Collapse of School Traps Students in Indonesia
Rescuers raced to save students after a boarding school in East Java caved in. At least three students were killed, officials said, and dozens more were injured.
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Dozens of Students Are Missing After School Collapses in Indonesia
At least three children were killed and about 100 injured after an Islamic boarding school collapsed during a prayer service, officials said.
Indonesia school collapse: three dead and over 90 missing as rescue effort continues
Instability of building in East Java town hampers search but 99 boys and school staff known to have survivedParents were desperately searching for scores of missing teenage boys feared trapped under huge piles of concrete on Tuesday after a building at…
DNA tests to determine if heart belongs to Australian man who died in Bali
Australian officials demanded answers after the body of Byron Haddow was returned without his heartDNA testing is being carried out on a heart that is claimed to be that of Queensland man Byron Haddow, who died in Bali in May.Haddow, 23, was found dead…
Bali to block new hotels and restaurants after deadly flooding raises questions about mass tourism
Bali governor says new instructions issued to stop hotels and restaurants being built on productive land, especially rice fieldsIndonesia will ban the construction of new hotels and restaurants built atop cleared rice fields and agricultural land on th…
Bali battles worst floods in more than a decade
At least 17 dead as torrential downpours trigger landslides, while heavy rain lashes India, Pakistan and AustraliaAt least 17 people have been confirmed dead in Bali, Indonesia, after the island’s worst flooding in more than a decade.Torrential rain la…
Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds
Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countriesPoliticians in at least 51 countries used homophobic or transphobic rhetoric during elections last year, from depicting LGBTQ+ identity as a f…
Flash floods in Indonesia leave at least 15 people dead and 10 missing
Torrential rains cause flooding and landslides in East Nusa Tenggara province and on the tourist island of BaliFlooding in Bali, Indonesia – in picturesRescuers have recovered the bodies of 15 people who have died in flash flooding in two Indonesian pr…
Indonesia embassy official’s shooting in Lima probably a ‘contract killing’, says Peru government
Interior minister says ‘they were waiting for’ official who was shot at point-blank range outside his home in killing that has shocked PeruPeru’s government has said the fatal shooting of an Indonesian embassy official in Lima on Monday night was likel…
Antigovernment Protests Continue in Indonesia
Indonesian soldiers patrolled Jakarta, the capital, as protesters in several cities continued demonstrating against the government’s lavish spending at a time of economic hardship.