Indonesia
Indonesia blames 737 MAX design for Lion Air crash: report
World
September 23, 2019
Indonesia blames 737 MAX design for Lion Air crash: report
Indonesian authorities have cited failures in the Boeing 737 MAX design and oversight as contributing to the 2018 Lion Air…
Malaysia, Indonesia shut thousands of schools over forest fires haze
World
September 19, 2019
Malaysia, Indonesia shut thousands of schools over forest fires haze
Thousands of schools were shuttered across Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday, affecting at least 1.7 million pupils, officials said, as toxic…
Frontline fight: Indonesia locked in epic battle against jungle blazes
World
September 15, 2019
Frontline fight: Indonesia locked in epic battle against jungle blazes
Working around the clock, thousands of firefighters are struggling to contain smog-belching blazes raging across rainforests and farmland in Indonesia,…
Forest fires destroying vital buffer against climate change
World
September 13, 2019
Forest fires destroying vital buffer against climate change
With fierce blazes raging in jungles from the Amazon to Indonesia, concerns are mounting about the impact as rainforests play…
Indonesia forest fires surge, stoking global warming fears
World
September 12, 2019
Indonesia forest fires surge, stoking global warming fears
The number of blazes in Indonesia’s rainforests has jumped sharply, satellite data showed Thursday, spreading smog across Southeast Asia and…
Sinking city: Indonesia’s capital on brink of disaster
World
August 16, 2019
Sinking city: Indonesia’s capital on brink of disaster
Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts warn that one third of…
Indonesia says probing report of death of pregnant woman in Syrian camp
Middle East
August 1, 2019
Indonesia says probing report of death of pregnant woman in Syrian camp
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is investigating a report that a pregnant Indonesian woman who had joined Islamic State died after…
News ‘Victims and perpetrators’: Rehabilitating Indonesia’s child bombers
World
July 4, 2019
News ‘Victims and perpetrators’: Rehabilitating Indonesia’s child bombers
Thrown off a motorbike as her parents blew themselves up, nine-year-old Mila was the sole survivor of a family suicide…
Burn or spurn? What to do with Western waste
Environment
June 5, 2019
Burn or spurn? What to do with Western waste
Western countries must increasingly deal with hard to dispose of plastics because China and many southeastern Asian countries no longer…
Germany in push to resurrect Afghan talks with Taliban
Middle East
May 26, 2019
Germany in push to resurrect Afghan talks with Taliban
KABUL/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany, a leading donor and member of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, has been talking with the…