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.
Orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat
World 11:01 10/12/2025SIPIROK, Indonesia - Before the deadly landslides and floods hit Indonesia about two weeks ago, Amran Siagian, 39, frequently met Tapanuli orangutans on a hill in the region of Sipirok, North Sumatra province.
Southeast Asia storm deaths near 700 as scale of disaster revealed
World 16:21 01/12/2025Rescue teams in western Indonesia were battling on Monday to clear roads cut off by cyclone-induced landslides and floods, as improved weather revealed more of the scale of a disaster that has killed close to 700 people in Southeast Asia.
Thailand shifts gear in flood evacuation; Indonesia death toll climbs to 61
World 09:55 28/11/2025Flood rescue teams in Thailand readied drones to deliver aid and helicopters dropped supplies to people marooned on rooftops on Thursday, as the death toll from its worst floods in years rose and the number killed by a cyclone in Indonesia climbed to 61.
