Indonesia executed four drug convicts on Friday but 10 others due to face the firing squad were given an apparent reprieve in a confused process one lawyer condemned as a "complete mess."
The executions on a remote prison island went ahead despite (...)
Indonesia on Thursday rejected mounting international pressure and desperate pleas from relatives to halt the execution of 14 drug convicts who are expected to imminently face the firing squad.
The group, including foreigners from Nigeria, Pakistan, (...)
Hundreds of radical supporters of a jailed Indonesian cleric chanted "God is great!" outside court on Tuesday as the fire-brand preacher tried to overturn his conviction for funding a militant group.
Just 12 days after a deadly gun and suicide bomb (...)
A jailed Indonesian fire-brand religious scholar on Tuesday challenged his conviction for funding a militant group in court, as a hundreds-strong crowd chanting "God is great" rallied in support of the preacher.
Abu Bakar Bashir is regarded as the (...)
Police say a massive fire has destroyed two storage tanks at Indonesia's largest oil refinery.Local police chief Lt. Col. Rudy Darmoko says no injuries have been reported in the fire at the Pertamina national oil company refinery, according to a (...)
Akhir 28, 1432, 2011, SPA -- Police say a massive fire has destroyed two storage tanks at Indonesia's largest oil refinery.
Local police chief Lt. Col. Rudy Darmoko says no injuries have been reported in the fire at the Pertamina national oil (...)
Floods inundated at least six villages in Cilacap District, Central Java Province, on Tuesday.
"Incessant heavy rains triggered the floods at several villages. A Cikawung river's dam also got burst," Dangir Mulyadi, head of the Cilacap district (...)
Two earthquakes measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook Cilacap town in Central Java on Friday night.
"The two quakes had the same intensity, namely 5.2 on the Richter scale," ANTARA quoted chief of the Banjarnegara geophysics station Ahmad Lani (...)
Floods affected seven villages in Cilacap district, Central Java, on Sunday following incessant rains since Saturday evening.
The villages were always flooded in the rainy season as they were located in a low-laying area, chief of the Cilacap (...)
An earthquake measuring five on the Richter Scale again rocked Cilacap district, Central Java, on Friday morning at 10:16 Western Indonesia Standard Time, ANTARA reported today.
There were no reports of casualties but the temblor shocked local (...)
Floods triggered by incessant downpours over the past few days have forced hundreds of people to flee to safer areas in Cilacap District, ANTARA reported.
The floodwaters reaching a height of up to one meter have hit the district's Majenang, (...)
