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Indonesia rescuers search for missing passengers after boat capsizes

Rescue workers search for at least 26 missing people after a motorboat capsized off the coast of Indonesia.

Indonesia's most wanted militant with links to Daesh killed in raid

Ali Kalora, the leader of the Daesh-affiliated East Indonesia Mujahideen network, was shot during a raid in Central Sulawesi province’s mountainous Parigi Moutong district, Indonesian authorities said.

Indonesia races to find buried survivors after powerful quake

At least 45 people were killed and hundreds injured on Sulawesi island after a 6.2-magnitude quake. Authorities fear many more are buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Quake shakes eastern Indonesia amid fears of coronavirus

The US Geological Survey says the magnitude 5.8 quake just before midnight Saturday was centered 64 kilometers northwest of Central Sulawesi province's Pendolo town, at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Cargo ship, crew vanish from Indonesian waters

The 190-metre vessel, carrying nickel ore, was travelling from Halmahera island to Sulawesi island when it sent a distress call shortly before losing radio contact last week.

Search for Indonesia disaster victims to stop as death toll tops 1,700

The national disaster agency says operation to search for the bodies of victims in quake-tsunami zones will stop on Thursday (October 11) as death toll climbs to 1,763. As many as 5,000 people are believed missing.

Disease fears as more bodies found in Indonesia disaster

Eight days after a quake-tsunami disaster erased parts of Palu on Sulawesi island killing 1,649 people, authorities issue fresh public health warning as more decaying corpses are unearthed from beneath the ruined city.

Bodies of mother clutching baby found as Indonesia quake toll tops 1,500

The official death toll from last week's quake and the tsunami it triggered stands at 1,571, but it will certainly rise.

Hundreds of missing feared dead in quake-devastated Indonesia

Rescue operations continue on Sulawesi island in Indonesia a week after a devastating earthquake and tsunami last Friday. The death toll is now above 1,500, but that could rise as central areas of the hard-hit island have not yet been reached.

Indonesia races to save quake victims as death toll tops 1,300

The death toll of at least 1,347 is certain to rise, officials say, as rescuers reach devastated outlying communities hit on Friday by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami waves as high as six metres.

Indonesians flee quake and tsunami-hit areas with scale of disaster unclear

The death toll of at least 1,234 is certain to rise as rescuers reached devastated outlying communities hit on Friday by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami waves as high as six metres.

In pictures: Indonesia's quake-tsunami disaster

Quake and tsunami-hit Indonesia starts burying its dead and asks for international help after Friday's disaster left over 800 people dead and displaced tens of thousands.