Pars Today
Thousands of Indonesians have rally in the capital to voice their concerns about racial and religious intolerance and call for unity among citizens of the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian state.
Police in Indonesia have confirmed that the Christian governor of the capital, Jakarta, is under investigation as a suspect in a blasphemy case, which has recently stirred controversy and mass protests.
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, urging the resignation of the governor of the city for “blasphemy.”
At least 51 people have died in the sinking of an overcrowded boat carrying migrant workers in the sea off the Indonesian Island of Batam.
Indonesian police say they have shot and wounded a suspected supporter of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, who they said injured several police officers with machetes and threw pipe bombs at them near the capital, Jakarta.
Indonesia says it has received the first cargo of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Iran.
Indonesian Air Force has intensified its military exercises near areas claimed by China in the South China Sea, sending a signal to Beijing about Jakarta’s full sovereignty over outer islands.
The death toll from a series of recent landslides and flash floods in western Indonesia has reached 26, officials say.
An international conference on fighting terrorism has been started in Indonesia to strengthen global cooperation in the fight against the growing threat of extremism.
Indonesian security forces have been placed on high alert over potential revenge attacks after police killed the country’s most wanted militant earlier this week.