Indonesia

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is the first ethnic Chinese and Christian to have assumed the governor's role in the Muslim-majority nation.

Possible links to the Islamic State extremist group are being investigated, police say.

It is not yet clear if the Islamist group Abu Sayyaf is behind the latest kidnapping.

Duterte sang the 1980s classic at a state dinner in Malaysia with Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Khofifah Indar Parawansa had recommended the removal of doors at college dormitories to prevent sexual promiscuity.

Public caning is common in Banda Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to have implemented Sharia law in full.

The owner will not face prosecution as he received the orangutan as a gift.

The seamen were captured close to the Seychelles in 2012.

In accepting the verdict, Dodi Suridi, 23, said that it was 'the risk of being a terrorist'.

Police said three officers including a local police chief were injured after the machete-wielding attacker stabbed them.

Widodo says there is no compromise when it comes to sexual crimes.

'Too many people were crossing the foot bridge during a religious ceremony,' a police officer said.

The arrest follows criticism over a government posting for a youth ambassador, which stressed that candidates should not be from the LGBT community.

New law was proposed by President Joko Widodo after gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl

Kumala, 27, allegedly killed her friend Wayan Mirna Salihin by slipping cyanide into her coffee.

Authorities are trying to determine if the material was for terrorists in Sulawesi.

Dutch monarch keenly expressed her views on the country's strategy for inclusive finance.

Cameras flashed as David Taylor and Sara Connor were posed in a series of violent – yet static – scenes on Kuta Beach.

Bomber planned to target worshipers at Sunday mass in Medan, North Sumatra.

Lonely veteran has outlived four wives, 10 siblings and his own children.

Fires in Indonesia cause an annual crisis that blankets large parts of the region in choking smog.

On 17 August, Wayan Sudarsa's body was discovered on Kuta Beach with 17 head and neck wounds.

The man, known only as DA, was first arrested in connection with another terror attack.

MT Vier Harmoni, carrying diesel, was sailing from Tanjung Pelepas port in Malaysia.

A report has accused the Indonesian government of 'stoking flames of hatred and intolerance'.

Three-day celebration of the spirit, power and culture of tribes that have been practised for generations.

Malaysian counter-terrorism official says most attack plotters were working without coordination from Syria.

Isis-linked suspects are believed to have planned to launch a rocket from the Indonesian island of Batam.

Out of nearly six million drug users in Indonesia, less than 1% received treatment in 2014.

North Sumatra Police spokeswoman said no one was injured in the Friday night attacks.