Powerful quake strikes Indonesia; residents flee into streets
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning and sending residents fleeing from their homes but causing only minor damage...
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Indonesia volcano erupts again as death toll rises to 22
An Indonesian volcano was active again on Monday, spewing out hot clouds of ash, two days after a powerful eruption killed at least 22 people...
Indonesia Semeru volcanic eruption kills 13; dozens injured
Ten people trapped after Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupted have been evacuated to safety, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, as the death toll...
Indonesia’s Bali reopens to foreign tourists, but without flights
Indonesia’s holiday island of Bali reopened to foreign tourists after 18 months of pandemic hiatus on Thursday, but the island is lacking one crucial ingredient:...
Fire in Indonesia prison kills 41 in block crowded to more than 3 times capacity
A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia’s Banten province, a government minister said on Wednesday, injuring scores more in a...
Tropical cyclone kills at least 97 in Indonesia, East Timor
Floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia and East Timor have killed 97 people, with many still unaccounted...
Five injured, hundreds evacuated after blaze at Indonesia oil refinery
Indonesian state oil company Pertamina said on Monday it has shut its Balongan oil refinery in West Java as it battles to control a massive...
Indonesia quake kills at least 42, injures hundreds (update)
A powerful earthquake killed at least 42 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia‘s island of Sulawesi on Friday, trapping several under rubble and unleashing dozens of...
Indonesia retrieves ‘black box’ from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane
Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the weekend, a navy...
Why Indonesia is vaccinating its working population first, not elderly
As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against COVID-19, its plan to prioritise working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast...
