[ad_1] Flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have left at least 19 people dead and seven others missing, officials have said. Mud, rocks and uprooted trees rushed down a mountainside and engulfed villages in the Pesisir Selatan district of West Sumatra province late on Friday following torrential rains, Doni Yusrizal, who heads…
[ad_1] Dilapidated boats carrying an estimated 400 ethnic Rohingya arrived in Indonesia’s Aceh province, chief of a provincial fishing community has confirmed, adding to a recent surge of Myanmar’s Muslim minority arriving in the country. Prior to Sunday’s arrivals, the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) said that 1,200 Rohingya people, a persecuted minority from Myanmar,…
[ad_1] Eleven climbers have been killed and 12 more are missing after the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi, local officials have said. Seventy-five people were in the area when the volcano in West Sumatra erupted on Sunday, according to authorities, among whom 26 were not evacuated. “There are 26 people who have not been evacuated,…
[ad_1] Some 170 ethnic Rohingya people arrived in Indonesia, the head of a provincial fishing community said, in the latest boat arrivals in recent weeks that have brought more than 1,000 from Myanmar’s Muslim minority to the country. According to intrnational media reports, Miftah Cut Ade, chief of the fishing community in Aceh on Indonesia’s…
[ad_1] Soldiers from the US, Indonesia and five other nations began annual training exercises Thursday on Indonesia’s main island of Java while China’s increasing aggression is raising concern. American and Indonesian soldiers have held the live-fire Super Garuda Shield drills since 2009, and Australia, Japan and Singapore joined last year. The United Kingdom and French…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Chinese short-video-making app TikTok has launched a subscription-based music streaming service to take on market leaders Apple and Spotify. The company launched the subscription-only music streaming service called “TikTok Music” in Australia, Mexico, and Singapore, reports TechCrunch. The expansion comes about two weeks after TikTok launched the music streaming service in Brazil…
[ad_1] Professional surfer Mikala Jones died Sunday after a surfing accident in Indonesia, his father told The Associated Press. Friends, family and members of the surfing community took to social media to mourn the loss of Jones, who was known for shooting stunning photos and videos from inside barreling waves. Daughter Isabella “Bella” Jones posted…
