great in Arabic — came into the world at a record 19.2 pounds (8.7 kilograms).
Plans to give hometown burials to three suspected al-Qaida-linked Islamist militants killed in a police raid last week are being opposed by some residents, who say they don't want their villages to be known as resting places for terrorists.
Indonesian Rescuers Comb Sea for Ferry Survivors; 29 People Die Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesian rescue workers are combing the sea off Sumatra island for survivors after a ferry sank in rough weather yesterday, killing at least 29 people, officials said.
Indonesia deports 2 journalistsINDONESIA has deported two foreign journalists covering a Greenpeace demonstration against forest destruction on the western island of Sumatra - bringing to 15 the number of people kicked out of the country over the protest.
Islam 'recognizes homosexuality'Homosexuals and homosexuality are natural and created by God, thus permissible within Islam, a discussion concluded here Thursday.
Batik on the catwalk helps set future trendsIf the collections paraded on the catwalk of the Yogyakarta Fashion Tendance event last Saturday are anything to go by, then Indonesia has a myriad of new fashion trends to look forward to in 2010.
Kotagede, The Old Capital CityBuildings in Kotagede are very unique and complex; you will see a pendopo, with Art Noveau style or Chinese ornament inside. I think Kotagede is a big architectural laboratory where tens of architecture styles are established.
Jamu Godhog, a Nature TonicNo one doubt, that's herbs and herbal medicine for health are not as famous as chemical medicines.
Worsening Australian Timor Sea oil spill disaster - fire breaks out on leaking Oz oil rigFire broke out yesterday on the oil rig, which has been leaking oil into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks (100x100 km) . Oil field operator PTTEP Australasia said the West Atlas rig and Montara well-head platform were on fire.
All She Did Was Enjoy a BeerDuring the recent UN meetings in New York, Foreign Minister Anifah Aman painted a picture of Malaysia that many like to see - a multiethnic mosaic of religions, races and beliefs. "The Malaysian government has introduced the One Malaysia concept," Aman said.
Ban on tight trousers for women?"Women may soon be banned from wearing tight trousers in parts of an Indonesian province that practices strict Islamic law, and offenders could see their attire cut up.
Is Obama Impeachable?Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution tells us that "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." In t …
An Asteroid Exploded Over Indonesia With the Force of Three Hiroshima-Size Nuclear Bombs This Month... No One Saw It ComingAN ASTEROID exploded over Indonesia with the force of three Hiroshima nuclear bombs - and no one on Earth knew it was coming.
Jogja Java Carnival, Glorious Party in the CityHow many times you see carnival in your life? For me it's just one. It happened last night at Jogja Java Carnival (JJC) I was enthusiast to see the parade. It's worth enough to wait more than an hour for the carnival.
BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Your stories: 'I felt the world was coming to an end'School pupils affected by the earthquake in Padang, Indonesia, have been sending their stories to BBC News 'Hunger to Learn'.
Fresh hope for crow thought to be extinctAn Indonesian crow long believed to be extinct has reappeared on a remote, mountainous island.
Bukit Bintang, Stars above People's RoutineThe greatest exotic up here. What do you think about stand with the stars shinning above? You do not need to be an astronauts or becoming NASA members anymore. There's a way to make it happen: visit Bukit Bintang (Hills of The Stars), a southern spot in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Rare crow, thought extinct, is rediscoveredA critically endangered Indonesian crow — long feared extinct — has been rediscovered in its native habitat, scientists announced today.
Stoning law is 'torture', says rights groupA new law mandating death by stoning for adulterers in Indonesia's deeply Islamic Aceh province advocated "torture" and should be overturned, US-based group Human Rights Watch said on Monday
Greenpeace accuses New Zealand world's #1 dairy export company of "climate crime"Greenpeace activists arrested at NZ port; Greenpeace said that clearing rain forests in Indonesia and Malaysia to plant palm plantations is causing 'massive carbon emissions,' which are blamed for global warning.
Indonesian man survives quake by sawing off own legAn 18-year-old construction worker trapped in the rubble of a building that collapsed during the earthquake in Indonesia escaped after sawing off his own leg.
Changing militants' mindset with little successJAKARTA (Reuters) - Jibril, a former Indonesian militant, describes his years of military training in Afghanistan from 1985 to 1987 as "the best holiday in my whole life."
UNESCO Inscribes Indonesian Batik on the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityIn 2 October 2009, UNESCO would announcement Indonesia Batik as intangible world heritage.
Teenager rescued 40 hours after Indonesia quakeRescuers pulled a teenager alive from her collapsed college 40 hours after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, while cries for help Friday from beneath a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors.
Indonesian quake toll at 1,100, thousands missing - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsM7.6 Sumatora Is. Coastal earthquake has deaths toll of above 1,100, still thousands are buried below. (Y!)
Grebeg Syawal, Grabbing Up the Blessing in Eid MubarakOn 21st September morning, Moslems was holding Ied Prayer. They hold the prayer in fields, streets, mosques and squares. In Parangkusumo Beach, Moslems were praying in the beach, at the black sand, known as gumuk pasir.
Thousands feared dead after Indonesia quakeRescue teams struggled on Thursday to reach scores of people trapped under debris and survivors pleaded for aid after a powerful quake hit the Indonesian city of Padang, possibly killing thousands.
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