Vice President Kamala Harris was in the Bay Area on May 22 to celebrate a major announcement in the semiconductor industry. After a year-long negotiation, three states in the lower basin of the Colorado River reached an agreement to cut back on their respective water usage to keep the river flowing. The UC schools are […]
The Indonesian Health Minister has suggested for the G20 to take on an international vaccine passport. This certificate would allow international travel only to those who abide by the WHO vaccination standards. In France, this has triggered some concern among some lawmakers.
The polls in Brazil predicted an easy victory for one of the candidates in yesterday’s election. But that election is now headed for a second round as Bolsonaro defies expectations.
Rescue and recovery operations are underway in Florida. Find out what the state is doing to get things back in order.
125 people are killed in one of the world’s worst-ever stadium disasters. Find out what triggered Indonesian fans to head for the exits in panic.
JAKARTA, Indonesia—A middle-rank Indonesian army officer is being stripped of his military title after he was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for murder, joint deprivation of the independence of others, and removing the bodies with the intention of concealment in a case that drew public outcry. Priyanto held the title colonel before his sentencing […]
MAKASSAR, Indonesia—Ten more survivors of an Indonesian boat that sank three days earlier were rescued Monday by local fishermen, leaving 11 people still missing, an official said. The captain and other crew of the cargo vessel, which was carrying 42 people, were among those rescued Monday, said Djunaidi, head of the provincial search and rescue […]
An Indonesian court on Wednesday handed down prison sentences for five men accused of being involved in killing a Sumatran elephant and illegally trading its ivory, as local conservation authorities look to protect the endangered species.
LUMAJANG, Indonesia—Rescuers were sifting through smoldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after the highest volcano on Java island erupted with fury, killing at least 14 people with searing gas and ash. Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash more than 12,000 meters (40,000 […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia—A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in 2014 is being released early from a 10-year sentence, a prison official confirmed Wednesday. Heather Mack, who was 18 when she was arrested a day after the discovery […]
JAKARTA—The Indonesian Navy says it has seized a Panamanian-flagged tanker in the waters off Riau islands after the foreign vessel was found to be carrying more than 4,000 tons of oil without valid permits. Indonesian Navy commander admiral Arsyad Abdullah said in a statement late Wednesday that the Panamanian-flagged tanker, the MT. Zodiac Star, was […]
DENPASAR—A missing Indonesian submarine has been found, broken into at least three parts, deep in the Bali Sea, army and navy officials said on Sunday, as the president sent condolences to relatives of the 53 crew. Rescuers found new objects, including a life vest, that they believe belong to those aboard the 44-year old KRI […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesian navy ships searched Thursday for a submarine that likely sank too deep to retrieve, making survival chances for the 53 people on board slim. Authorities said oxygen in the submarine would run out by early Saturday. The diesel-powered KRI Nanggala 402 was participating in a training exercise Wednesday when it missed a scheduled […]
JAKARTA—A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was not known. The Boeing 737-500, en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan, disappeared from radar screens after taking off just after 2:30 p.m. (0730 […]
JAKARTA—Indonesian police said they have arrested one of the senior-most members of the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah who is said to be behind the 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed over 200 people. Jemaah Islamiah’s stated aim is to build an Islamic caliphate in Southeast Asia. Zulkarnaen, one of the […]
PALU, Indonesia—Rescue workers in Indonesia stepped up their search for victims of an earthquake and tsunami on Oct. 9, hoping to find as many bodies as they can before this week’s deadline for their work to halt, as the official death toll rose to 2,010. The national disaster mitigation agency has called off the search […]
