Indonesia and other members of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened in Bali on Monday in hopes of strengthening the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a binding international treaty designed to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices globally.

Indonesia has reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm on the Riau Islands near Singapore, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday.

President Jokowi said that he could immediately order Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimulyono to start working on repairing roads in Lampung if the provincial government did not move fast enough.

The poor roads in the province became a nationwide topic following a viral TikTok video created by Sydney-based Lampung student Bima Yudho Saputro.

The Bogor administration in West Java reported a total of 2,001 children are at risk of stunted growth in the municipality, which shares borders with Jakarta.

The President, along with several Cabinet ministers, traveled to the province in response to a local creator's viral TikTok video on the poor condition of Lampung's roads.

The largest number are Russian nationals with 27 people deported, followed by eight British nationals, seven Americans, seven Nigerians and six Australians.

The coastal area of Kampung Melayu Nongsa in Batam, Riau Islands, has been contaminated by oil spills that authorities have said were from a tanker that caught fire in Malaysian waters on Monday.

The operator of Kualanamu International Airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, has dismissed five members of staff following the death of a 43-year-old woman who is thought to have fallen down an elevator shaft at the airport.

North Sumatra Police have dishonorably discharged Achirudin Hasibuan for failing to intervene to stop his son from assaulting a university student in December following an ethics hearing on Tuesday.

Local police are investigating the death of a 43-year-old woman who is thought to have fallen down an elevator shaft at Kualanamu International Airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on April 24.

Heavy rains sent a four-meter flash flood and landslide to Sembahe, Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, on Sunday afternoon. One parked car was carried away by the floods, but no victims have been reported.

The government is making preparations to counter the human and economic costs of this year’s El Niño weather phenomenon, which will likely bring more extensive dry spells to the country and affect the prices and availability of key commodities.

Director of special crimes at the South Sumatra Police, Sr. Comr. Agung Marlianto, confirmed that Lina had been named a suspect following complaints filed by a local religious leader in Palembang.

The ferry was carrying about 74 people to the small island of Tanjung Pinang near neighbouring Singapore when it is suspected to have hit a log about 30 minutes after it set sail, officials said.

The North Sumatra Police have arrested officer Adj. Sr. Comr. Achirudin Hasibuan for failing to intervene to stop his son from assaulting a university student in December.

Some 30 Christian leaders from across the archipelago showed their support for Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, following his nomination for the 2024 presidential race by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

This year’s mudik (exodus) has seen fewer traffic accidents, Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy reported on Monday.

Residents in Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra have returned home by Tuesday afternoon after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake earlier in the day.

The Agriculture Ministry’s Bukit Tinggi Veterinary Center has deployed officers to examine pig samples from a company’s farm on  Bulan Island in Batam, Riau Island, African swine fever (ASF) virus was detected in some pig carcasses.

The earthquake, which took place out at sea at about 3 a.m. local time, triggered a tsunami warning that was lifted two hours later. There were no reports of casualties.

Eight people have died, including three toddlers, after a minibus was swept away by a flash flood while crossing the Sipange River in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on Wednesday night.

The military said the bodies of those soldiers and another earlier confirmed dead had been airlifted from the area. Five wounded troops who were found the previous day had also been evacuated.

Medan District Court in North Sumatra sentenced 15 men to 10 months in jail and fined them Rp 50 million (US$3,362) each for their involvement in illegal online gambling on Tuesday.

A crew member was killed and two others injured, and one reported missing, after a fire broke out on a Malaysian-flagged tanker in the Outside Port Limits (OPL) waters between Indonesia and Malaysia on Monday.

Australian authorities said on Wednesday they had rescued 11 Indonesian fishermen from a desert island in the Indian Ocean after their vessel shipwrecked during a powerful cyclone, stranding them there for six days without food and water.

Commander to deploy fresh soldiers after one killed, five wounded, four declared missing.

The missing troops were part of the search for Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a pilot with Susi Air, who was taken in February by armed separatists at Nduga airport in Papua.

The Vice President's office has released a statement saying it is time for the security authorities in Papua "to get tough in going after separatist rebels" in the restive region, regardless of signals from the group that it is willing to enter into dialogue.

To ease severe mudik (exodus) traffic congestion, authorities will start applying a one-way traffic system from Cikampek in West Java to Kalikangkung in Central Java on the Trans-Java toll on Tuesday at 2 p.m.