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At least 174 dead after riot at Indonesia football match
AFP, Published on 02/10/2022
» MALANG, Indonesia: At least 174 people died at a football stadium in Indonesia when fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas, triggering a stampede, authorities said Sunday.
Indonesian teacher sentenced to death for raping 13 students
AFP, Published on 04/04/2022
» An Indonesian teacher found guilty of raping 13 students at an Islamic boarding school, and who impregnated at least eight of the victims, was sentenced to death on Monday.
Indonesia teacher gets life in prison for rape of 13 students
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a teacher to life in prison for the rape of 13 students, in a case that has drawn national attention to sexual abuse in some of the country's religious boarding schools.
Indonesians gather to pray for Eid al-Adha despite virus surge
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» JAKARTA: Indonesians prayed outside mosques and slaughtered goats to commemorate a sombre Eid al-Adha festival on Tuesday despite efforts to stop mass gatherings as coronavirus deaths skyrocket.
Indonesia landslides kill at least 11, scores missing
AFP, Published on 10/01/2021
» At least 11 people were killed, including a six-year-old boy, and scores more were missing after deadly landslides hit Indonesia's West Java province, authorities said Sunday.
Trash tracking satellites help Indonesia tackle marine waste
AFP, Published on 04/12/2020
» JAKARTA - Every year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from the streets of Jakarta, with some of it ending up as far away as Bali's beaches. So scientists are turning to satellites to trace the rubbish and figure out how to tackle the problem.
Indonesian footballers pay coronavirus penalty
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» Hit by a coronavirus-sparked match freeze and huge pay cuts, Indonesia's out-of-work footballers have been forced to take up menial jobs like selling street food or working as security guards, with little end in sight.
Pandemic-fuelled baby boom has many Indonesians worried
AFP, Published on 01/07/2020
» JAKARTA: With her husband left jobless by the pandemic, the last thing Indonesian mother Juarsih needed was to get pregnant, but now she's expecting a third child -- one of many in the country anxiously preparing for a Covid-fuelled baby boom.
Raincoats and donations: Indonesia's doctors battle virus surge
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» Reduced to sharing goggles and cheap raincoats, Indonesia's under-equipped doctors are battling a tide of coronavirus infections that is overwhelming its creaky health-care system -- and killing their colleagues.
Sinking city: Indonesia's capital on brink of disaster
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» JAKARTA - Time is running out for Jakarta.