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Indonesia seizes half-a-million masks amid coronavirus panic buying
Authorities were questioning two people after a raid at a warehouse in satellite city Tangerang, where nearly 600 000 surgical masks were found
Lion Air jet should have been grounded before fatal crash, Indonesia says
The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, slamming into the Java Sea
Indonesia to divert rain after flooding kills four
Indonesia is trying to divert rain away from its capital Jakarta after four people were killed due to heavy flooding in the area.
Westwood’s lead cut at Indonesian masters
Defending champion Lee Westwood holed four birdies for a 4-under 68 after Saturday’s completion of the second round at the Indonesian Masters.
Scores dead as Indonesia hit by tsunami, volcano
Indonesia struggled on Wednesday to find bodies and survivors after a tsunami smashed into a remote island chain and a volcano erupted.
Indonesian publisher declared bomb suspect
A radical Indonesian publisher has been declared a suspect in July’s deadly luxury hotel bombings in Jakarta, police said on Tuesday.
Indonesia militants plotted Obama attack, says expert
A probe into the Jakarta hotel bombings shows that militants also planned to use snipers for an attack on Barack Obama, an intelligence expert said.
Al-Qaeda blog claims Jakarta hotel bombings
Two luxury hotels struck by suicide bombers reopened on Wednesday in Jakarta, as an al-Qaeda blog claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Indonesian police in massive manhunt after twins blasts
A week after twin suicide blasts in Jakarta killed seven, police on Friday appeared no closer to cracking the Islamist network believed responsible.
Jakarta hotel bombs kill nine, wound 42
Near-simultaneous bomb blasts ripped through the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta on Friday, killing nine people.
Scores missing, dead after dam bursts in Jakarta
Rescue workers in Indonesia searched on Saturday for 100 people still missing after a dam burst sending a torrent of water crashing into Jakarta.
‘Small tsunami’ kills 50 after dam breaks in Indonesia
A dam on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, burst early on Friday, killing 50 people and flooding hundreds of houses nearby.
Parts of Indonesian capital swamped by tidal wave
A 2,2m high tidal wave inundated parts of Jakarta overnight as the city government and citizens tried to hold the water back with emergency embankments, a government official…
Indonesia considers quitting Opec as output falls
Indonesia said on Tuesday it may quit the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) as its declining crude oil output prevents the country from meeting its Opec…
Torch arrives in Indonesia on grim relay
Indonesian police dispersed about 100 anti-China protesters and detained a foreign activist on Tuesday as the Olympic torch was to make another restricted relay in Jakarta, the…