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Mount Sinabung erupts early Thursday morning

Mount Sinabung erupted on Thursday morning, though there were no reports of casualties due to the disaster, according ...

World Food Program seeks 75 million dollars for Rohingya crisis

The World Food Program (WFP) appealed on Sunday for 75 million dollars in emergency aid over the next six months to ...

Residents evacuate to Jembrana following rise in Mt Agung`s status

Evacuees of the Karangasem district community, Bali Province, have reached Jembrana District following an increase in ...

Indonesian Scout to send humanitarian mission to Rakhine, Myanmar

The Indonesian Scout Movement (Pramuka) will send a humanitarian mission to Rakhine State, Myanmar, to distribute meat ...

Malala to become youngest UN Messenger of Peace

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is to become the youngest United Nations Messenger of ...

Wisdom key to settling Shiite problem: Minister Saifuddin

The Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin believes that wisdom is necessary to settle the ...

Indonesia`s constructive support for Rakhine

Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi said the humanitarian assistance given by Indonesia to Rakhine ...

Yearender - Indonesia records highest number of natural disasters in 2016

Indonesia was battered by 2,342 natural disasters in 2016, the highest in the past 14 years, making it one of the most ...

Pidie Jaya earthquake brings back memories of 2004 tsunami

While many people were asleep, a strong shallow earthquake rocked Pidie Jaya and neighboring districts in Aceh ...

74 aftershocks recorded after Pidie Jaya earthquake

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has recorded 74 aftershocks following a 6.5-magnitude ...

UNHCR names Indonesian philanthropist as eminent advocate for refugees

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has named Dato Sri Tahir, an Indonesian conglomerate and philanthropist, as ...

Social affairs minister oversees evacuees in Purworejo

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa visited and reviewed the state of the evacuees in Purworejo District, ...

President orders relocation of Sinabung victims before 2015 end

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed that efforts to relocate the victims of the Mount Sinabung volcanic ...

Western Union Mobilizes Customers, Employees, Agents, Business Associates and the Western Union Foundation to Respond to EU Refugee Crisis

- The Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation today pledged a minimum of ...

Ministry allocates Rp15 billion for victims of Mt Sinabung eruption

The Social Affairs Ministry has allocated Rp15 billion to help those affected by the eruption of Mount Sinabung in ...