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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 ...

Indonesia needs no help yet to fight fires

Indonesia needs no help yet from Singapore or Malaysia to fight forest fires in Riau province, the Head of the ...

Emergency status declared in some areas as haze worsens in Malaysia

The recent haze that shrouds part of Malaysia deteriorates throughout the weekend, forcing the government to declare ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pekanbaru`s airport shut down due to thick haze

Sultan Syarif Kasim (SSK) II Airport in Pekanbaru was shut down temporarily, from 8 to 9 am local time, due to thick ...

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 ...

148 hotspots detected in Riau

Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), said on Wednesday, 148 hotspots have detected in ...

Turkey pm vows "no more tolerance" for protesters

Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to retake an Istanbul protest square on Tuesday as Turkish Prime ...

Four arrested over blaze at London Islamic School

Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire at an Islamic boarding school in London, police said ...

Missile kills 26 as key Syria battle enters third week

A missile strike near Syria`s biggest city Aleppo killed 26 people and government warplanes pounded Qusayr, a watchdog ...

Mount Lokon erupts again

Tomohon, North Sulawesi (ANTARA News - Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi erupted again at 00.28 p.m. local time on ...

Dieng`s volcanic tremors still taking place: agency

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said deep and shallow volcanic tremors still continued to take place in ...

Volcanic tremors still shaking timbang crater continuously

The Banjarnegara Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) said several tremors had continuously shaken Timbang ...