The leader of an Indonesian medical aid group running a hospital that’s been under assault in northern Gaza has called out President Joe Biden over the U.S. government’s refusal to demand a cease-fire. Israeli forces have been attacking the area around the Indonesian Hospital, which has housed thousands of patients and displaced Palestinians, for weeks. […]
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Indonesian Aid Group Running Besieged Gaza Hospital Calls Out Biden In Searing Letter
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 46: Israeli tanks besiege Indonesian Hospital as bombardment of Gaza continues
Casualties 12,700 killed*, including 5,350 children, and 32,850 wounded in Gaza Strip. 216 Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,200 *This figure covers the casualties from October 7 to November 20. Due to breakdowns in communication networks within the Gaza […]
Charge Reduced for Indonesian Official Who Stopped Service
Local official Wawan Kurniawan stops worship service in Rajabasa Jaya village, Indonesia, on Feb. 19, 2023. (Morning Star News screenshot from YouTube) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Authorities have reduced a blasphemy charge to one of mere “intrusion” for an official on western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island who broke up a worship service, sources said. […]
Months After Fatal Stadium Disaster, Indonesian Police Use Tear Gas on Football Fans Again
When Revino Putra Prasetya heard about the football match happening in his hometown in Central Java, Indonesia, the 21-year-old fan rushed to secure himself a ticket. The match, scheduled to take place on Feb. 17, would see his home team PSIS Semarang face off against its fierce rival Persis Solo. But the day before the […]
Indonesian Dolphins Released Into Open Seas After Years Of Resort Hotel Captivity
Three bottlenose dolphins — endearingly named Johnny, Rocky and Rambo — were released Saturday into the open seas of Indonesia, according to The Associated Press. The aquatic mammals spent years in captivity entertaining tourists prior to their celebrated liberation. The dolphins had been rescued in 2019 from a small pool at a resort hotel, which […]
Indonesian Students Protest Rumored Delay of 2024 Election
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Thousands of students marched in cities around Indonesia on Monday to protest against rumors that the government is considering postponing the 2024 presidential election to allow President Joko Widodo to remain in office beyond the two-term legal limit, calling it a threat to the country’s democracy. They demonstrated in front of the Parliament building […]
24,000 evacuated, two dead in Indonesian floods
About 24,000 people have been evacuated and two children killed in floods on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, authorities said Tuesday. Torrential rains lashed the island for several days, causing rivers to burst their banks and water levels to rise in residential areas, the national disaster agency said. The environmental NGO Walhi said the flooding […]
Iran FM holds phone talks with Turkish, Indonesian counterparts
Iran FM holds phone talks with Turkish, Indonesian counterparts – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has spoken over the phone with his counterparts from Turkey and Indonesia to discuss a number of issues including developments in Afghanistan. Abdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu have in a telephone conversation discussed the […]
Russian-Indonesian Relations Grow Stronger Amid Geopolitical Instability
Indonesia, a country of 270 million people and ASEAN’s largest economy, is actively involved in the affairs of Southeast Asia and seeks to maintain peace, stability and economic development in the region for its own security and to accelerate its economic growth. For its part, the Russian Federation, whose foreign policy objectives include strengthening its […]
Indonesian Navy Chief Thanks Israeli Sailors for Sympathy After Fatal Loss of Submarine
The Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 in Surabaya, East Java Province, Indonesia, September 25, 2014. Photo: M. Risyal Hidayat / Antara Photo / via REUTERS. The president of Israel’s association of retired submariners exchanged letters of condolence with the chief of staff of the Indonesian navy following the loss of an Indonesian submarine with all hands […]
Grieving relatives pay respects to doomed Indonesian submariners
The Indonesian navy was on Monday trying to work out how it could salvage the remains of a submarine from the bottom of the Bali Sea and retrieve the bodies of the 53 sailors who died onboard. The German-built KRI Nanggala-402 was discovered lying on the seabed on Sunday broken into at least three parts, […]
Indonesian submarine that went missing during military drills with 53 on board confirmed sunk – navy
An Indonesian submarine that went missing on Wednesday with 53 crew on board has sunk, the country’s navy has said, adding that there is no hope of finding any survivors. The submarine, KRI Nanggala 402, disappeared during military drills off the resort island of Bali. Despite international efforts to locate it, the only traces that […]
Indonesian Submarine’s Crew In Peril As Oxygen Dwindles
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian navy ships were scouring the waters off Bali on Friday as they raced against time to find a submarine that disappeared two days ago and has less than a day’s supply of oxygen left for its 53 crew. The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday […]
Magnitude-6.0 quake strikes near Indonesian coast – USGS
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck not far from Nias Island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey, which put the tremor at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). The quake hit 80 miles (129km) off the west coast of Nias Island on Tuesday morning, the USGS reported. While Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, […]
Indonesian capital hit by monsoon floods with over 1,000 evacuated
Severe flooding across several areas in the Indonesian capital forced more than a thousand people to flee their homes on Saturday, with the country’s meteorology agency warning the conditions were set to continue for the next week. Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern areas of the city, home to 10 million […]
Indonesian Shia leader Jalaluddin Rakhmat dies from Covid-19
TEHRAN – Jalaluddin Rakhmat, leader of the Indonesian Shia Muslims, died from Covid-19 at the age of 72 in Santosa Hospital in Bandung on Monday. Jalaluddin Rakhmat was the founder of Ahlulbayt Alayholeslam in Indonesia. The news of his death was announced by one of the religious scholars at the Motahari scientific and education foundation […]
‘Very risky behavior’: Indonesian seaman who escaped South Korean quarantine through hole under fence gets suspended sentence
An Indonesian seaman who escaped from a South Korean Covid-19 quarantine center by digging a hole under a fence has received a suspended sentence after the judge said his behavior undermined the country’s coronavirus response. The unnamed 24-year-old man, who escaped from the center through a hole under a fence on his last day of […]
Indonesian Semeru volcano erupts, spews ash 5kms into sky
A volcano in Indonesia’s East Java province erupted on Saturday, spewing ash and smoke as high as an estimated 5.6 kilometers into the sky, according to data from the geological agency at the country’s energy ministry.Indonesia has nearly 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country, and while many show high levels of activity it […]
Indonesian Divers Find Parts Of Plane Wreckage In Java Sea
Officials believe they have identified the location of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, one day after the passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed. Source Views: 0