Conjoined twins sharing a single heart, who had been receiving intensive care at Adam Malik General Central Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, died on Monday.

Jokowi said that military officials were carefully weighing their options on how to secure the release of Mehrtens, more than a month after the New Zealander was abducted shortly after landing at an airstrip in Nduga, Papua Highlands.

Bali is getting ready for a 24-hour rest as Balinese Hindus on the resort island will observe Nyepi, the day of silence, on Wednesday. All entries to Bali will be suspended from Wednesday at 6 a.m. Central Indonesia Time (WITA) until 6 a.m. the next day, including all harbors and the I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport.

Bali Governor Wayan Koster requested Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali to ban the Israeli soccer team from participating in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Bali, saying it was “out of respect” for Indonesia’s diplomatic stance on the Palestine issue.

The Central Java Police dishonorably discharged five officers in alleged corruption related to non-commissioned officers recruitment in 2022. Two civil servants are also implicated in the case.

Three years since the food estate was launched by the government, the program has yet to produce satisfactory results despite sacrificing peatlands and forests in Central Kalimantan, Pantau Gambut's latest study says.

An indigenous leader in Papua has filed a lawsuit against a palm oil company arguing that his community was not informed of the issuance of a permit that could allow the firm to seize portions of the community’s land.

A grass stitching machine recommended by world soccer body FIFA arrived in Denpasar, Bali, on Saturday for turf improvement work at the six stadiums chosen to host the FIFA World Cup U-20 matches in the country in May and June.

Footage of flaming lava pouring out of the crater and a tall column of hot cloud rising 1,300 metres into the air was taken by the government-run Merapi Volcano Observatory on Friday night.

Bali Police launched on Friday a special operation targeting foreign nationals who committed a crime or violated the law across the island.

Another officer was jailed for 18 months but families of the victims said he had been treated too leniently.

State-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) is continuing repair work on a section of a train track that was left hanging in mid-air after a landslide in Empang subdistrict, Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday.

Two men, one from Syria and one from Ukraine, could face a maximum of 5 years in prison each for allegedly illegally obtaining Indonesian identity cards and family cards (KK) in Bali. Four Indonesians have also been implicated in the case.

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has said it is ready to launch a strike against the West Papuan rebel group holding a New Zealand national hostage but will wait for the command from the government, as negotiations are ongoing.

Last year's crush in Malang killed 135 people -- including more than 40 children -- after a 3-2 defeat for Arema FC by their fierce East Javan rivals Persebaya Surabaya.

The landslide struck the island of Serasan on March 6, killing scores of residents in a village and burying houses under mud and debris.

Two people have been found dead and four others are still missing after a landslide hit several houses in Empang subdistrict in Bogor city, West Java on Tuesday night.

It is not a scene from some cheesy sci-fi offering but a controversial experiment to get the day off to a much earlier start for the sleep-deprived teens.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Indonesia Vasyl Hamianin said that only a small number of Ukrainian tourists had violated regulations in Indonesia in the past four years.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Sandiaga said such a policy required a comprehensive study of its possible impacts on the tourist industry.

Responding to reports of bad behavior and criminal activities allegedly committed by Russian and Ukrainian tourists, Bali Governor Wayan Koster has proposed to the Foreign Ministry and the Law and Human Rights Ministry that the visa-on-arrival policy for visitors from those two countries be terminated.

The death toll from a landslide on a remote island of Serasan in Natuna, Riau Islands, had risen to 46 after rescuers had found more bodies on Sunday, authorities said.

"I have written a letter to the ministries requesting that the visa facility be revoked for Russians and Ukrainians," Koster told a press briefing on Sunday.

There were no immediate reports of casualties, the country's disaster mitigation agency said.

While activities at Mt. Merapi had declined by Sunday, the local volcano monitoring unit has advised caution to anticipate the potential for other eruptions in the coming days.

Communication lines have started to recover on Serasan island, Natuna, Riau Islands, after a landslide in the remote region that killed at least 30 people also damaged communication infrastructure, hindering evacuation efforts.

The operator of the mining site, located in Batang Toru district in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, aims to rehabilitate 4.7 hectares of mining sites this year by scattering seed balls of fast-growing plants.

The volcano located in Yogyakarta and Central Java erupted around 12 p.m local time (0500 GMT) and a lava flow of 1.5 km was observed, the local authority said.

Pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who works for the small, domestic Susi Air service, was abducted by the armed wing of Free Papua Movement (OPM) on Feb. 7 after landing at an airstrip in the Nduga district.

An Indian national died after slipping into the sea while posing for a photo at a popular beach-view cliff in Nusa Penida, a small island east of Bali, on Saturday.