Indonesia

Indonesian Ulema Council member arrested for terror link

Two other suspects are believed to have played major roles in Jamaah Islamiyah's operations

Reduced jail term for Indonesia's notorious cleric

Muhammad Rizieq Shihab will spend two years instead of four in jail for lying about his Covid-19 test result

Greenpeace Indonesia slams govt over police complaint

Group denies using fake information to criticize Joko Widodo's COP26 speech on deforestation

Teaching terror: A black mark against Indonesian education

Teacher's arrest on terrorism charge highlights need for crackdown on radicalism in schools, universities

Indonesian activists defend anti-sexual violence decree

Groups rubbish claims by Islamic organizations that a move to protect women on campuses promotes adultery

Indonesian governor blames flood disaster on palm oil firms

West Kalimantan chief vows permit purge after companies refuse to help victims

Family of wanted Indonesian lawyer receive death threats

Suspected nationalists target parents, sister of wanted lawyer and leading Papuan rights activist Veronica Koman

Indonesian nun and human rights champion dies at 80

Sister Eusthocia Monika Nata dedicated her life to defending women and children against violence and sexual abuse

Suicides highlight poor mental health care in Indonesia 

Rate of people killing themselves is sure to go up if nothing is done to improve help for the mentally ill across the country

Flash floods kill at least eight in Indonesia

Disasters are often caused by deforestation and poor mitigation planning, according to environmentalists

Papua bishop hopes to find successor soon

Franciscan Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar of Jayapura has been criticized by lay Catholic activists

Indonesia's Widodo 'failing to protect Papuan civilians'

Rights activist takes aim after children shot and thousands displaced in recent armed clashes in region

Filipino pastor claims new Covid variant is God's punishment

Korean Church raises funds to renovate care homes for elderly

Defrocked Timor-Leste priest's trial reaches final stage

Yet another Catholic church destroyed by Myanmar junta

Singapore, Malaysia ease Covid curbs at busy border

Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant