The East Flores Police in East Nusa Tenggara have arrested 15 individuals following a deadly clash between residents of two villages in West Adonara district on Monday.

The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) drove off a Chinese coast guard vessel on Monday that entered Indonesia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Natuna Sea without authorization.

The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

North Maluku Police investigators have questioned 24 witnesses in the investigation into the speedboat fire that killed North Maluku gubernatorial candidate Benny Laos, among others, on Oct. 12.

The onshore quake hit the island of Tapat in the Maluku sea at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) at 10:24 local time (0324 GMT), USGS said.

Military and police personnel have been deployed to secure the site of a plane crash on Sunday that killed all four people aboard, ahead of an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) in Pohuwato regency, Gorontalo.

The Central Java General Elections Commission (KPU) has announced the schedule for three gubernatorial election debates ahead of the Nov. 27 voting day.

A DHC-6 twin turboprop aircraft operated by SAM Air crashed on Sunday morning outside Bumi Panua Airport in Gorontalo's Pohuwato regency, killing all four people aboard.

The Rohingya boat is anchored around three to four miles, or around five to six kilometers, off the coast of South Aceh regency with its engine turned off, according to local community leader.

At least 15,600 people have been hit by a water crisis in West Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara regency, amid a severe drought in the area, prompting local authorities to distribute clean water to affected communities.

The I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar has recorded a 14-percent surge in passengers to a total of 6.7 million during the third quarter (July to September) compared to the previous quarter.

A regional conservation agency has started removing 80 saltwater crocodiles from a breeding pond in Cianjur, West Java, where they have been kept since 2018 a local resident surrendered them to authorities.

Following the arrests of six suspected members of a drug ring distributing meth in Jambi, the police are moving to dismantle the group and shut down its distribution network in the province.

Experts have said that better food for school-age children comes too late to resolve stunting, which requires complex remedies from improved sanitation and hygiene to better nutrition for mothers.

On Oct. 9, the government found two foreign vessels dredging sea sand in Indonesian waters.

According to a survey, 75.7 percent of respondents support former Purwakarta regent and Gerindra Party politician Dedi and former Sumedang deputy regent Erwan in the Nov. 27 West Java gubernatorial election.

The dismissed detective, Second Insp. Rudy Soik, alleges that several police officers with the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Police felt uncomfortable with his investigation into an alleged fuel smuggling ring in Kupang, leading them to report him to the internal affairs division.

Nine regencies and one city in Aceh have been hit by floods following heavy rainfall in the past few days, affecting close to 30,000 people in the province, the Aceh Disaster Management Agency (BPBA) reported on Monday.

The alliance of political parties that supported North Maluku gubernatorial candidate Benny Laos is considering nominating his wife Sherly Tjoanda for the November election after the businessman-turned-politician died in a boat explosion over the weekend.

North Maluku Police have pledged a thorough investigation to find out the cause of boat fire that killed gubernatorial candidate Benny Laos. 

Benny Laos, a local businessmen who was making his second bid for the North Maluku governorship, was killed along with five other people while traveling to a campaign event in Taliabu Island regency on Saturday, when the boat carrying him and at least 31 other passengers and crew exploded during a refueling stop.

The remains of United States citizen Carol Colleen Monfore were found in a shark’s stomach in Timor-Leste, 10 days after she had gone missing while diving in Southwest Maluku.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo plans to inaugurate the State Palace at Indonesia's planned future capital of Nusantara in East Kalimantan on Friday, less than two weeks before he leaves office, an aide has said.

The Sarimukti Landfill in West Java, which serves the Greater Bandung area, will face overcapacity by the end of the year, the provincial administration has warned.

PDI-P ticket Andika says he and his running mate Hendi are looking at the first Jakarta gubernatorial debate on Oct. 6 to prepare for their first debate against rival pair Luthfi-Taj in vying for the Central Java governorship, slated to be held on Oct. 26 in Semarang.

The government is preparing the Nusantara International Airport in the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) to receive the Boeing Business Jet 2 presidential aircraft, with the airport construction expected to be completed by the end of this year to receive even larger aircraft.

Another elephant was found dead at the Way Kambas National Park in Lampung on Sunday, marking the third such case in the past eight months. 

Experts doubt the formation of five new infantry battalions in three Papua provinces will help reduce tension there despite the military saying the new units will focus on helping locals in agricultural activities. 

The national weather agency is advising residents in East Java to remain vigilant over potential disasters due to extreme weather amid the current transitional season, even as some areas in the province continue to experience severe drought.

The Ombudsman will mediate a dispute between Borobudur vendors and management in the newly constructed Borobudur Art Village.