Sources: BBC
Swiss voters approve a ban on full-facial coverings in public, known popularly as a so-called "burqa ban", and a free trade agreement with Indonesia, while rejecting a government proposal to introduce nationwide electronic IDs, which would be required to open a bank account or request official documents. 2021-03-7
Indonesia reports a record 171 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 18,171. 2020-12-9
Indonesia signs a deal with Chinese company Sinovac Biotech to purchase 50 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 2020-08-22
The Bulgarian captain of Portuguese-flagged cargo ship the "Tommi Ritscher", who was kidnapped along with seven other sailors by pirates off the coast of Benin last month, is freed. The captain was kidnapped at the port of Cotonou in the Gulf of Guinea on April 19. 2020-05-25
Two boats carrying 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people arrive in western Indonesia. 2015-05-10
A tourist boat sinks near the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, with at least 10 foreign tourists and 5 Indonesian crew members missing. 2014-08-17
British singer Ian Watkins (Lostprophets) is sentenced to 29 years imprisonment and 6 years on licence at Cardiff Crown Court for a range of child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. 2013-12-18
Gunmen kidnap a Scottish man working for a British energy company in the Indonesian province of Aceh. 2013-06-12
A shallow strong quake with magnitude of 7.1 jolts Papua province in easternmost Indonesia, killing 3 people and causing damage in Serui and Biak, in Yapen district. 2010-06-16