Eight people killed in helicopter crash in Indonesia's West Kalimantan, authorities say
World 16:00 17/04/2026All eight people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, authorities said on Friday as search teams tried to retrieve the bodies and wreckage.
Indonesia raises jet fuel surcharge, flight ticket prices as oil soars
World 11:47 07/04/2026Indonesia announced on Monday a 28-percentage point rise in the surcharge on jet fuel, and said it will allow airlines to raise the domestic ticket price, which the government caps, by up to 13 percent.
Indonesia's social media curbs for under 16s take set to start, few know how they work
World 10:03 29/03/2026JAKARTA - Anza Zafran Utama, a nine-year-old boy in the Indonesian city of Bogor, is either a dinosaur or a shooter when he plays Roblox on his smartphone.
Search called off after Indonesia landfill collapse kills 7
World 17:10 10/03/2026Indonesian rescuers have called off the search for victims of a landslide at the country's largest open landfill after pulling seven bodies out from under debris, an official said Tuesday.
Indonesia searches for missing after landfill collapse kills 4
World 17:29 09/03/2026JAKARTA -- Rescuers are still searching for five missing people after a large stack of garbage collapsed at Indonesia's biggest landfill site over the weekend, killing at least four people, an official said on Monday.
World's oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia
World 09:53 22/01/2026A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists said Wednesday, and sheds light on how humans first migrated to Australia.
Indonesia revokes 28 firms' permits, says violations worsened flood impact
World 10:50 21/01/2026JAKARTA -- Indonesia has revoked the permits of 28 companies over violation of environmental rules that exacerbated the impact of floods in Northern Sumatra, a presidential spokesperson told a press conference on Tuesday.
Indonesian authorities find wreckage of missing surveillance plane with 11 on board
World 15:19 18/01/2026JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province near a fog-covered mountain, but were still searching for the 11 people on board.
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Talaud Islands, GFZ says
World 11:02 11/01/2026JAKARTA - An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck off the coast of Indonesia's Talaud Islands on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Valencia coach Fernando Martin dies in Indonesia boat accident
World 12:17 28/12/2025JAKARTA - Fernando Martin, a coach with Valencia CF, has died with three members of his family after their boat capsized in Indonesia, Spanish football clubs said.
Spanish family of four missing after boat sinks off Indonesia
World 10:07 28/12/2025MADRID/JAKARTA - Four members of a Spanish family are missing after a boat carrying eleven people sank off the coast of Indonesia in extreme weather, Spanish and Indonesian authorities said on Saturday.
Nowhere to pray as logs choke flood-hit Indonesian mosque
World 15:57 13/12/2025Almost two weeks on from devastating floods, Muslim worshippers in Indonesia's Sumatra who gathered at their local mosque on Friday for prayers were blocked from entering by a huge pile of thousands of uprooted trees.
