Indonesia

Death toll from Indonesia's tsunami soars to 168

Dec 23, 2018 03:13

A tsunami following a volcanic eruption killed at least 168 people when it slammed without warning into popular beaches around Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Saturday night, cutting a swathe of destruction and triggering mass panic as it swept inland.
Saudi-Indonesia ties boil over migrant’s execution

Dec 08, 2018 15:42

Saudi Arabia’s recent execution by beheading of Indonesian maid Tutu Tursilawati defied President Joko Widodo's repeated entreaties to King Salman bin Abdul Aziz for leniency, says John McBeth in his article for Asia Times titled: “Saudi-Indonesia ties boil over migrant’s execution.”
20 Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution reach Indonesia

Dec 04, 2018 09:33

Twenty Rohingya Muslims on a boat have arrived at the northeastern shore of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, amid a fresh wave of refugee departures from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Indonesia checking black box for clues to plane tragedy

Nov 02, 2018 11:54

Indonesian authorities say they are analyzing the black box data in search for clues to a plane crash that left 189 killed this past Monday.
Iran’s parliament speaker sympathizes with Indonesia over plane crash

Nov 02, 2018 02:24

Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani sent his condolences to Indonesia over the recent airplane crash in the Java Sea that killed all 189 people on board.
Black box from crashed Indonesian jet retrieved: Diver

Nov 01, 2018 04:00

Indonesian divers have retrieved a black box from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea this week with 189 aboard and brought it back to a ship on the surface, one of the divers told media on Thursday.
Indonesia ‘may have found fuselage of ill-fated jet’

Oct 31, 2018 04:36

Indonesian military officials believe they have found the location of the fuselage of a passenger plane that went down into the sea off the Island of Java two days ago and that presumably killed all the 189 people on board it.
More body parts retrieved from Indonesia jet crash site

Oct 30, 2018 05:13

Indonesian search teams on Tuesday recovered more remains at the site of a crashed Lion Air jet that plunged into the sea with 189 people aboard, as a report said it had suffered an instrument malfunction the day before.
President Rouhani offers condolences over Indonesia plane crash

Oct 30, 2018 03:12

President Hassan Rouhani has extended his condolences to his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo over a passenger plane crash with 189 people on board.
Indonesian plane crashes into sea with 189 on board, wreckage found

Oct 29, 2018 03:16

A passenger plane with 189 people on board has crashed into the sea off Indonesia’s Island of Java, only minutes after taking off from the capital Jakarta.