Sources: BBC
Thai police raid a house in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, and arrest 13 foreigners, mostly Australians and British people, for running a fraudulent electronic trading platform that has stolen over AU$1.9 million (US$1.2 million). 2025-06-16
Sixteen people are killed in floods and landslides in Central Java Province, Indonesia. 2025-01-21
At least 28 people are killed after heavy rains in the Agam and Tanah Datar districts in West Sumatra, Indonesia, which triggered a flash flood and cold lava flow from Mount Marapi. 2024-05-11
A Colombian Roman Catholic nun who had been kidnapped in Mali near the border with Burkina Faso in 2017 by the Macina Liberation Front is freed. The nun is photographed with Malian President Assimi Goïta as the government refuses to state if any ransom was paid for her release. 2021-10-9
Indonesia reports a record 39,767 recoveries from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of recoveries to 2.47 million. 2021-07-24
Indonesia reports a record 38,988 recoveries and 1,566 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of recoveries to 2.43 million and the nationwide death toll to 80,598. 2021-07-23
Indonesia reports a new record for the second consecutive day of 9,321 new cases, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 797,723. 2021-01-7
The Indonesian province of Riau declares a state of emergency due to high levels of smoke haze from forest fires in Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra that have led thousands of people to flee the capital Pekanbaru. 2015-09-15
Six people were killed and nine injured after a collision between car and minibus in Jakarta, Indonesia. 2013-09-8
Voters go to the polls in Aceh, Indonesia, to elect a new governor. 2012-04-9