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A bunch of amateurs? Indonesia's homegrown jihadis ridicule Isis after Jakarta attack

Thursday 11 February 2016

Four weeks after Islamic State claimed killings, veteran extremists scorn its lack of relative success while experts fear local groups are now a growing threat with ‘foreigners’ in their sights

Bali police arrest Australian accused of sexually abusing four girls in Denpasar

Tuesday 12 January 2016

The 70-year-old man is alleged to have given the victims, aged about 10, clothes, sandals and money, and could be jailed for a maximum of 15 years



Indonesians have never stopped talking about 1965 – the world should listen

Thursday 12 November 2015

Escalated media interest in the mass violence of 1965-66 has largely ignored some Indonesians’ efforts to bear oral and written witness to the past

Trauma surgeons and pop-up clinics


Indonesian volcano's ash cloud strands holidaymakers – and Indian gangster

Ash from Mount Rinjani affects a total of 692 international and domestic flights with airports closed on Bali, Lombok and Java

Wednesday 4 November 2015

Virgin Australia and Jetstar cancel more Bali flights because of volcanic ash

Bureau of Meteorology says a mid-level trough over the island is likely to weaken early next week, bringing a welcome change of wind direction

Sunday 9 August 2015

Virgin Australia and Jetstar cancel all Bali flights as volcano spews ash

Airlines scrap flights for Wednesday as ash cloud from Mount Raung causes continuing disruption

Wednesday 5 August 2015