Volcano erupts, closing airport
A highly active volcano erupted several times, spewing towering ash columns into the sky and forcing a local airport to close, authorities said.
Another official held in graft case
THE anti-graft agency has arrested the country's deputy minister for immigration affairs, a spokesman said, making him the second high-profile government official in two days to face corruption charges.
Huge corruption crackdown
THE recently dismissed head of the National Nutrition Agency has been arrested on corruption charges related to a multi-billion- dollar free-meals programme.
Jail time sought for soldiers in acid attack
Military prosecutors have sought two-and-a-half years in prison for each of the four soldiers charged over an acid attack on an activist critical of the armed forces' perceived expanding role in government.
Free meals agency raided
Investigators from the office of Indonesia's Attorney General have raided the headquarters of the country's National Nutrition Agency, officials said, saying the building of the agency spearheading President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meals programme was under lockdown.
Five killed in suspected WWII shell explosion
A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in a fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said.
Local-born giant panda cub makes public debut
Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) has officially introduced Rio, the first giant panda cub born in the country, to the public in Bogor, south of Jakarta.
The disaster that never ended
Harwati clasped her hands and offered a prayer on the edge of a sludge lake in Java, as dozen of residents gathered to mark two decades since mud volcano eruptions began displacing thousands.
Crackdown along the border
THE country's interior minister has ordered the demolition of illegal buildings within 15km of the border with arch-enemy Pakistan, his office said.
All bets are off on Prabowo
THE country has blocked predictions market Polymarket as part of its crackdown on online gambling, its communications and digital ministry said, days after the site took bets on a premature end to Prabowo Subianto's (pic) presidency.
