Indonesia

Indonesian citizens went to the polls today to cast votes in Presidential and Parliamentary elections in a process called “the biggest one-day election in the world”. More than 205 million people in 17,000 Indonesian islands and in three time zones…

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 132 km East of Bitung, Indonesia at 18:03:51 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 31.6 km, was initially determined to be at 1.34 degrees…

Four people have been killed and at least 42 were injured after two commuter trains collided in Indonesia’s West Java province, Al Jazeera reported. The accident on Friday happened when a long-distance train from the country’s second-largest city, Surabaya, collided…

Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said Sunday. The arrivals came after the military said last week its navy vessel had…

A magnitude-6.3 earthquake occurred in Indonesia’s Papua Province at around 02:16 Dec. 31, Crisis24 reported today. According to the alert website, the epicenter was about 147 km west-southwest of Abepura, Indonesia, with the tremor occurring at a depth of about…

The Indonesian navy has pushed back a boat carrying Rohingya refugees as it approached the coast of Aceh amid resentment among some residents about a sudden increase in boat arrivals. The military said the coastguard first detected the wooden vessel…

Hundreds of university students in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh have stormed a temporary shelter for Rohingya refugees, demanding they be deported. Protesters on Wednesday forced more than 100 Rohingya out of a convention centre in the city of Banda…

An explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has killed at least 13 workers and injured forty-six other victims, mostly due to exposure to hot steam. The accident occurred around 5:30 am during repair work on a…

The World Peace Conference, held in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, called for the intensification of efforts by Muslim preachers from both the Shia and Sunni sects to promote the tolerant Islamic message and to actively participate in achieving peace in…

The Indonesian Religious Affairs Ministry has translated the Holy Quran into as many as 26 regional languages through its research and development centre, according to a local news outlet. Mohammad Ishom, head of the project, explained that the 26 regional…