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Cops: Woman Laced Study Partner's Coffee With Cyanide
Indonesian authorities arrested a woman Saturday for allegedly lacing her friend's coffee with a lethal does of cyanide, Australia's News Network reports. Investigators say Jessica Kumala, 27, arrived...
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Prosecutors Wanted Probation. Christian Governor Gets Prison
An Indonesian court sentenced the minority Christian governor of Jakarta to two years in prison on Tuesday for blaspheming the Koran, a jarring ruling that undermines the reputation of the world's...
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50 Injured in Stock Exchange Floor Collapse
A mezzanine floor inside the Jakarta Stock Exchange tower collapsed on Monday, injuring more than 50 people and forcing a chaotic evacuation. TV footage showed the lobby strewn with debris and people...
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Cape Town Isn't Only Big City With Water Crisis
Cape Town's water situation is dire , but although it may soon be the first big city in the world to run out of H2O, it's not the only one nearing such a precarious position. The BBC takes a look at...
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Passengers, Plane Crew Nearly Brawl Over Stinky Fruit
The durian is known for being one of the grossest-smelling fruits in the world—think "turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock," as one food writer has described it, per Smithsonian . The late...
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World's 4th Most Populous Country to Get New Capital
Quick, name the capital of Indonesia. If you said "Jakarta," you win, but not for too much longer. The president of the world's fourth most populous nation has set in motion a plan to move the capital...
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Indonesia Chooses Island for New Capital
Indonesia's president has announced that the country's capital will be moved from overcrowded, sinking, and polluted Jakarta to East Kalimantan province. President Joko Widodo told a news conference...
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Indonesian PM, 6 Bigwigs Found 'Negligent' on Air Pollution
An Indonesian court ruled Thursday that President Joko Widodo and six other top officials have neglected citizens' rights to clean air and ordered them to improve the poor air quality in the current...
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First the Smell of Gas, Then Thunder, a Blast, and Fire
Indonesian rescuers and firefighters on Saturday searched for more than a dozen missing people under the rubble of charred houses and buildings, after a large fire spread from a fuel storage depot in...
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