Sukabumi was struck on Thursday morning by a 4.7-magnitude earthquake, which was also felt in several other regions in West Java as well as in South Tangerang, Banten.

The Medan Police discovered five unidentified dead bodies on Tuesday at a Prima Indonesia University (UNPRI) building in Medan, North Sumatra.

Ridwan Kamil shared progress on the new capital city's projects after being appointed as the infrastructure curator on Tuesday.

The Aceh administration said that it was struggling to find locations to host some 1,600 Rohingya refugees amid rejection from the local population, as efforts to crack down on traffickers continue.

A group of 135 refugees, mostly women and children, were relocated from a beach in Aceh Besar regency of Aceh province to a governor's office building before the authorities eventually conveyed them by truck to a camping ground.

The Medan District Court in North Sumatra has handed the death penalty to a 60-year-old for transporting close to 43 kilograms of sabu-sabu (crystal methamphetamine).

The senior minister has instructed Bamkala to coordinate with the government's efforts, which also involve local administrations and the UN Refugee Agency, to increase maritime patrols to prevent the entry of additional Rohingya refugees as it seeks alternative sites to accommodate those already in the country.

Mount Marapi spewed an ash tower 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) -- taller than the volcano itself -- into the sky on Sunday as 75 people hiked in the area.

The last month has seen a spike in journeys to Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh from Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh; a voyage of about 1,800 kilometers with more than 1,000 arrivals in the biggest such wave since a 2017 Myanmar military crackdown.

Aceh's governor coordinated with the UNHCR about the relocation of Rohingya refugees in Aceh.

As the death toll continues to rise following the eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, the government’s volcanology body has criticized local authorities for allowing hikers to climb the active volcano despite warnings that it was unsafe to do so.

About 200 rescuers will resume search operations on Wednesday for one further missing climber. 

The dead hikers were found Monday near the crater of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, while others were found alive and carried down the mountain in arduous rescue efforts hampered by further eruptions and bad weather.

Search and rescue efforts continue for the 12 hikers still missing since Mt. Marapi erupted on Sunday, killing 11 out of 75 hikers who started climbing the volcano on Saturday.

Search and rescue efforts continued on Monday for 10 people who went missing after a flash flood hit Simangalumpe village in Humbang Hasundutan regency, North Sumatra, on Friday night. Two people were confirmed killed in the disaster.

Heavy rain followed by flash floods on Friday evening hit the region located on the shores of the lake, damaging dozens of houses, a church, a school and a hotel, BNPB said in a statement on late Saturday.

Mount Marapi, with a peak of 2,891 (9,484 feet) metres erupted on Sunday, spewing an ash tower 3,000 metres into the sky that rained volcanic debris onto nearby villages.

The arrival comes after more than 1,000 Rohingya refugees landed in Aceh last month, the biggest wave of Rohingya refugee arrivals in Indonesia since 2015, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).

Police deploy hundreds of personnel and divert traffic as national strike begins.

Sumatran elephants are on the brink of extinction with only about 2,400-2,800 left in the world, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. 

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has impounded an illegal Philippine fishing vessel in the Sulawesi Sea carrying dried seafood caught in the area.

Anak Krakatau continued to erupt on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the total number of eruptions since Sunday to 22, with an ash plume reaching 1,000 meters above the crater rim.

The authorities confirmed on Monday that four soldiers were killed on Saturday during a firefight with members of a Papuan armed criminal group (KKB).

Indonesian police and fishermen said Saturday they have begun patrolling parts of the country's westernmost province to prevent Rohingya refugees from landing on its shores, after nearly 1,100 members of the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived this month.

Several regions were inundated by heavy rains and many others were preparing for possible flooding on Friday, as the country enters the rainy season this month.

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto said on Thursday that Indonesia could independently produce plant-based green fuel to reduce imports.

The Bili-Bili hydroelectric power plant has been out of operation for the past two months, with PLN Bakaru's manager attributing it to local water level issues.

Bobby Nasution, mayor of Medan, North Sumatra, has denied allegations of the city laying ceramic tiles at an intersection on Jl. Sudirman, which led to several motorcycle accidents.

The latest arrivals were part of more than 1,000 desperate and exhausted members of the group who landed on the shores of Aceh in western Indonesia in the last week.

Cianjur Regent Herman Suherman said most of the displaced residents claimed difficulty in renting homes away from their original houses, which meant they preferred to remain in emergency tents and shelters.