Search underway for 130 people after Indonesian passenger ship overturns

Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea.

• Sep 13

Nearly 1,000 aftershocks followed Indonesia earthquake that killed at least 53

With magnitudes of 7.7 and 6.4, two earthquakes struck different parts of Indonesia on the same day. Authorities have since recorded at least 995 aftershocks.

• Aug 16

American who spent 11 years in prison for Bali "suitcase murder" is freed

Tommy Schaefer was sentenced for the 2014 murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of Heather Mack, during a luxury vacation.

• Feb 25

Basketball player from Dallas arrested in Indonesia over cannabis candy

Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, was arrested May 7 after police allegedly found more than 30 ounces of marijuana candies in his apartment.

• May 15, 2025

Another woman swallowed whole by a python in Indonesia

The 36-year-old went missing after she went to buy medicine for her sick child, police said, prompting relatives to launch a search.

• Jul 8, 2024

Missing mother found dead inside python's belly in Indonesia

When villagers cut open the python's stomach, "Farida's head was immediately visible," an official said.

• Jun 8, 2024

Both pilots fall asleep flying plane with more than 150 on board

One of the pilots woke up to find that the aircraft "was not on the correct flight path," an incident report says.

• Mar 11, 2024

125 die as tear gas triggers crush at Indonesia soccer match

Police said the death toll had been revised to 125 from 174, after authorities found some of the victims were counted twice.

• Oct 2, 2022