Indonesia has posthumously named former president Suharto as a national hero, a move that has ignited sharp criticism from rights groups, academics, and civil society. The announcement was made during a National Hero Day ceremony on Monday, presided over by President Prabowo Subianto Suharto’s former son-in-law. In a decree read…
Indonesia is set to sign an agreement on Tuesday to repatriate two British nationals currently on death row for drug-related crimes, according to a senior government source who spoke to AFP. The agreement, described as a “practical arrangement”, will pave the way for the immediate transfer of Lindsay Sandiford, a…
At least 50 people have been confirmed dead following the catastrophic collapse of Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, marking Indonesia’s deadliest disaster of 2025. Rescue teams have cleared nearly 80% of the debris, uncovering dozens of bodies and body parts, with at least 13 more people…
Rescue teams in East Java, Indonesia, are racing against time to save scores of students and workers feared trapped under the rubble of a collapsed school building. The tragedy struck on Monday at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, around 780 km east of Jakarta, when the structure…
