On Oct. 18, a rickety boat emitted signals of distress from the Sunda strait, a body of water sandwiched between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. Local...

The first day of school was a special one last month for the 15 children from the Mai Hoa orphanage here. They are infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and...

Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 535. Earlier U.N. figures that put the death toll at 1,100 were just estimates, said...

Across this coastal provincial capital, hardest hit by the latest earthquake to devastate Indonesia, mourners, survivors and rescue workers alike clawed through heaps...

A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s quake, which killed more than 500...

A powerful underwater earthquake rocked western Indonesia Wednesday, toppling buildings, bringing down bridges, starting fires and sending panicked residents out of...

Aceh, Indonesia’s northernmost province, has this month been compared to Somalia, Nigeria and even Iraq. So it goes when lawmakers decide that death by stoning is an...

Indonesian police say that Noordin Mohammad Top, the alleged mastermind of the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta has been killed during a police raid. Indonesian...

Indonesia — Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters...

Indonesia is in news again by forces beyond the common. A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit east Indonesia on Wednesday morning, triggering panic but with...

“They are cheerful-looking and photogenic, but close to all have a very sad story,” said Budi Soehardi, founder of the West Timor orphanage. “Some of...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake and several strong aftershocks continued to rise Thursday and Indonesian officials said the figure was likely to increase...

A major earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday — initially categorized as magnitude 7.4 before being downgraded to 7.0 by geological officials.

The Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta received a bomb threat set to explode at 11.a.m today, sending the staff panicking but only discovering it to be foul play in the end....

He was killed during an 18-hour firefight with an Indonesian anti-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, in Indonesia’s Central Java town of Temanggung, a security forces...

Indonesia’s security minister says nine people have been killed and 50 wounded in hotel blasts in downtown Jakarta. The minister says a New Zealander was among...

Perched halfway up a tree near a bend in the Seumayan River, a young orang-utan lounges on a branch, eating fruit. In the distance, smoke rises from an illegal fire,...

A country not known for its transparent practices in business, politics and many other areas, Indonesia is pressing ahead in its long-running anti-corruption drive by...

The City Police on Monday detained chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Antasari Azhar due to his alleged roles in the murder of state-owned director...

12 years doesn’t seem much for plotting to take the lives and killing innocent people, but that’s what 3 Islamists in Indonesia received. Sugianto, Heri...