Indonesian authorities asked people near an island volcano to avoid the coast while eruptions and weather and sea conditions were being monitored for tsunami risks. Continue reading →
{FD} Somber Christmas, prayers in tsunami-hit Indonesian region
The Christmas holiday was somber with prayers for tsunami victims in the Indonesian region hit by waves that struck without warning Saturday night. Continue reading →
{FD} Doctors, rescuers work in tsunami-struck Indonesian areas
Doctors worked to help survivors and hundreds of people searched on debris-strewn beaches for more victims Monday from a deadly tsunami that smashed into houses, hotels and other buildings without warning in the darkness along an Indonesian strait. Continue reading →
{FD} Indonesia rejects rebels’ demand on Papua independence talks
Indonesia’s government on Tuesday rejected a demand by rebels in the country’s restive Papua province to hold negotiations on the territory’s self-determination, following a Dec. 2 attack on a construction site that left at least 17 dead. Continue reading →
{FD} Rebels demand Indonesia negotiate on Papua independence
Rebels in Indonesia’s troubled Papua province demanded Friday that the government hold negotiations on self-determination for the province and warned of more attacks. Continue reading →
{FD} Burials begin in quake- and tsunami-hit Indonesian region
A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. Continue reading →
{FD} Indonesia tsunami toll tops 800 amid search for survivors
Rescuers in Indonesia were scrambling Sunday to reach trapped victims screaming for help from collapsed buildings, while looters risked entering an unstable shopping mall to grab whatever they could find after a massive earthquake spawned a tsunami tha… Continue reading →
{FD} Indonesia tsunami toll tops 400 amid search for survivors
Rescuers were scrambling Sunday to try to find trapped victims in collapsed buildings where voices could be heard screaming for help after a massive earthquake in Indonesia spawned a deadly tsunami two days ago that has left at least 400 dead. Continue reading →
{FD} Unified Koreas athletes center of attention at Asiad opener
Thousands of spectators cheered wildly as athletes from the rival Koreas paraded side-by-side behind a “unification” flag in a spectacular opening ceremony for the Asian Games. Continue reading →
{FD} Indonesia court sentences cleric behind attacks to death
Radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death by an Indonesian court Friday for ordering Islamic State group-affiliated militants to carry out attacks including the January 2016 suicide bombing at a Starbucks in Jakarta. Continue reading →
{FD} Neighbors say family that bombed churches well off, friendly
The Muslim family that carried out suicide attacks on three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city, killing a dozen people as well as its two young daughters, lived comfortably in an upper-middle class suburb and was on friendly terms with a Chris… Continue reading →
{FD} Woman rescued from Indonesia landslide after 13 hours
Rescuers in Indonesia pulled a woman alive from a car trapped by a landslide for 13 hours but several other people were still missing Tuesday as torrential rains caused havoc in parts of the capital and neighboring West Java. Continue reading →
{FD} Indonesia police kill Papua woman, clash claim disputed
Indonesian paramilitary police fatally shot a woman in what they said was a clash with stone-throwing villagers in the troubled Papua region, but a relative of the victim disputed their account of events. Continue reading →
{FD} Islamic school seeks to steer sons of militants to new path
A former Islamic militant in Indonesia who says he regrets his past has opened up a school for the children of extremists with the hope of steering them away from the paths of their fathers. Continue reading →
