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January 13, 2020

UAE, Indonesia reach multi-billion dollar investment deals

Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates affirmed deeper economic ties during a visit by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in ...

January 06, 2020

Mudslides, blackouts hamper search after Indonesia floods

Mudslides and power blackouts hampered the search for people missing in massive floods in Indonesia's capital, where more ...

January 05, 2020

Indonesia's flooded capital disinfected to fend off disease

Soldiers and health workers sprayed Indonesia's capital with disinfectant on Sunday to fend off possible diseases spread by ...

January 04, 2020

60 dead in landslides, flash floods in Indonesia's capital

Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia's capital, ...

January 03, 2020

Indonesia capital floods leave 43 dead, 397,000 displaced

The death toll from floods in Indonesia's capital rose to 43 on Friday as rescuers found more bodies amid receding ...

January 01, 2020

Cheers, tears, prayers for 2020: A new decade is ushered in

Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab ...

December 29, 2019

Bali bombers' brother, bomb widow become friends, seek peace

The young Balinese widow stared across the courthouse at the man who had murdered her husband and 201 others, and longed to ...

December 26, 2019

Indonesia, Thailand mark 15th anniversary of massive tsunami

Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Indonesia's Aceh province at ceremonies Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of the ...

December 26, 2019

Thousands in Asia marvel at 'ring of fire' solar eclipse

People along a swath of southern Asia gazed at the sky in marvel on Thursday at a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. The so-called ...

December 24, 2019

28 killed as bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia

A bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia's Sumatra island after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 28 ...

December 24, 2019

Boeing ousts its CEO after two deadly 737 Max crashes

Boeing ousted CEO Dennis Muilenburg on Monday with no end in sight to the crisis that has engulfed the vaunted American ...

December 18, 2019

Scientists narrow age estimate for fossils of human ancestor

Scientists say they have finally calculated the age of the youngest known remains of Homo erectus, which is generally ...

December 15, 2019

Indonesia nabs 2 suspected smugglers of leopard, lion cubs

Indonesian police said Sunday that they have arrested two men suspected of being part of a ring that poaches and trades in ...

December 12, 2019

Volcanoes an ever-present, if usually distant danger

The eruption of an island volcano in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty killed up to 16 people, injured dozens and prevented ...

November 24, 2019

Sumatran rhino is extinct in Malaysia as lone survivor dies

The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer.

November 21, 2019

Bacteria-infected mosquitoes take bite out of deadly dengue

They still bite, but new research shows lab-grown mosquitoes are fighting dangerous dengue fever that they normally would ...

November 13, 2019

Suicide bomber attacks Indonesian police station, wounding 6

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy police station in Indonesia's third-largest city on Wednesday, wounding at least ...

November 06, 2019

Thailand set to hinder Cambodian opposition's return plans

Plans by self-exiled leaders of Cambodia's banned opposition party to return to their homeland hit a major roadblock ...