According to Victor, the explosion occurred at around 5 a.m., nearly leveling four houses and causing significant damage to four others. While no fatalities were reported, seven residents including a toddler, were injured in the incident.

A 61-year-old social activist in Batam is facing a one-year sentence in a defamation trial for controversial charges under the ITE Law, over social media posts he published last year that allegedly targeted the Batam Satpol PP.

Aulia’s death has sent shockwaves across the country and brought national attention to the widespread, systemic bullying within Indonesia’s medical residency programs.

Torrential rain since late Tuesday triggered floods and landslides in seven districts across Bali, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said in a statement.

The suspects allegedly smuggled more than 3 kilograms of illicit substances, consisting of 1.3 kg of cocaine and 1.99 kg of 4-CMC, a synthetic stimulant. 

Floodwaters reaching up to three meters high inundated nearly all parts of Denpasar, with Denpasar Mayor I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara describing the flooding as the worst he has ever witnessed. 

Customs officers intercepted a ship carrying 20 tonnes of illegal tin ore packed in 400 sacks.

Continuous heavy rains between Tuesday evening and Wednesday caused the floods and killed five people in Bali's capital Denpasar, Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in a statement. 

One of the deadliest incidents occurred in Denpasar’s old city area, where flooding caused two stores located next to the Tukad Badung River on Jalan Sulawesi to collapse. The buildings plunged 15 people into the river, killing four of them.

Torrential rain since late Tuesday triggered flooding across four districts of Bali, forcing the evacuation of 85 people, BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari said in a statement.

The Indonesians were returned under Malaysia's Program M with a target to repatriate 7,200 Indonesians by 2026, of which the cost is borne by the Malaysian government.

UNESCO granted Global Geopark status to the Toba Caldera in 2020, following a nine-year effort by the Indonesian government. 

Ciomas Police Chief Comr. Iwan Wahyudi said the mosque was relatively new but appeared unable to withstand the weight of the large crowd.

Indonesia commonly sentences drug traffickers to death, although the country has not carried out such a sentence for nearly a decade.

According to IPB’s ART specialist Muhammad Agil, the technology is crucial to saving Indonesia's two critically endangered rhino species, the Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) and the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), both of which face shrinking populations and severely limited genetic diversity, leaving them highly susceptible to disease and reproductive failure.

The ongoing transition from the dry to the rainy season has triggered a spike in cases of dengue fever across the archipelago, prompting both local and national authorities to urge communities to maintain vigilance by applying the "3M Plus" strategy and curb the disease's spread.

From January to August, KJRI Johor Bahru has facilitated the repatriation and deportation of 4,156 Indonesians from Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to Batam, Riau Islands.

Lax construction standards have raised widespread concerns about building safety in Indonesia

Adelin Lis previosuly escaped twice, to Beijing and later Singapore, to avoid prosecution in the illegal logging case.

The Bali Police have arrested 10 suspects from the Aug. 30 riot while five other suspects were not detained for being underaged. 

The legacy project of former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is battling a slashed budget, slowed construction and a deficit of interest from a new leader focused on social mega-projects.

The unrest in Sorong and Manokwari was triggered by the controversial decision to transfer the court proceedings of four Sorong residents accused of treason to the Makassar District Court in South Sulawesi, citing alleged “safety concerns.”

The helicopter was carrying two crew members and six passengers, of whom three were foreigners. Everyone on board perished in the crash in South Kalimantan. 

In Central Java, protesters responded by burning and vandalizing multiple regional legislative council (DPRD) buildings and police stations across the province. Cities affected included Kediri, Pekalongan, Surakarta, Brebes, Jepara and Magelang.

The helicopter was carrying two crew members and six passengers when it lost contact shortly after takeoff on Monday.

Pink and green have quickly come to symbolise a solidarity movement after violent protests, sparked by discontent over economic inequality and lavish perks for lawmakers, rocked Indonesia.

According to Eko, in addition to the fragment of the Ganesha statue, rioters also stole four pieces of batik cloth featuring motifs unique to Kediri, and destroyed a miniature model of a traditional rice barn along with another statue on display at the museum.

The Marines secured the safety of teachers and students to resume their school activities after raiding and driving away the OPM rebels.

JI carried out some of Indonesia’s most deadly terrorist attacks, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. 

An Airbus BK117 D-3 helicopter owned by Eastindo Air lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from the airport in Kotabaru district, South Kalimantan, at around 8:46 a.m. on Monday.