Rescue workers in Indonesia continued to dig through thick layers of hot ash and debris Monday to find survivors of a volcanic eruption that left more than a dozen people dead and thousands displaced in the country's East Java province, even as the (...)
The Rector of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University Dr. Ahmed bin Salem Al-Aamri visited yesterday the Islamic and Arabic College of Indonesia.
The Rector stressed the importance of the college's role in conveying the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (...)
A passenger aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 became the first victim of the crash to be returned to her family Thursday, one of many painful reunions to come, as search crews struggled against wind and heavy rain to find more than 150 people still (...)
An Indonesian maritime task-force for peace-keeping deployment in Lebanon left for the Middle-eastern country, Monday, after a send-off ceremony presided over by the Eastern Indonesia Fleet Commander Admiral Bambang Suwarto.
Suwarto briefed the (...)
Dengue fever has killed two residents of the East Java town of Kediri. The victims were identified as Lorde Bintang S. and Anggoro, local hospital authorities said.
Director of Gambiran Public Hospital Sentot Imam Suprapto said here Thursday (...)
At least 10 people
were injured after a passenger train and a cargo train collided
in Indonesia's East Java province, Reuters quoted a rail official as
saying today.
Earlier, Metro TV reported at least two people were killed
and a hundred (...)
Six Mi-17-V helicopters, ordered by Indonesia from Russia in 2003, arrived at the Indonesian Navy's airbase in Surabaya, East Java, on Wednesday, Antara reported.
The Indonesian Defense Ministry's director general for defense facilities Rear (...)
Surabaya's Rungkut Environmental Forum (FPLR) is planning to plant 10,000 mangrove trees in 5,000 square meters of deforested mangrove forest located in eastern coastal area of Surabaya next Sunday, ANTARA reported.
"We buy the plants at our own (...)
A pre-dawn fire gutted `Sumber Alam` clove and cashew warehouse located in Sidotopo Kidul street, Surabaya, on Monday, ANTARA reported.
A number of fire-brigades were mobilized to extinguish the fire, which kept on razing up to 9.30 am local (...)
Indonesian authorities will try to stem a gushing mud eruption that has inundated villages and factories by dropping hundreds of giant concrete balls into a gouge in the earth, The Associated Press quoted an official as saying today.
Around a (...)