An Indonesian boarding school owner who groomed and raped 13 of his female students has been jailed for life by an Indonesian court.
Herry Wirawan's abuse of the girls aged 11-16 has shocked Indonesians since his case emerged last year.
Wirawan, who (...)
Two children are among four people who died after a boat carrying at least 160 people capsized off the coast of West Java, Indonesian rescue officials said Wednesday.
Fisherman, who saw people floating in the water on Tuesday night, alerted search (...)
Rescuers were searching Wednesday for several asylum seekers still believed missing a day after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia. Nearly 190 survivors were brought to safety and nine bodies were recovered.
Local police (...)
A government official says a landslide triggered by torrential rain has killed at least six people and left 18 others missing on Indonesia's main island of Java.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the Disaster Mitigation Agency says nine houses were buried (...)
Officials say an overcrowded passenger bus has slammed into a large rock on Indonesia's main island of Java, killing 16 people.
Police spokesman Col. Martinus Sitompul says 26 other people were injured in the accident, which occurred Wednesday in (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Indonesia Mustafa bin Ibrahim Al-Mubarak has opened a symposium titled "Promoting Skills of Arabic Language Teachers in Indonesian Universities", which was held in Bandung Islam University.
The efforts exerted by the Kingdom of (...)
AlQa'dah 13, 1433, Sep 29, 2012, SPA - A small plane has crashed during an air show in Indonesia, killing two pilots. No one on the ground was injured, AP reported.
Col. Umar Sugeng Hariyono, an air force base chief, says the accident occurred (...)
Akhir 15, 1432 / March 20, 2011, SPA -- An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked the southern part of West Java province on Sunday morning but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage.
The epicenter of the (...)
Some 120 houses in Jalan Bima area, Arjuna village, Cicendo, Bandung, went up in flames, forcing the occupants to stay at emergency tents prepared by the Bandung city administration.
Bandung Deputy Mayor Ayi Vivananda, during an inspection of the (...)
A 40-year-old politician on Sunday won a surprising victory over the two top contenders in the election to lead Indonesia's largest political party, AP reported.
Anas Urbaningrum was elected chairman of the Democratic Party in a two-part vote (...)
The death toll from the powerful quake in West Java on Wednesday reached 70 on Saturday, ANTARA reported.
An official from the coordinating unit of the West Java Disaster Mitigation Service, Rano Harjaya, said "until 12.00 hours today the number of (...)
An Indonesian military plane
with 24 people aboard crashed into an airport hangar in
rainy weather and burst into flames Monday, an air force
spokesman said. Everyone on board was feared dead.
Dr. M. Drajat told El Shinta radio 17 bodies had (...)
Floods hitting Majalaya, Baleendah and Dayeuhkolot sub districts, southern Bandung, have spread to wider areas, ANTARA reported.
"Citarum River has overflowed and it gets higher. The floods have expanded over the past week," Umar, a resident of (...)
Hundreds of houses at Baleendah and Dayeuhkolot areas, Bandung District, West Java Province, were inundated as Citarum river overflowed on Monday, ANTARA reported.
The floods hit Mekarsari village and Baleendah area in Baleendah sub district as (...)
Six people, including five children, are believed to be still buried in mud in a landslide disaster which hit Nyalindung hamlet, Girimurki village Cempaka subdistrict, Cianjur district, West Java, on Thursday night, ANTARA quoted a rescue worker as (...)
Around 300 members of Hizbut Tahrir staged a rally here on Thursday to protest European media behavior blaspheming the Prophet Muhammad, ANTARA reported.
The rally was a reaction to the publication of cartoons blaspheming the Prophet Muhammad by (...)
Two buses collided on the Nagreg highway, east of here, on Friday, killing at least 13 people and injuring several others.
Spokesman of Nagreg police precinct 2nd Brigadier Agus confirmed the accident, saying all the dead victims were rushed to (...)
