Tag: Indonesia
Indonesian Ambassador summoned over execution of Nigerians
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Aminu Wali, on Sunday in Abuja summoned the Indonesian Ambassador to register Nigeria’s protest…
Brazil, Netherlands furious after Indonesia executed drug convicts
Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed…
Indonesia executes Nigerian drug convict, five others
Indonesia has executed by firing squad 38 year-old Nigerian Daniel Enemuo, four other foreigners and one local woman convicted of…
Nigerian, others to die by firing squad; Indonesia rejects clemency pleas
Five foreigners and an Indonesian woman sentenced to death on drug charges will be executed by firing squad despite international…
Nigerian, five others to be executed for drugs in Indonesia
A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker is among six drug offenders to be executed in Indonesia on Sunday. The Nigerian,38 year-old…
AirAsia search: 34 bodies recovered so far
Recovery teams expanded their search in the Java Sea on Monday as they raced to find bodies and wreckage from…
Body found in sea search for AirAsia
A body was found in the sea Tuesday during the search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, Indonesia’s National Search and…
Items resembling slide, plane door seen in AirAsia search
Items resembling an emergency slide, plane door and other objects were spotted in the sea during an aerial search Tuesday…
Family of 10 misses ill-fated AirAsia flight
An Indonesian family of 10 said Monday they had a miraculous escape when they arrived too late to catch AirAsia…
Missing AirAsia jet may be at sea bottom, says Indonesia searcher
Multinational search teams hunted Monday for any sign of an AirAsia plane missing off Indonesia with 162 people on board,…
Update: Missing AirAsia jet asked to deviate flight plan
Air Asia said the pilot of flight QZ8501 that went missing between Indonesia and Singapore early Sunday had requested “deviation”…
Air Asia plane missing in transit
An AirAsia plane with 161 people on board lost contact with air traffic control en route from Indonesia to Singapore…
Indonesia arrests six for attempting to join IS militants
Indonesian police Saturday arrested six people just before they were about to fly to Syria to join the Islamic State…
Prayers and tears as Asia remembers Tsunami dead
BANDA ACEH (AFP) – Prayer recitals and solemn visits to mass graves marked the start of mourning Friday across tsunami-hit…
Indonesia jails cleaner over school sex abuse
A cleaner was jailed for seven years Monday over the sexual abuse of a young boy at one of Indonesia’s…
26 dead, 82 missing in Indonesian landslide
Rescuers searching for more than 80 people missing after a landslide in Indonesia deployed bulldozers and excavators Sunday to battle…
French journalists go on trial in Indonesia’s Papua
Two French journalists went on trial in Indonesia’s Papua on Monday accused of breaching visa regulations by illegally reporting on…
Indonesia to punish gay sex with 100 strokes of cane
Gay sex could be punishable by 100 lashes of the cane in Indonesia’s staunchly conservative Aceh province if parliament passes…
US judge jails Indonesian wine forger for 10 years
Indonesian wine forger Rudy Kurniawan was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of manufacturing…
Indonesia ex-sports minister jailed in $40 mn graft case
Indonesia’s former sports minister was jailed for four years on Friday over a $40-million corruption case, the latest sentencing to…
Canadian teacher arrested in Indonesian child sex scandal
A Canadian teacher has been arrested in Indonesia for alleged child sex abuse, police said Tuesday, in a scandal that…
Two dead, 18 missing as boat capsizes off Malaysia
At least two people died and 18 others were missing after an overloaded boat carrying illegal Indonesian immigrants capsized off…
Nine missing as second boat sinks off Malaysia
Nine people were missing after an Indonesia-bound boat sank off western Malaysia early Thursday, a report said, as authorities searched…
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Football: Striker dies after being kicked by keeper
An Indonesian football striker has died after being kicked in the stomach by a goal keeper. The striker, Akli Fairuz…
BlackBerry fights back with budget smartphone
BlackBerry on Tuesday launched a new budget handset in Indonesia, one of its last bastions, a major step in the…
‘Tortured’ Indonesian maid listed on Time’s top 100
Time magazine has named an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her Hong Kong employer as one of the world’s 100…
Opposition names Jakarta governor for presidential race
Indonesia’s main opposition party nominated the hugely popular governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, as its presidential candidate Friday, setting him…
Indonesia, South Africa urge US clarify stimulus reduction
Indonesia and South Africa on Friday stepped up pressure on US monetary policy, urging more clarity and better communication so…
Kerry calls Indonesia’s largest mosque ‘an extra-ordinary’ place
US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Southeast Asia’s largest mosque during his visit to Indonesia Sunday, paying tribute to…
British woman jailed for drugs blames Nigerian gang
A former British police community support officer Andrea Waldeck, jailed for 14 years in Indonesia after pleading guilty to smuggling…