Jakarta - At least 11 people were killed in a landslide and floods that swept through villages in two Indonesian provinces, local media reports said Wednesday.
In South Kalimantan province on the Indonesian portion of Borneo island, heavy floods have inundated thousands of homes in a number of districts for the past three weeks and claimed the lives of at least seven people, the state-run Antara news agency reported.
Jakarta - A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island Tuesday, leaving one woman dead and 20 people injured, geologists and media reports said.
The quake hit at 10:07 am (0307 GMT) and was centred 51 kilometres south-west of Tebingtinggi in Bengkulu province, or about 64 kilometres north-west of Lahat in South Sumatra province, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said via text message.
The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres, it said.
Jakarta - Search teams failed to find any sign of a Polish tourist who went missing eight days ago while scuba diving off the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua, local media reports said Sunday.
Kemal Abbas, chief of the Cenderawasih Bay National Park, said Robert Zsupuru, along with 10 other Polish tourists, left for the Auri Islands, near Matas Island off the Papua province August 27.
"On their third day, all of them went diving, but since then Robert has not been found," Kemal was quoted as saying by The Jakarta Post.
According to the search teams, Robert had most likely run out of oxygen while diving at a depth of greater than 80 meters, the newspaper reported.
Jakarta, September 6 : A news report by Jakarta Post has suggested that the population of Orangutans in Kalimantan or Borneo Island of Indonesia remained under threat of extinction, despite claims by palm oil firms of applying eco-friendly work practices.
Deforestation for palm oil plantation was blamed for the killing the protected apes, particularly those living outside conservation areas, according to Novi Hardianto, the habitat program manager of the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP).
Jakarta - Ramadan is prime time for Muslims to give charitable donations, so it's not surprising the Islamic holy month is the most lucrative season for beggars.
Beggars, including many old people and women with young children, have been flocking to Jakarta for the beginning of Ramadan in early September.
Jakarta - Caving in to pressure from hardline Muslim groups, the provincial government of South Sumatra banned a minority Islamic sect branded "heretical" by the country's top clerics, media reports said Tuesday.
Acting Governor Mahyudin NS announced Monday that his administration had decided to prohibit the Ahmadiyah movement in the province on the grounds that it was "not compatible with Islamic teachings."
Jakarta - At least 11 people were killed in a landslide and floods that swept through villages in two Indonesian provinces, local media reports said Wednesday.
Jakarta - A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island Tuesday, leaving one woman dead and 20 people injured, geologists and media reports said.
Jakarta - Ramadan is prime time for Muslims to give charitable donations, so it's not surprising the Islamic holy month is the most lucrative season for beggars.
Jakarta - Caving in to pressure from hardline Muslim groups, the provincial government of South Sumatra banned a minority Islamic sect branded "heretical" by the country's top clerics, media reports said Tuesday.
