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91 Students Remain Buried 2 Days After School Collapse

Tragedy in Indonesia confirmed to have claimed at least 3 lives

(Newser) - At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them in Indonesia, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing. More than 300 rescue workers desperately worked to free survivors Wednesday morning, after the...

Fox News Anchor Hospitalized With Malaria

Host says illness struck after recent trip to Indonesia

(Newser) - Fox News anchor John Roberts is recovering in the hospital after a bout with malaria, a parasitic mosquito-borne illness he suspects he picked up during a recent trip to Indonesia. Roberts, 68, tells People he began feeling widespread pain and uncontrollable shivering during his on-air shift, initially chalking it...

Child Sex-Abuse Survivor Makes Plea to Elon Musk

After BBC investigation, 'Zora' wants links to material scrubbed from X platform

(Newser) - A survivor of child sexual abuse is pleading with Elon Musk to remove links on X that lead to images of her abuse, revealing how illegal material continues to circulate on the social media platform that promises zero tolerance. The woman using the pseudonym Zora, who survived child sexual...

Two Men Kissed. Now, They Face Public Caning

Indonesian college students sentenced to 80 strikes each under Aceh's Shariah law

(Newser) - An Islamic court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing. The trial at the Islamic Shariah District Court in Banda Aceh, the...

Take a Look at Indonesia's UFO Festival

Annual event issues a cosmic call to extraterrestrial enthusiasts

(Newser) - A metallic spacecraft glistens under ambient light as two figures with elongated limbs, bulbous heads, and featureless faces gaze with black eyes into the distance of the island of Java. The extraterrestrial arrival in Indonesia is one of the science fiction scenes that has captivated groups of outer space enthusiasts...

'Hollywood Con Queen' Is Headed to California for Trial

Hargobind Tahilramani, accused in $1M impersonation scam, loses extradition try in UK

(Newser) - An alleged international scam artist known as the " Hollywood Con Queen " has lost a last-ditch attempt to avoid extradition from the UK to the US, setting the stage for a dramatic trial in California. Hargobind Tahilramani, a 45-year-old Indonesian citizen, faces charges related to an alleged seven-year...

Climber Survives Fall Down Volcano's Slope

The same trail claimed a life weeks ago

(Newser) - A Swiss mountaineer was rescued from Indonesia's Mount Rinjani after plunging down a steep slope of the active volcano—just weeks after another hiker died on the same treacherous trail. Benedikt Emmenegger, 46, was hiking with his daughter and a local porter when he slipped and tumbled down...

Indonesia Confirms Deal, Flags Trump's Negotiating Prowess

Indonesia is 'going to pay 19% and we are going to pay nothing,' Trump said

(Newser) - Indonesia's president on Wednesday confirmed what President Trump announced Tuesday: that a trade deal has been reached between the two countries. The New York Times quotes Prabowo Subianto as calling Trump "quite a tough negotiator"; indeed, a rep for Prabowo told Reuters the deal came as the result...

Volcano Eruption Launches 11-Mile-High Ash Cloud

Indonesia had raised alert eruptions began last month

(Newser) - Indonesia's rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 11 miles into the sky and depositing ash on villages. The country's Geology Agency said in a statement that it recorded the volcano unleashing an avalanche of searing gas clouds down...

Brazilian Hiker Missing on Active Volcano
Hiker Found Dead
Days After Volcano Fall
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Jun 24, 2025 2:53 PM CDT

Hiker Found Dead Days After Volcano Fall

Fog and steep cliffs hampered rescue efforts for Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins

(Newser) - A Brazilian tourist has been found days after she fell off a cliff while hiking near the crater of an active volcano in Indonesia. Juliana Marins, 26, survived the initial fall on Mount Rinjani on Saturday but the search and rescue operation was hampered by "adverse weather, terrain, and...

At Least 6 Dead After Volcanic Eruption in Indonesia

More people might be buried in collapsed houses

(Newser) - Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least six people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores, the AP reports. The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki just after midnight on Monday spewed thick brownish ash as high as...

Surfer Impaled by Swordfish in 'Freak Accident'

Giulia Manfrini, 36, of Italy tragically died off Indonesia's Masokut Island

(Newser) - Giulia Manfrini was among the many surfers from around the world drawn to the epic waves off Indonesia's islands. Unfortunately for the 36-year-old Italian, there weren't only humans exploring the waves off Masokut Island last week. "Unexpectedly, a swordfish jumped towards Manfrini and struck her squarely in...

Francis Kicks Off Longest Trip of His Papacy

Pope touches down in Indonesia first to start longest journey of his papacy

(Newser) - Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday at the start of the longest trip of his pontificate, hoping to encourage its Catholic community and celebrate the tradition of interfaith harmony in a country with the world's largest Muslim population. After an overnight flight from Rome, Francis was wheeled off...

Woman Dies in Province's 3rd Fatal Python Attack Since June

Authorities say Indonesian woman was swallowed up to her shoulders

(Newser) - While hunters in Florida are trying to kill as many pythons as they can , pythons on an island on the other side of the world are killing people at a highly unusual rate. Authorities in South Sulawesi, one of six provinces on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, say a 74-year-old woman...

Mom of 5 Is Swallowed Whole in Rare Python Attack

Indonesian man stumbles upon wife's slippers and pants, next to snake with 'very large belly'

(Newser) - When an Indonesian man from South Sulawesi went out last week to search for his wife, who went missing after going to pick up medicine for their sick child, he stumbled upon a horrifying sight, per police: the 36-year-old mother's pants and slippers, lying on the ground about 1,...

Landslide Kills at Least 11 People at Illegal Gold Mine

19 others still missing in Indonesia

(Newser) - A landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people, officials said Monday. Nineteen others were reported missing, the AP reports. About 35 villagers were digging for grains of gold on Sunday in a pit at the...

It's the Oldest Figurative Cave Art Known to Exist
It's the Oldest Figurative
Cave Art Known to Exist
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Jul 4, 2024 12:00 PM CDT

It's the Oldest Figurative Cave Art Known to Exist

Painting dated to 51.2K years ago is also the earliest evidence of modern humans in Wallacea

(Newser) - The oldest figurative cave art in the world has been discovered in Indonesia. Dated to 51,200 years ago, almost 6,000 years older than the previous oldest cave art just 6 miles away, the poor-condition art shows at least three humanlike figures, or human-animal hybrids, with a wild pig,...

Plantation Worker Mauled to Death by Tiger

He was reportedly 3rd person in Indonesia killed by Sumatran tiger in 5 months

(Newser) - Screams were heard on Indonesia's Sumatra island before a man's body was discovered Thursday, with one of the hands torn off. Authorities say the 26-year-old, found dead on a plantation in Riau province, was attacked by a tiger. "The area is within the tiger habitat," said...

Flash Floods, Cold Lava Kill at Least 37 in Indonesia

Water swept people away and swamped houses

(Newser) - Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano's slopes on Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered flash floods that killed at least 37 people, officials said Sunday. More than a dozen others were missing, the AP reports. Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a...

Tsunami Alert Issued as Indonesia Volcano Erupts

Officials fear Ruang volcano could collapse into sea

(Newser) - Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The volcano off the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five large eruptions in the past 24 hours, Indonesia'...

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