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Major earthquake rocks the island of Nias

A major earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted the island of Nias off Western coast of North ...

Landslides isolate numerous areas in Lembata

Numerous areas in Lembata District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, were isolated due to landslides and fallen trees ...

EWS to be installed in Sunda Strait

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjahitan said the government will install early warning ...

Surabaya offers blend of religious and historical tourism by Fardah

Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia, is similar to other metropolitan cities, being characterized by ...

Beach resort areas in Western Banten deserted

Beach resorts in Western Banten look like deserted places after last weekend tsunami slamming into the coastal areas ...

Year ender - Volcanic tsunami takes year-end vacationers by surprise

Vacationers, mostly constituting state electricity company PLN employees, were enjoying music played by rock band ...

10 injured in italy quakes as Mt. Etna erupts

At least 10 people were slightly injured after a volcanic eruption triggered earthquakes in southern Italy, Italian ...

Mt Anak Krakatau eruption endangers aircraft

The eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau could endanger aircraft, according to Dwikorita Karnawati, head of the National ...

Bali ombudsman recommends standardization to cope with cheap tourism

Bali`s Chief Ombudsman Umar Ibnu Alkhatab said it does not necessarily reject tourists from any countries including ...

News focus - World leaders condole with Indonesian tsunami victims' families by A Abdussalam

Condolences from world leaders are pouring in for the families of the victims of the Indonesian tsunami that struck ...

Presidential candidates race for support by Fardah

Indonesia will organize presidential elections on April 17, 2019, considered by many as a repeat of the bitter 2014 ...

Sad days ahead of Xmas, New Year celebrations by Andi Abdussalam

People around the globe are usually happy in the face of the year end as they are ready to celebrate Christmas and New ...

Thousands of tsunami evacuees return home

Thousands of evacuees began to return home on Monday morning, after they took refuge at the Lampung governor`s office ...

Death toll from Sunda Strait tsunami rises to 334

The death toll from a tsunami that engulfed the Sunda Strait in the Indonesian province of Banten on Saturday night ...

More airports built to glue nation together: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed hope that the construction of more airports across Indonesia would glue ...