JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 25, 2017) (REUTERS) – Nearly 50,000 residents in Bali have evacuated amid fears that Mount Agung could erupt imminently, Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency on Monday (September 25). Continue reading
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Growing pressure for Suu Kyi as Myanmar violence swells
Nearly 90,000 of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya have fled the country’s violence since August, as international criticism mounts on its Nobel Peace Prize laureate leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to do more to protect the minority. Matthew Larotonda reports. Continue reading
Supermoon shines from east to west
From Beijing to Berlin, star gazers around the world admired the supermoon – the largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades – as it made its way across the skies. Continue reading
Chronology of events of AirAsia QZ8501 which crashed into the Java Sea in December 2014
File footage showing the key events after AirAsia flight QZ8501 plunged into the Java Sea on December 28, 2014, killing all 162 people on board.
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Calls grow for inquiry into alleged Australian people-smuggler payments
Calls grow for and inquiry into whether Australian officials paid people-smugglers thousands of dollars to turn the their boat back to Indonesia.
Peace and security will be consolidated in South Africa, foreign minister says
South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says peace and security will be consolidated after a wave of anti-immigrant violence, as she visits Indonesia for the Asian-African conference.
Zayn Malik leaves pop group One Direction
World famous band One Direction have announced that Zayn Malik has left the group after five years.
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