Indonesia

Indonesia Signals Possible Seizure of Illegal Mining Areas ………. Indonesia may move to seize mining operations across nearly 190,000 hectares of forest cleared without permits, as part of a broad crackdown on illegal resource extraction, the deputy forestry minister told…

Indonesia Threatens Ban on Musk’s Grok AI Over Degrading Images ———————- Indonesia has warned it may block Elon Musk’s social media platform X and its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after a surge in degrading images of women and children generated…

Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted on Wednesday morning, spewing a column of volcanic ash up to 1,600 meters (5,249 feet) above the peak of the mountain, Anadolu Agency reported. The early morning eruption of Merapi, located in the province of…

Fire at Indonesian Retirement Home Kills 16 ……….. A fire at the Werdha Damai retirement home in Manado, Indonesia, killed 16 people, authorities said, Reuters reported. The blaze, which broke out on Sunday, was extinguished late that evening, and officials…

Passenger Bus Overturns in Indonesia, Leaving 15 Dead and Dozens Affected …………. At least 15 people were killed and several others injured after a passenger bus overturned on a highway linking Jakarta and Yogyakarta, local authorities said, as reported by…

Indonesia: Mount Semeru erupts 6 times, alert level remains high ————————- Mt. Semeru in Indonesia’s East Java province erupted six times early Sunday, with ash plumes reaching as high as 1,200 meters (3,937 feet) above its peak, Anadolu Agency reported.…

Malaysia Approves Cultivated Meat as Halal; Shia Scholars Outline Specific Jurisprudential Criteria ————————————- Malaysia’s Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) has issued a landmark ruling declaring cultivated (lab-grown) meat permissible under Islamic law, making it the first Muslim-majority country to formalize…

Deadly Sumatra Flood Halts Friday Prayers, Displaces Hundreds of Thousands ———————————- A devastating flood on Indonesia’s Sumatra island has disrupted daily life and prevented worshippers from reaching mosques, forcing the suspension of Friday prayers in affected areas. According to the…

Indonesia Factory Fire Kills 22 at Drone Manufacturing Site …….. A fire at a drone manufacturing facility in Jakarta killed 22 people on December 9, Khaama Press reported. Officials said the blaze broke out inside a building used by the…

300 Digital Braille Qurans Distributed at International Non-Visual Quran Competitions in Indonesia ——————————— During the first international Quran memorization competitions for the visually impaired in Indonesia, 300 digital Braille Qurans were distributed to participants, organizers announced. According to IQNA, the…