Sources: BBC
The death toll from the earthquake that struck the Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, rises to 111, with 176,000 people displaced. 2026-08-27
Indonesia repatriates British nationals Lindsay Sandiford, sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into Bali in 2013, and Shahab Shahabadi, who was serving a life sentence for drug offences, following a bilateral agreement on humanitarian grounds. Both are transferred to the United Kingdom to serve the remainder of their sentences under UK law. 2025-11-7
The United States Pacific Tsunami Warning Center raises a tsunami alert for the Philippines, Indonesia, and Palau for more than two hours. Local authorities record "minor tsunamis" in Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and an inch-long wave in Tandag, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. 2025-10-10
A Mobile Brigade Corps armored tactical vehicle intentionally runs over and kills an online motorcycle taxi driver at an anti-government demonstration in Jakarta, Indonesia. The seven occupants of the vehicle have been detained. 2025-08-28
Indonesia reports a record third consecutive day of 24,836 new cases and a record fourth consecutive day of 539 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total confirmed cases and death toll to 2.22 million and to 59,534, respectively. 2021-07-2
Mount Merapi on Java, Indonesia, erupts. No casualties have been reported. 2021-01-27
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
Indonesia surpasses 500,000 total confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2020-11-23
Indonesian investigators meet with families of the deceased ahead of the release of their final report, scheduled for Friday. They state the crash was caused by design flaws with software on the aircraft, and inaccurate assessments by Boeing as to how pilots would respond to them. 2019-10-23
At least 73 people have been killed in flash floods in the province of Papua, Indonesia. 2019-03-17