The Indonesian parliament has unanimously tightened up the legislation against terrorism. The stricter action against people suspected of terrorism is also prompted by recent attacks in which families in the east of Java blew themselves up. The terrorist movement Islamic State would be behind these suicide attacks.
The attack at the police headquarters in Surabaya was committed by a five-person family. According to the police, the attackers arrived on two motorbikes at a checkpoint Monday, where they blew themselves up. One of the children of the family would have survived the explosion.
At three churches in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, bombs exploded on Sunday morning. According to the police, these are suicide attacks. At least six people were killed and at least 35 were injured, including two police officers. At a fourth church, the police could defuse a bomb.
The Indonesian authorities have ordered people who live near the Merapi volcano to leave their homes because a dangerous eruption has to be taken into account. The almost 3000 meters high mountain on the densely populated island of Java emits ash and steam. The airport of Yogyakarta is closed as a precaution.
The Indonesian police have put an end to the prison uprising in which at least six people were killed. The victims fell in a prison in Depok on West Java in fighting between the Indonesian police and Muslim militant prisoners.
At least six people were killed in fighting between the Indonesian police and Muslim militant prisoners in a prison in Depok on West Java. The police and the anti-terror unit report this. There are convicted terrorists and suspects of terrorism in the high-security prison.
The volcano Marapi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has erupted. This happened after a few days of higher activity was registered with the mountain in Central Java. According to the authorities, there is no danger to the population.
A fire in an oil well near a village in the Indonesian province of Aceh has killed at least ten people on Wednesday. Dozens of others were injured.
The former chairman of the parliament of Indonesia has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison because of corruption. Setya Novanto, according to the court, was involved in large-scale fraud in a project for a new national identity card.
On the Asian island of Borneo an ant has been found that can disable his enemies by exploding, so they get a toxic substance over them.
An earthquake with a force of 4.4 has destroyed hundreds of houses in the Banjarnegara district in Central Java. More than 2000 people had to leave their home.
At least seven people died on the Indonesian island of Java on Monday after an old building collapsed and the rubble fell on a music room where students were taught gamelan music.
Employees of Facebook in Indonesia may disappear behind the bars for a long time. The country is investigating the practices of the American tech company from home, because possible privacy laws have been violated.
At least 28 people have died in the Indonesian capital Jakarta after drinking a homemade alcoholic drink. They had bought them from a street shop. According to the police, the victims first complained of nausea after which they lost their lives within one or two days.
A huge oil spill on the east coast of the island of Borneo threatens serious environmental damage. The authorities have declared a state of emergency. Efforts are being made to prevent further dispersal in the sea.
The Indonesian government is blocking Tumblr due to complaints about pornographic images on the microblog site. The Ministry of Communications says it has received reports of porn on hundreds of accounts.
At least five people were killed by a landslide on the Indonesian island of Java. Fourteen people were injured, the authorities report.
The Sinabung volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted and spits five kilometers of clouds in the air. Also hot lava flows from the slopes since the eruption of the mountain Monday. According to the authorities there are no reports of victims.
The health authority on East Java wants to vaccinate almost 11 million inhabitants between the ages of one and nineteen years old against diphtheria. The Indonesian province has been dealing with an epidemic of this disease for some time. The province has allocated over 5 million euros for the vaccination program, reports The Jakarta Post Post on Saturday.
A man with a sword wounded four people on Sunday during a church service in Sleman in the Indonesian province of Yogyakarta. One of the wounded is a German clergyman.
A bus accident on the Indonesian island of Java has killed at least 25 people.
A drama at Jakarta airport, where a tunnel wall collapsed due to heavy rainfall and collapsed on top of a passing car with two passengers. The car was completely buried under the mud. One of the passengers did not survive the accident. The other occupant was released after a rescue of no less than 13 hours.
Bizarre images because of the natural violence in Indonesia. Due to the heavy rainfall, a complete hill was washed away at Warung Menteng, but to everyone's dismay the railway between Bogor and Sukabumi was spared. The track now floats over a length of tens of meters as a sort of pergola above the ground.
The authorities in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have evacuated thousands of people because of flooding. Heavy rainfall also caused landslides in neighboring cities. As a result, according to the police, eight people are missing around the city of Bogor.
In Jakarta four construction workers were killed because a crane in the Indonesian capital has fallen down.
Indonesia is deploying the army to deal with a medical crisis in a remote part of the Papua province. There, reportedly, dozens of children died due to malnutrition and disorders such as measles.
In a former warehouse of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Tuesday a big fire broke out. A maritime museum is currently housed in the building. No one was injured by the fire, because employees and visitors could be evacuated in time. An important part of the collection has probably been destroyed.
The stock exchange in the Indonesian capital Jakarta was evacuated on Monday after a floor section had collapsed. Later a second floor part collapsed. More than 70 people were injured.
The cleaning staff of airline Etihad Airways found the lifeless body of a newborn baby in the toilet of a plane on Saturday. They made the terrible discovery after the plane landed at the international airport of Soekarno-Hatta in Indonesia.
Hundreds of people went into the marriage boat in Indonesia shortly before the turn of the year. Almost 450 couples gathered a few hours before midnight in a big tent in the center of Jakarta. There they could pray with relatives before they signed their wedding certificates.
