At least 22 climbers dead in Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano eruption
Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption.
World
Dec 5, 2023
May Day: Workers demand wage increases in worldwide protests
People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to the streets of cities across Asia and Europe to mark May Day on Monday.
World
May 1, 2023
Sudan: Gunfire rattles capital city as residents try to flee conflict
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will discuss the situation on Thursday with the heads of the African Union, Arab League and other organizations.
World
Apr 20, 2023
‘The Last of Us’: All the Alberta locations that got a dramatic makeover
If 'The Last of Us' is any indication, Alberta is a pretty good stand-in for a post-apocalyptic United States.
Entertainment
Mar 15, 2023
Pope Emeritus Benedict’s body arrives in St. Peter’s Basilica for lying in state
Benedict died on Saturday at the age of 95 in the secluded Vatican monastery where he had lived since his shock resignation in 2013.
World
Jan 2, 2023
Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia after weeks at sea: ‘Dehydration and exhaustion’
A second group in two days of weak and exhausted Rohingya Muslims landed on a beach in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh on Monday after weeks at sea, officials said.
World
Dec 26, 2022
Indonesia outlaws sex outside of marriage in revised penal code
The amended code says sex outside marriage is punishable by a year in jail, but adultery charges must be based on police reports lodged by a spouse, parents or children.
World
Dec 6, 2022
Indonesia earthquake: Death toll jumps to at least 268, 151 still missing
National Disaster Mitigation Agency head said another 1,083 people were injured in the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Monday afternoon near the city of Cianjur.
World
Nov 22, 2022
At least 162 dead as earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Java island
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.6 quake was centered in the Cianjur region in West Java province at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
World
Nov 21, 2022
3 Indonesia militants influenced by radical cleric get 6-year prison sentences for terror plot
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3 Indonesia militants influenced by radical cleric get 6-year prison sentences for terror plot
<p>JAKARTA, Indonesia - Three Indonesians radicalized by the teachings of a firebrand Muslim cleric were sentenced to six years in prison for their role in a terror plot.</p> <p>A Jakarta court Tu</p>
World
Jun 21, 2011
Lawyer: Top court acquits Playboy Indonesia editor on indecency charges
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Lawyer: Top court acquits Playboy Indonesia editor on indecency charges
<p>JAKARTA, Indonesia - A lawyer for the former editor of Playboy Indonesia says the Supreme Court has overturned his indecency conviction.</p> <p>Erwin Arnada is serving a two-year prison sentence for publishing pictur</p>
World
Jun 23, 2011
Blast kills man suspected of training students in bomb-making at Islamic school in Indonesia
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Police say homemade bomb at Islamic boarding school in Indonesia kills 1
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Police say a homemade bomb has exploded inside an Islamic boarding school in central Indonesia, killing one person. Lt. Col. Sukarman Husen says the blast occurred Monday in West Nusatenggara province, but school</p>
World
Jul 11, 2011
Thousands flee as volcano erupts in central Indonesia; planes told to fly around danger zone
TOMOHON, Indonesia - Thousands of residents were evacuated after a volcano in central Indonesia erupted, spewing towering clouds of hot ash and debris sending red-hot lava cascading down its slopes.
World
Jul 14, 2011
Indonesian Police say anger at anti-Islam film behind failed terror attacks on foreigners
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police said Monday anger at a U.S.-made anti-Islam film was among the motives behind failed terror attacks against foreign targets.
World
Oct 29, 2012
Security concerns prompt one-day closure of Canadian embassy in Cairo
<p>Canada has shut its embassy in Cairo for the day out of worries about security. A Foreign Affairs spokeswoman says the embassy is a close neighbour of the American mission, which has been the focus of angry protests by mobs.<br /><br /> </p>
Sep 13, 2012
Indonesians upset with anti-Muslim film clash with police outside US Embassy; at least 12 hurt
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesians enraged over an anti-Islam film hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Monday, in the first violence in the world's most populous Muslim country since outrage exploded last week in the Middle East and beyond.
World
Sep 16, 2012
Violent clashes erupt over anti-Islam film; Hezbollah leader makes rare appearance
Rioting demonstrators battled with police outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan and the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia Monday as violent protests over an anti-Islam film spread to Asia after a week of unrest in Muslim countries worldwide.
Sep 17, 2012
A look at the latest protests, reaction in the Mideast and elsewhere over an anti-Islam film
Here's a look at protests and reaction across the Middle East and elsewhere Monday over an anti-Islam film produced in the U.S. ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad.
World
Sep 17, 2012
Thousands in Indian Kashmir protest anti-Islam film, cleric demands Americans leave
Thousands of angry Kashmiri Muslims protested Friday against an anti-Islam film, burning U.S. flags and calling President Barack Obama a "terrorist," while the top government cleric here reportedly demanded Americans leave the volatile Indian-controlled region immediately. <br /><br /><br />
Sep 14, 2012
Protests against anti-Islam film spread; assaults on US, Western embassies and peacekeepers
CAIRO - Angry protests over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with demonstrators scaling the walls of U.S. embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, torching part of a German embassy and clashing with police in violence that left at least four dead. Amid the turmoil, Islamic militants waving black banners and shouting "God is great" stormed an international peacekeepers base in Egypt's Sinai and battled troops.
World
Sep 14, 2012