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An Indonesian was killed when his mother’s coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed him during a service on the island of Sulawesi. Samen Kondorura, 40, died when pallbearers lost their footing carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in North Toraja District. According to Daily Mail …...

A 52-year-old Indonesian woman identified as Nining Sunarsih, who was on vacation in Sukabumi, West Java, when she was swept away by a strong wave on Citepus Beach, has been found. READ MORE HERE

Passengers evacuating to the sea await help as a ferry sank off the coast of Selayar Island, in South Sulawesi province. Some 70 people are dead or missing after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, according to an updated official toll Wednesday, the latest deadly maritime accident...

The Sinar Bangun tourist ferry had a maximum capacity of 60. But as the sun began to set on... Read more via CNN – https://ift.tt/2ypW1av Get more World News

TOKYO (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka, Japan’s second-biggest metropolis, early on Monday morning, killing three people, halting factory lines in a key industrial area and bursting water mains, government officials and broadcaster NHK said. No tsunami warning was issued...

An Indonesian woman who had been missing since Thursday was found dead inside a python on the island of Sulawesi READ MORE HERE

Suspected suicide bombers struck three different churches in Indonesia on Sunday morning, killing at least 10 people and injuring scores.... Read more via CNN News – https://ift.tt/2GaCwRP Get more World News

Indonesian police have confiscated a sex toy from a remote village after its inhabitants and some on social media mistook it for an "angel". READ MORE HERE

More than 100 people have died after drinking toxic alcohol this month alone in Indonesia. It comes after a crackdown on the sale of legal alcohol led to a boost in black market sales, which could be corrupted with methanol. The country has been shocked by images of distraught relatives and...

At least 27 people died and 16 others were injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed on the Indonesian island of Java, police said on Saturday. The crash happened when the bus, which had at least 40 people on board, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...

Indonesia's notorious traffic congestion was on display for the world on Thursday after the country's president was forced to walk two kilometres through the scorching heat to attend a military parade. Graft-ridden Indonesia is home to one of Asia's most inefficient bureaucracies, and gridlock...

A 16-year-old boy has reportedly married a 71-year-old woman against the wishes of an Indonesian community after threatening suicide if their families blocked the union. Selamat Riayadi and his elderly bride named only as Rohaya are said to have got married in their home village of Karangendah...

In a rather horrifying cynosure, Akbar Salubiro, a 25 year old man has been found dead in a seven-metre long python's stomach after being swallowed whole. The man went missing on Sunday night after setting off to harvest palm oil in a remote village on the island of west Sulawesi, Indonesia...

Indonesia has suspended its membership in oil producer club, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries again, as the crude oil importer said it does not agree to the club’s production cuts. Indonesia first joined OPEC in 1962 and left it in 2009 due to its dwindling domestic oil...