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Andrew Chan (L) and Myuran Sukumaran have been told their execution is imminent

Australia in bid to halt Indonesia executions

Australia has made a last-minute plea for a stay in the imminent execution of two Australian drug traffickers in Indonesia, saying that reports their trial had been tainted by corruption needed to be investigated.

News • 27 Apr 15

Indonesian police armoured vehicles carrying the Australians leaves the maximum security prison in Nusa Kambangan

Indonesia to go ahead with Australian executions

Indonesia's security minister has said that Jakarta will press ahead with the execution of two Australian drug smugglers and other foreign convicts, ruling out an offer of a prisoner swap put forward by Canberra.

News • 05 Mar 15

The underwater footage showed parts of the plane's wing

Fuselage of crashed AirAsia plane located

A Singapore navy ship has located the fuselage of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the sea late last month with 162 people on board.

News • 14 Jan 15

A rescue helicopter flies over Crest Onyx as divers conduct operations to lift the tail of the air craft

Search teams raise tail of crashed AirAsia plane

Indonesian search and rescue teams have raised the tail of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed nearly two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board.

News • 10 Jan 15

An Indonesian crew maintains a helicopter being used in the search for AirAsia flight QZ8501

Investigators battle bad weather in AirAsia search

International experts with sophisticated acoustic detection gear have joined teams scouring the sea for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet.

News • 02 Jan 15

Rescuers believe they have found the wreckage

French investigators due at AirAsia search scene

Specialist black box search teams and equipment from France are to arrive tomorrow at the search area for the AirAsia flight, which crashed on Sunday en route from Indonesia to Singapore.

News • 02 Jan 15

Crew of the Royal Malaysian Navy ship KD Lekir retrieve the emergency evacuation tube from AirAsia flight QZ8501

Bad weather hampers AirAsia search operation

Rescue planes and helicopters sat grounded near the coast of the Indonesian island of Borneo as bad weather hampered the search for victims of the crashed AirAsia jet.

News • 31 Dec 14

New details about the search for the missing plane are released at a press conference at Juanda Airport in Surabaya

AirAsia confirms debris is from missing plane

AirAsia has confirmed that the debris found in the sea is from its missing Airbus A320 aircraft.

News • 30 Dec 14

The Indonesian navy's Admiral Abdul Rashid points to a search area on a map

Indonesia seeks US help to find missing plane

Indonesia has asked the United States for help to find the AirAsia jet that went missing on Sunday carrying 162 people, according to the US State Department.

News • 29 Dec 14

The 62-year-old woman's body was found in this suitcase

Body of US tourist found in suitcase in Bali

The body of a US tourist has been found in a suitcase at an exclusive hotel on Bali and her daughter and daughter's boyfriend have been arrested over the killing.

News • 13 Aug 14

Raudhatul Jannah's family were overjoyed to see her again

Indonesian girl feared killed in tsunami alive

A 14-year-old Indonesian girl thought to have died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been found alive and returned to her family.

News • 09 Aug 14

A search and rescue team returns from the rescue mission on the outskirts of Banting

Dozens missing after boat sinks off Malaysia

Thirty-two people are missing after an apparently overloaded boat carrying Indonesian migrants sank in rough waters off Malaysia's west coast.

News • 18 Jun 14

The Z3 is the first phone to be launched by BlackBerry since CEO John Chen took the helm late last year

BlackBerry launches low cost phone in Indonesia

BlackBerry today launched a low-cost touchscreen device in Indonesia - the Z3.

Business • 13 May 14

A sharia officer prepares to cane a man in Aceh

Alleged gang-rape victim faces caning in Indonesia

A woman allegedly gang-raped in Indonesia's Aceh as a punishment for sleeping with a married man may still be caned for the affair under the province's Islamic laws, an official said today.

News • 06 May 14

Police distribute face masks to residents on the streets of Malang

100,000 evacuated as Indonesian volcano erupts

A volcanic eruption in Indonesia has killed at least two people, forced mass evacuations and disrupted long-haul flights as airports were ordered to close.

News • 14 Feb 14

Ash cloud from Indonesia's Mount Sinabung

14 dead as Indonesian volcano erupts

Schoolchildren were among 14 people killed by scorching ash clouds from Indonesia's Mount Sinabung in its biggest eruption in recent days.

News • 02 Feb 14

Foxconn facing rising costs and labour unrest in China

Foxconn eyes factories in US and Indonesia

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group may build high-tech factories in the US and low-cost plants in Indonesia as the appeal of "made in China" fades into a burden.

Business • 27 Jan 14

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said it was a step Indonesia must take

Indonesia angered by claims of spying by Australia

Indonesia has frozen a broad range of cooperation with Australia today after reports that its neighbour had tried to eavesdrop on mobile phone conversations of top Indonesian officials.

News • 20 Nov 13

Refugees arriving by boat will no longer be settled in Australia

Three dead as Australian-bound refugee boat sinks

Three people have died but another 157 suspected asylum-seekers have been rescued after their boat sank off the southern coast of Indonesia.

News • 24 Jul 13

The aftermath of a stampede in Indonesia in which 17 people were killed

Indonesia boxing stampede leaves 17 dead

At least 17 people were killed and 39 injured in a stampede triggered by fighting among fans after a boxing match in the remote Indonesian province of Papua.

News • 15 Jul 13

Armed Indonesian policemen secure the entrance of a compound at the prison in Medan

200 inmates escape from Indonesian prison

About 200 prisoners escaped from a maximum security prison in Indonesia's fourth-largest city, Medan, last night.

News • 12 Jul 13

Free face masks were being distributed and people were advised to stay indoors in Singapore

Companies blamed over hazardous smog in Singapore

Indonesia is blaming eight companies for fires raging on the island of Sumatra that have sent hazardous levels of smog to neighbouring Singapore.

News • 21 Jun 13

Singapore's pollution index has soared to record highs

Singapore air quality threatened by haze

Singapore’s Prime Minister has warned that a haze blanketing Singapore from fires in Indonesia could persist for weeks or even longer.

News • 20 Jun 13

Refugees seeking asylum in Australia often set sail from Indonesia heading for Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island

140 missing from asylum boat off Indonesia

Rescuers pulled six people from the sea off Indonesia but authorities fear for over 140 more after a suspected refugee boat disappeared on its way to Australia.

News • 30 Aug 12

Emergency personnel look through the rubble after the crash

Nine killed in Indonesian air force plane crash

An Indonesian air force plane has crashed in a suburb of the capital Jakarta, killing six people on board and three on the ground and setting eight houses on fire.

News • 21 Jun 12