Indonesia

At least 12 people lost their lives in Indonesia on Monday when a car crashed into a bus and another car on a busy highway as people were traveling to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr with their families, Anadolu News Agency reported. According…

Deadly flash floods and landslides hit West Sumatra in March, highlighting the impact of deforestation in Indonesia. Although government officials attributed the floods to heavy rainfall, but environmental groups pointed to deforestation and environmental degradation intensifying severe weather effects, emphasizing…

For the second time in three months, an aggressive and disgruntled group of residents in Indonesia’s Aceh province forced authorities to relocate dozens of newly arrived Rohingya refugees after their boat capsized near West Aceh regency, RFA reported yesterday. According…

UN officials confirmed that at least eleven bodies of Rohingya refugees were found off Indonesia’s western coast after their boat, carrying around 150 people, capsized, TRTWorld reported. Indonesian rescuers called off the search after rescuing 75 people, despite reports of…

A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the shore of Indonesia’s Java island on Friday at a depth of 10km, Indonesia’s geophysics agency (BKMG) said, although the US Geological Survey measured it at 6.4. The quake followed a 6-magnitude tremor…

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was declared the winner of the presidential election in the world’s third-largest democracy Wednesday over two former governors, the Associated Press reported. The former special forces commander won the Feb. 14 contest with nearly 60%…

A wooden boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia’s coast, with six survivors, four women and two men, rescued by local fishermen, the Associate Press reported. The refugees’ boat sank about 16 miles off Kuala Bubon Beach in Aceh province,…

Almost 40,000 individuals have had to evacuate their residences due to a destructive flood in the Central Java area of Indonesia, Anadolu Agency reported citing the Antara News agency. The agency referenced the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BPBD) and…

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 shook 106 km SE of Modisi, Indonesia at 18:56:13 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 26.5 km, was initially reported to be at 0.11…

Torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island triggered flash floods and a landslide, resulting in the deaths of at least 19 people with seven others missing, the Associate Press reported. According to a statement by the disaster management agency, tons of…