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Violent protests in Papua, Indonesia, kill at least 30 people. Most casualties are in Wamena, with deaths also reported in Jayapura. Victims reportedly receive stab and arrow wounds, and others die in fires as protestors torch government buildings.
2019-09-24

At least 73 people have been killed in flash floods in the province of Papua, Indonesia.
2019-03-17

Mount Merapi in Java, Indonesia, erupts. Authorities order evacuations and the closure of Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta.
2018-05-11

An explosion in a fireworks plant located west of the Indonesian capital Jakarta kills at least 47 and injures 35.
2017-10-26

Philippine officials report four Indonesian sailors were kidnapped last night off the Philippines' southernmost town of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, near Malaysia's Sabah state. Seven gunmen in a blue speedboat attacked two Indonesian-flagged tugboats. Six other sailors, including one who was shot, were not taken by ISIL-linked Abu Sayyaf militants.
2016-04-16

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

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung eruption resumes spewing gas leading to the evacuation of 3,000 nearby residents.
2015-06-10

The President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono condemns the beheading of an Indonesian maid in Saudi Arabia and condemns the Saudi Government of breaking the "norms and manners" of international relations. [http:--www.straitstimes.com-BreakingNews-SEAsia-Story-STIStory_683019.html ("Straits Times")]date=August 2019
2011-06-23

A bus plunges into a 100 metre ravine in the Philippines Benguet province resulting in 39 deaths.
2010-08-18

Six people are killed in a train derailment in East Java, Indonesia.
2010-06-29