Tag: Indonesia
Asad Umar leaves for Indonesia to hold talks with IMF
Finance Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday left for Indonesia to attend the annual meeting of International Monitory Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Bali,...
Foreign aid picks up for Indonesia’s desperate quake survivors
PALU: International efforts to help survivors of Indonesia’s devastating earthquake and tsunami gathered pace on Thursday as concern grew for hundreds of thousands with...
Volcano erupts on same Indonesian island as earlier quake
JAKARTA: A volcano erupted on Wednesday on the same central Indonesian island struck last week by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, and authorities warned planes...
Indonesia quake, tsunami deaths climb to 384
PALU: Indonesian television and other media, citing disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, says the death toll from the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami has...
Asian Games: Pakistan beat Indonesia 10-2 in baseball
JAKARTA: Pakistan defeated Indonesia comprehensively in Asian baseball game by 10-2 registering their second consecutive win at the Rawamangun Baseball Field.
Keeping its dominance from the start,...
Indonesia’s ‘Minions’ aim for badminton glory
JAKARTA: Affectionately dubbed the “Minions” after the little yellow creatures from the 2015 animated movie, diminutive badminton duo Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo will...
Death toll from Indonesia quake climbs over 320
PEMANANG: The death toll from a huge 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia’s Lombok island has climbed to more than 320, officials said on Friday,...
Indonesia aims to ban trade of meat from pets, exotic animals
JAKARTA: Indonesia is preparing a regulation to ban the trade of meat derived from pets and exotic animals, aiming to promote animal welfare and...
Tourists flee Indonesia’s Lombok island after quake kills 91
MATARAM: Rescue workers found chaos and destruction across the Indonesian resort island of Lombok on Monday after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake killed at least...
Indonesia mob kills hundreds of crocodiles after man dies
JAKARTA: A mob slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles at a breeding ground in Indonesia's West Papua province in retaliation for the death of a local...
Amnesty accuses Indonesian security forces of 95 unlawful Papua killings
JAKARTA: Security forces in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua have unlawfully killed at least 95 people in the eight years since 2010, with almost...
Amnesty accuses Indonesian security forces of 95 unlawful Papua killings
JAKARTA: Security forces in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have unlawfully killed at least 95 people in the eight years since 2010, with almost...
Indonesia plans crackdown on condemned cleric’s militant network
JAKARTA: Indonesia's counter-terrorism police plan to arrest more than 100 suspected militants in a bid to prevent retaliatory attacks after a radical cleric linked...
Indonesia hands death sentence to Islamic State-linked cleric for militant attacks
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court on Friday sentenced to death a cleric linked to Islamic State, for masterminding from his jail cell a string of...
Modi calls for ‘rules-based order’ in Asian seas during Southeast Asia...
SINGAPORE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on Friday the importance of ensuring the freedom of navigation in Asian waters for free trade, days...
Pakistani group appeals for ailing convict in Indonesia
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani rights group has requested Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to urge Indonesia President Joko Widodo to set free on humanitarian grounds...
Rattled by bombings, Indonesia set to pass tough anti-terror laws
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s parliament is expected to adopt tough anti-terrorism laws on Friday as it seeks to combat a surge in homegrown militancy days after...
