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Indonesian police have arrested a woman who tried to force her way into the presidential palace in Jakarta by pointing a gun at a guard

Police say the woman brandished a semi-automatic pistol at security outside the presidential palace in Jakarta.

KOLKATA: Chess was alien to Saparya Ghosh till she watched her senior schoolmates play a board game in the school bus at the age of five. She got attracted to it and almost immediately started making waves on the chequered board. The Kolkata youngster took a big step in international…

240 people were onboard

A passenger boat carrying 240 people has caught fire off southern Indonesia, killing 14, rescue officials say.

A passenger boat carrying 240 people has caught fire off southern Indonesia, killing 14

Tainted cough syrups pulled from the shelves after they were linked to dozens of deaths.

In recent years, voters in the world’s third-largest democracy, Indonesia, have preferred to support candidates with solid religious personas and a lifestyle and appearances adhering to Islamic values. This preference is in line with the increasing trend towards Islamic piety in the Muslim majority country.

As asylum seeker says he negotiated with a people smuggler to pay $US700 per person to escape to Australia with family more than two decades ago.

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian foreign ministers will hold a special meeting in Indonesia on Thursday to discuss the Myanmar peace process, Cambodia's foreign ministry said on Sunday.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers will hold a special meeting in Indonesia on Thursday to discuss the Myanmar peace process, Cambodia's foreign ministry said on Sunday.