Indonesia

General Rashad meets Indonesian defence forces chief

RAWALPINDI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Rashad Mahmood met Indonesian Chief of… Read More

Death toll from Indonesia floods, landslides, rises to 19

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: The death toll from a series of landslides and flash floods in Indonesia… Read More

Indonesian clerics issue fatwa against forest fires

JAKARTA:  Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body said Wednesday it has issued a fatwa against intentionally… Read More

Consumer giants court Muslims with halal face creams, shampoos

Some of the world’s biggest consumer groups are making halal face creams and shampoos for… Read More

World’s oldest man discovered in Indonesia

JAKARTA: A man who claims to be the oldest in the world at the age… Read More

Execution of Pakistani citizen in Indonesia halted

KARACHI: Indonesia has on Thursday night halted execution of Pakistani citizen at the eleventh hour,… Read More

Indonesia rejects appeal to halt execution of Pakistani national

CILACAP: Indonesia Thursday rejected appeals from the United Nations and European Union to halt the… Read More

Rights group asks Indonesia to pardon Pakistani drug convict

ISLAMABAD: A human rights group urged Islamabad Monday to try to halt the execution of… Read More

Man caught hunting Pokemon on Indonesian military base

JAKARTA: A Frenchman caught trespassing on a military base in Indonesia has confessed he was playing… Read More

US launches quiet diplomacy to ease South China Sea tensions

WASHINGTON: The United States is using quiet diplomacy to persuade the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and… Read More

12 die in giant Indonesian traffic jam, says official

BREBES, INDONESIA: Twelve people have died during a massive three-day traffic jam in Indonesia that… Read More

Indonesian volcano puts on spectacular blue light show

BANYUWANGI, INDONESIA: Brilliant blue flames light up the night sky above Kawah Ijen, casting an eerie… Read More

Suicide bomber on motorbike hits Indonesia police station

JAKARTA: A suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up outside an Indonesian police station Tuesday,… Read More

China-backed AIIB approves first loans

BEIJING: The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved its first four loans totalling over… Read More

Indonesia to give Olympic medallists cash for life

JAKARTA: Indonesia promised large cash payments and generous lifetime pensions to their Olympic athletes if… Read More

Indonesia planning executions of drug traffickers after Eid holiday

JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to put 16 convicts to death after next month's  Eid holiday, an official… Read More

Hobbit was another specie separate from modern man

PARIS: Half-sized humans who lived 700,000 years ago were almost certainly the ancestors of enigmatic… Read More

Mobile Masjid launched in Indonesian city for prayer facility to Muslims

BANDUNG, Indonesia: A religious organization ‘The Mosque Foundation’ has launched a mobile mosque to provide… Read More

Childhood goes up in smoke for Indonesian tobacco farm workers

JAKARTA: Thirteen-year-old Siti Maryam says she suffers headaches and nausea after harvesting tobacco leaves with… Read More

Children risk health farming tobacco in Indonesia: HRW

JAKARTA: Children are being put to work on tobacco plantations in Indonesia that supply some… Read More