Authorities plan to launch a cloud seeding operation to reduce rainfall intensity in disaster-hit areas across Sukabumi regency, West Java, to help authorities locate missing people and mitigate the impacts of flooding and landslides in the regency.

The 44-year-old woman was working with a colleague in the province when the crocodile chased the pair, biting the victim on her left hand and dragging her into a ditch.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is pushing for a joint search and rescue team to use all necessary means to find the seven missing people by next week.

Thousands of members of the Ahmadiyah community, including women and children, from across the country have been forced to return to their respective homes after the local administration blocked access to Manislor village in Kuningan, West Java, where they were due to hold a mass religious gathering.

The Banjarbaru Elections Commission (KPU) did not provide a blank box to replace a candidate disqualified from the mayoral race, and declared all votes cast for the ousted pair invalid, raising protests among voters.

Extreme weather events due to unusually heavy rainfall linke to La Niña since Tuesday has hit dozens of districts across Sukabumi and Cianjur in West Java and is expected to continue for the next few days, while the national weather service has warned the country to aniticipate 20 percent more precipitation this rainy season.

Former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels raised a red crescent  and star flag in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, to celebrate the group's 48th anniversary.

The Bukit Barisan Military Command in North Sumatra promised to conduct transparently the investigation into the attack on a village in Deli Serdang regency allegedly committed by dozens of soldiers.

The police have admitted that the fatal shooting of a high school student in Semarang, Central Java, occurred as a result the police officer involved using excessive force, backtracking from their previous claim that the officer had been trying to break up a student brawl.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will continue investigating a case implicating acting Pekanbaru mayor Risnandar Mahiwa by looking into the possible involvement of other parties suspected of benefitting from the alleged graft.

Environment Minister Hanif Faisal Nurofiq has urged regional administrations to address the problem of illegal final disposal sites (TPA) within their jurisdictions.

A clash against the police broke out during the Free West Papua protest in Yogyakarta on Sunday night as a protester tried to raise the Morning Star (Bintang Kejora) flag.

The North Sumatra provincial administration-owned clean water company PDAM Tirtanadi's main pipeline in Sibolangit district, Deli Serdang regency, was buried following a landslide on Wednesday, disrupting clean water supply.  

The National Police have fired the South Solok Police’s head of operations division, Adj. Comr. Dadang Iskandar, for fatally shooting one of his colleagues in the West Sumatra regency last month.

General Elections Commission (KPU) offices in some regions began balloting over the weekend in several polling stations after floods forced them to postpone the Nov. 27 regional head elections.

The police allege that Robig used excessive force by using his firearm to disperse a reported brawl, and that he violated the procedures regarding the use of weapons on duty by not firing a warning shot.

The flimsy wooden boat carrying the Rohingyas was found half-submerged not far from the beach off the coast of northeastern Sumatra island after it was first spotted entering East Aceh waters on Saturday morning, a few hours before it nearly sank. 

The Denpasar office of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued a warning for high waves in the waters around Bali over the weekend, of up to 2.5 meters in some areas.

Andi Muhammad Imam, the eldest son of the late 38th Gowa king, has been named as the successor of Andi Kumala Idjo Karaeng Lembang Parang Sultan Malikussaid II Batara Gowa III.

Extreme weather is expected in Indonesia towards the end of 2024, as the La Nina phenomenon increases rainfalls across the tropical archipelago, the country's weather agency has warned.

Taman Safari Indonesia announces the birth of two Humboldt penguins, a gibbon and two Bengal tiger cubs across three of its parks.

Oni Enumbi, a member of the armed criminal group (KKB) in Puncak Jaya, Central Papua, is wanted for his involvement in the shooting and killing of Elang task force personnel.

The competition between the ruling Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) did not elude Indonesia’s new Papuan provinces of South Papua, Central Papua, the Papua Highlands and Southwest Papua.

Some 30 percent of 25,223 polling stations in North Sumatra failed to carry out the voting process after heavy rainfall triggered massive floods and landslides in various parts of the province.

The Central Java Ombudsman urges the police to launch a comprehensive investigation into the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old student in Semarang by a police officer and to open the information to the public to prevent speculation.

According to prevailing regulations, if a local poll administrator dies while on duty, they are entitled to receive compensation directly from the KPU to cover funeral expenses and other related costs.

Condemned internationally and at home, the former regent Terbit Rencana Perangin-angin, had been accused of human trafficking, torture, forced labor and slavery.

Coordinating Politics and Security Minister Budi Gunawan guaranteed that people affected by natural disasters can still exercise their voting rights in the upcoming regional elections on Wednesday.

Regional administrations and General Elections Commission (KPU) offices are preparing for the possibility that natural disasters may strike ahead of voting day for the regional elections on Wednesday, as some parts of the country experience increased flooding and landslides amid an intense rainy season.

A school representative doubted police allegations that the victim was a gang member while a security guard near the brawl location denied a brawl took place.