The Aek Nauli Elephant Conservation Camp (ANECC) in North Sumatra has recorded the first death of an elephant under its care, Dwiki, from complications due to a dental infection.

The Bali administration has set a target of collecting Rp 31.5 billion (US$2.07 million) in tourist donations this year. The voluntary donation is to be used for the preservation of the island's culture and environment preservation.

Currently, the police are conducting a massive operation to rescue passengers and crew, who include Jambi Police chief Insp. Gen. Rusdi Hartono.

Interpol issued a red notice for Strangio, 32, in 2016 over the sale of 160 kilograms of marijuana and links to Italy's 'Ndrangheta' organised crime syndicate, Sr. Comr. Anggaito Hadi Prabowo told reporters on Sunday. 

Tickets were sold out for the derby match between PSIS Semarang and Persis Solo but police decided on Thursday to bar spectators over security concerns, the provincial governor said, among protocols introduced after 135 people died at a game in Malang in October.

The government was currently taking soft approaches to try to break the deadlock, said the Cendrawasih Military Command commander Maj. Gen. Muhammad Saleh Mustafa, with local politicians and religious figures involved in trying to secure the release of Philip Mehrtens.

The Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) has discovered an undersea mountain off the southern coast of Pacitan regency while conducting a survey on Indonesia's extended continental shelf from Java to Nusa Tenggara.

Miftah Cut Ade, a senior member of the area's traditional fishing community, told Reuters the group had arrived from Bangladesh, many in a state of exhaustion. Local residents had offered them food, he said.

The Medan District Court has commenced the trial of Jonni, alleged to be the boss of an illegal online gambling ring whose name was indirectly connected, though unverified, to murder convict Ferdy Sambo in social media rumors.

The Papua Police chief has said that a negotiation team was en route to secure the release of the New Zealand national who has been held hostage since last Tuesday.

The miltant wing of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) has sent the Post videos and photos of a man it has identified as New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, whom the group had taken hostage last Tuesday.

Teachers are using local languages at schools in the remote and outlying regions of Indonesia to give their pupils a more considerate learning experience.

Millions of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) followers from all over Indonesia gathered in Sidoarjo, East Java, to celebrate the Islamic organization’s centenary this week.

The abuse meted out to Kartika Puspitasari, 40, made headlines a decade ago and sparked calls for better protections for the army of women who come to the city to cook, clean and care for its children and elderly. 

Two sun bears were injured after being trapped on sling wire traps in Mount Leuser National Park. One of the bears had to have one of its legs amputated due to the injury.

Italian mafia-linked fugitive Antonio Strangio, who has been on the run from international police since 2016 for drug trafficking and production, was arrested last week in Bali, the local police have announced.

The 5.1-magnitude quake hit around 1.28 pm (0628 GMT) on land just southwest of Jayapura city at a depth of 22 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said.

Authorities have deployed a joint team to evacuate a foreign pilot after they were allegedly taken hostage by separatist fighters in the Papuan highlands on Tuesday.

A police spokesperson in Papua province, Sr. Comr. Ignatius Benny Adi Prabowo, said authorities were investigating the incident, with police and military personnel sent to the area to locate the pilot and five passengers. 

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim organization in Indonesia with over 50 million members, began Sunday discussion sessions for the first International Congress on Islamic Jurisprudence of Civilization focusing on reviewing the United Nations Charter from Islamic laws in Surabaya, East Java.

The Bali provincial administration has planned to limit tourists' access to the mountains, saying that tourism activities have harmed their sacredness.

For the first time since Catholicism took root in Papua over a century ago, the Jayapura Diocese will be headed by a native Papuan, monsignor Yanuarius Theofilus Matopai You. His appointment brings hope that a native Papuan in a position of leadership in the Catholic church can help ease tensions in the region.

The Environment and Forestry Ministry is looking to designate North Sumatra coastal areas for reforestation location in an effort to reduce carbon emissions as well as to develop the local economy and maintain aquatic ecosystems.

It comes after two separate tiger attacks in the same Sumatran town over the past week left at least four people seriously injured.

Exploring "turtle island", taking day trips to neighbouring Lombok and hitting Bali's famed beaches, the world's biggest-spending tourists were back after the Lunar New Year kicked off and Beijing reopened to the world last month.

The latest attack took place in a protected forest reserve in Aceh at about 2 am (2100 GMT Tuesday).

Two captive-bred Javan hawk-eagles, a female and a males, were released on Monday at the foot of Mount Gede Pangrango in West Java. 

“I can have five shots of the mix every day, and I never get drunk. It’s good for our bodies,” Bali Governor I Wayan Koster said.

North Sulawesi's Talaud regency and the YLLI sustainability group have launched a marine and coastal conversation and empowerment project to help improve lives in coastal communities while saving marine life in the surrounding seas to mitigate climate impacts.