Indonesia

Fire guts six homes, kills three kids in Indonesia's Kalimantan

Jakarta - Indonesia's KalimantanA fire gutted several houses in a residential area in Central Kalimantan province, killing three children and seriously injuring their mother, local media reports said Saturday.

The fire broke out at about 11 pm on Friday in Banjarmasin, the capital of Central Kalimantan province on the Indonesian portion of Borneo island, the state-run Antara news agency reported.

Indonesia detains lawmaker, deputy governor in graft case

IndonesiaJakarta  - Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog has arrested a lawmaker and deputy gove

Extinct Javan elephants may have been found in Borneo, group say

Jakarta - Borneo's mysterious pygmy elephant may be the last survivors of the Javan elephants race thought to have become extinct centuries ago, the environmental group WWF said Thursday.

Call to ban Islamic splinter group sparks controversy

Jakarta  - A call for the Indonesian government to ban a splinter group of Islam, which believes its founder is a prophet after Mohammed, sparked controversy with Muslim scholars saying it could tr

Indonesian police officers sacked over illegal logging

IndonesiaJakarta - The police chief in West Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo

Residents flee homes after volcano in eastern Indonesia erupts

IndonesiaJakarta - Hundreds of residents were evacuated after the Mount Egon volcano on the east

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