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Military plane burts into flames at Mogadishu airport

An Ethiopian military aircraft carrying ammunition crash-landed at Mogadishu`s international airport on Friday, ...

Haze raises respiratory disease sufferers by 20 pct

The Health Monitoring Office (KKP) of Pekanbaru`s Port recorded increase in respiratory disease by 20 percent as a ...

Air quality index in Riau improving

Air quality index in Riau has continued to improve in line with the declining number of forest and land fires ...

18 suspects detained over forest fires

Police have arrested 18 suspects in connection with forest and land fires in the Sumatran province of Riau. ...

Kadin asks research, technology ministry to study Riau`s haze

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the Ministry of Research and Technology to study ...

14 suspects in Riau land fires arrested

The Riau haze management task force has arrested 14 people suspected of involvement in land fires in five different ...

Indonesia launches all-out fight against forest fires

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

Nine already arrested over forest fires

Nine people have been arrested in connection with forest and peat land fires in several places in Riau. "One ...

Number of Sumatra's fire hot spots increases to 227

The number of hot spots from forest and plantation fires across Sumatra increased from 118 to 227 on Sunday. Of ...

Malaysian firms suspected to have sent haze home

Tens of companies have allegedly practiced slash-and-burns to open plantations in Sumatra`s Riau, causing forest fires ...

Forestry Minister in Riau to inspect forest fire control

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan led a coordinating meeting on forest and plantation fire control here on Saturday. ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

Hotspots show weaknesses of Indonesia`s forest moratorium: Greenpeace

Greenpeace said Thursday half of the hotspots detected on June 11-18, whose smoke travelled to Singapore and Malaysia ...

BNPB sets aside Rp25 billion to battle forest fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set aside Rp25 billion (around 2.5 million US Dollar) to make ...

Riots hit Stockholm suburbs for fourth night

Rioters torched cars and attacked local police stations in 15 immigrant-populated Stockholm suburbs in a fourth night ...