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Bali volcano on highest alert level, thousands flee

AFP Sep 22, 2017

JAKARTA: Indonesian officials raised the highest possible alert for a volcano on the resort island of Bali late on Friday, after tremors prompted thousands to flee over fears it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years. Mount…

Obama visits childhood home Jakarta

AFP Jun 30, 2017

BOGOR: Former US president Barack Obama arrived on Friday in his former childhood home Jakarta, where he met Indonesia's president at the end of a ten-day family holiday. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo met with Obama at the…

Obama kicks off tropical holiday in Indonesia

AFP Jun 24, 2017

JAKARTA: Barack Obama kicked off a 10-day family holiday in Indonesia that will take in Bali and Jakarta, the city where he spent part of his childhood, officials said on Saturday. The casually dressed former president arrived in the…

Deaf village in Bali Indonesia where silence is golden

AFP Sep 29, 2016

BENGKALA: Balinese women dressed in gold bodices dance to rhythmic drumming while waving fans as men in purple outfits sit cross legged around them, jiggling their arms and chanting.

Yuvraj confirms engagement reports on Twitter

Web Desk Nov 16, 2015

MUMBAI: Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh announced his engagement on Twitter, ARY News reports.

Mumbai crime boss ‘Chhota Rajan’ nabbed in Indonesia

AFP Oct 26, 2015

JAKARTA: An Indian fugitive wanted over a series of murders in his country has been arrested in Indonesia after decades on the run, police said Monday.