More than 200 people were believed missing after a boat carrying Australia-bound migrants capsized off Indonesia's Java
island, rescue officials said Sunday.
At least 33 people were rescued after the accident off Prigi in East Java province on (...)
A media report said that an overcrowded ship carrying more than 200 migrants from the Middle East has sunk off Indonesia's Java island, according to AP.
The official Antara news agency said the wooden ship with a capacity 100 passengers sank (...)
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met here today the Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki.
The Indonesian President hailed the distinct relations binding his country and Saudi (...)
The Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL), Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki met here today the Rector of Indonesian University Dr. Koumilar Sumantri and Indonesian Cultural Attaché (in Riyadh) Dr. Muhammad Lutfi.
During the (...)
Secretary General of Muslim World League (MWL), Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki arrived here today to attend the 2nd World Conference of Islamic Information to be held under the auspices of Indonesian President Dr. Bambannag Susilo (...)
Indonesia's parliament is likely to pass a long-delayed land bill next week, a move that investors hope will speed up land acquisition to spur infrastructure development in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, Reuters reported.
Inadequate (...)
The governor of Indonesia's Aceh province has breached a ban on clearing forests that is at the heart of a $1 billion climate deal with Norway, earning a rebuke by a senior government official on Thursday, according to Reuters.
The two-year (...)
Indonesian authorities on Monday closed an airport in the country's north-east following a volcanic eruption, an official said.
The Gamalama volcano in North Maluku province spewed thick ash on Sunday, prompting authorities to raise its alert (...)
Authorities were searching Monday for dozens of people thought to be missing after a suspension bridge collapsed on
Indonesia's Borneo island over the weekend, an official said.
Six more bodies were found late Sunday and early Monday at the site (...)
At least four people have been killed and 39 others have been injured after a suspension bridge collapsed in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province on Borneo island on Saturday.
A police spokesman said Sunday that as many as 40 others could still be (...)
AlHijjah 29, 1432, Nov 25, 2011, SPA -- The UN educational and scientific body UNESCO on
Friday added 11 practices and expressions to its list of intangible
cultural heritage, dpa reported.
A UNESCO intergovernmental committee designated the 11 (...)
AlHijjah 29, 1432, Nov 25, 2011 SPA --Thousands of Indonesians jammed into a glitzy shopping mall Friday to get hold of the first BlackBerry Bold 9790s being sold worldwide, AP reported.
Fearing a riot, hundreds of police were deployed outside, (...)
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck off the Molucca islands in eastern Indonesia on Monday, but
there were no reports of damage, authorities said.
The quake occurred at 11:05 am (0405 GMT) (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA -- Indonesia has won eight more gold medals as it extended its domination of the 26th Southeast Asian Games into a third day Sunday for a total of 32 gold, 21 silver and 13 bronze medals, AP reported.
Defending (...)
AlQa'dah 26, 1432, Oct 24, 2011, SPA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received today U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Monday, the third day of his visit to Bali.
During the visit, Panetta will also hold meetings with senior (...)
AlQa'dah 25, 1432, Oct 23, 2011, SPA -- Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro met today with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministerial Meeting.
"During the discussion with the U.S. Secretary (...)
AlQa'dah 20, 1432, Oct 18, 2011, SPA -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, according to dpa.
The shake-up affected 12 of 34 cabinet posts, including trade
ministry, state-owned enterprises ministry, (...)
AlQa'dah 19, 1432, Oct 17, 2011, SPA - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed a new trade minister and state enterprises minister on Monday.
Yudhoyono appointed the nation's investment chief Gita Wirjawan as the new trade (...)
AlQa'dah 10, 1432, Oct 8, 2011, SPA -- Police in Indonesia said Saturday they had made five arrests in connection with the Cirebon mosque attack in West Java in April, as dpa reported.
In a televised press conference, National Police spokesperson, (...)
AlQa'dah 3, 1432, Oct 1, 2011, SPA - Rescuers found the bodies of all 18 people on board a plane when it crashed in a dense forest on Sumatra island, news reports said Saturday.
"All bodies were found seated in their chairs," Sunarbowo, (...)
AlQa'dah 1, 1432, Sep 29, 2011, SPA -- A small plane with 18 people on board crashed in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra on Thursday, dpa quoted an official as saying.
The Cessna 212 operated by Nusantara Buana Air left the (...)
Eight people died and 25 were injured Wednesday in a stampede that followed a fire on a ferry moored off Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya, state media reported.
A fire broke out on the Kirana IX ferry and panicking passengers
tried to (...)
A rescue official says the wreckage of a helicopter hired by a U.S.-mining giant and the bodies of both people on board have been found central Indonesia, AP reported.
The Bell 412 chopper was on the way to a Newmont Mining Corporation exploration (...)
A bomb exploded in Indonesia's city of Solo on Sunday, killing a suspected suicide bomber and
injuring several worshippers, police said.
"We still have no complete information on casualties but the person strongly suspected to be the suicide (...)
Thirteen people were reportedly killed Saturday when a boat sank off in the coast of Madura island, East Java, according to media reports.
Police and residents found 13 bodies floating on the sea after conducting a search. The boat sank after a (...)
