Due to a relatively minor earthquake for the region with a magnitude of 5.6, around fifty people were injured in western Sumatra. At least 350 buildings have been damaged according to local...
Over 40,000 people in western Indonesia have been displaced by Saturday's tsunami. Many houses are damaged or destroyed by the unexpected natural violence.
The Indonesian authorities warn of 'extreme weather and high waves' around the erupted volcano Anak Krakatau in the Strait of Sunda. They also insist on staying away from the coast...
As the death toll rises steadily as a result of the devastating tsunami in Indonesia, the most horrible stories of the natural disaster also come to the fore. For example, a resident of the village...
The death toll in Indonesia after the tsunami in the area around the Strait of Sunda has increased further. The authorities announced on Monday that 281 victims have now been confirmed and 57...
The area in Indonesia that was hit by a tsunami on Saturday is very active seismically. There are many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
In Indonesia, at least 20 people were killed by a tsunami that reached the beaches around the Strait of Sunda on Saturday night. According to the civil protection service are certainly...
During the earthquake and tsunami last Friday on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, 1407 people were killed. This has communicated the emergency response. The number of wounded has risen to over 2,500.
A 15-year-old Indonesian girl who had been sentenced to six months in prison for abortion after being raped has been acquitted by a higher court. The court in Jambi on Sumatra said that the judge had established that the girl had abortion under circumstances that forced her to do so. She was raped by a brother.
A 15-year-old girl was sentenced to six months in prison on the Indonesian island of Sumatra because she had had an abortion. She was pregnant with her older brother, who last year raped her eight times. He must in turn go to the cell for two years.
The Indonesian rescue service has found human remains in Lake Toba using underwater drones. The remains are probably from passengers of the ferry that sank there eleven days ago.
Indonesian emergency services have located the sunken ferry on Lake Toba in North Sumatra. An official confirms that the ferry has been identified at the bottom with the help of equipment for soil investigation.
On the ferry that capsized on the Tobameer in North Sumatra on Monday, many more passengers were hitherto assumed. According to the Indonesian authorities, 180 people were missing, previously it was reported that the ferry was carrying 80 passengers. The number of missing persons is three times as large as the capacity of the ship.
The oldest Sumatran orangutan in the world died at the age of 62 in the Perth zoo. That is what Australian media report.
Indonesian rescue workers resumed their search for survivors of a ferry that sank on Lake Toba in North Sumatra on Tuesday. The bad weather makes the operation difficult. The approximately one hundred rescue workers suffer from rain and waves of about 2 meters high.
On the Tobameer in North Sumatra a boat with around eighty people on board was hijacked on Monday. Nine of them were saved according to local media. Dozens of passengers are still missing. The body of one drowned passenger is salvaged.
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.
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.
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The Sinabung volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has recycled ashes. The smoke column came to 4.5 kilometers above the volcano according to the authorities. Residents are warned to be extra vigilant.
A 16-year-old boy is married to the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a woman who is 55 years older than him. According to local media, the boy threatened to commit suicide if he did not get permission for marriage.
The police in Jakarta arrested 141 men on Sunday evening at an invasion of a gay club. Ten people among whom the owner and some staff members of the club are suspected of 'violation of pornography laws.' The rest is still being questioned.
About two hundred prisoners in Indonesia escaped from a crowded prison on the island of Sumatra on Friday. They were able to open a gate of the prison complex near a mosque where they could pray.
On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, thousands of people have been evacuated after the volcano Sinabung in a short time seven times erupted. A radius of seven kilometers around the volcano has been declared off limits to humans.
Rescuers put their search Thursday for survivors continues after the earthquake that struck Indonesia a day earlier. About a thousand people, from soldiers to volunteer, participate in the rescue operation. They explore more in a collapsed market for survivors.
When an earthquake in the Indonesian province of Aceh are at least 25 people lost their lives and dozens wounded arrived. The quake with a magnitude of 6.4 caused the collapse of many houses. According to the national seismological center was the epicenter of the quake 18 kilometers northeast of Pidie Jaya. No tsunami warning was issued.
The tiger is being threatened by planned new infrastructure in several Asian countries. Many roads and railways to build governments, walk through the habitats of protected species. Before the WWF warns.
"The forest fires that ravaged Indonesia for months last year, believed to have more than 100,000 people killed. This is mainly due to the inhalation of fine dust, which contained large amounts of carbon."
Church goers on Sunday in Medan on the Indonesian island of Sumatra which overpowered a man detonated a small bomb while on duty and a priest was attacked with a knife. The priest and the attacker both were slightly injured, the Jakarta Post reports.
Air pollution in Singapore Friday for,, unhealthy 'levels increased due to the acrid smoke floating forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the city-state. That left the National Environment Agency, NEA Friday.
