Monkey see, monkey do! Amazing moment Indonesian macaque mimics wildlife photographer by peering through camera’s viewfinder like a human Black macaque took over a photographers camera and began copying his skills Comical clip of the monkey snapping taken Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Indonesia Danish photographer Mogens Trolle believed to have recorded hilarious video By Lydia Catling … Read more
Two suicide bombers believed to be members of a militant network with Islamic State allegiances have blown themselves up outside a church packed with Palm Sunday Mass parishioners in Indonesia. At least 20 church parishioners and security guards were injured in the blast outside the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar on the island … Read more
Motorcyclist’s terrifying brush with death when he rides into the path of a speeding train at level crossing The motorcyclist ignored loud sirens warning about the approaching train The train driver blasted his horn as his locomotive approached the crossing If identified, the rogue rider faces a £40 fine and up to three months in … Read more
Powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesian island of Sumatra The quake hit about 217 kilometres south-southwest of the city of Bengkulu It struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres at 7:52 pm local time (1252 GMT) It comes weeks after another powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 84 people, injuring 932, and impacting over 40,000 … Read more
The remains of 62 people killed when an Indonesia plane plunged into the ocean have been sprayed down with disinfectant after being recovered from the wreckage. Pictures from Jakarta showed 36 body bags laid out on the ground, as Red Cross workers sprayed them down at Tanjung Priok port, which has acted as a base … Read more
Indonesian divers have been scouring the Java Sea for wreckage and passenger belongings in hope of finding the black boxes from the jet which crashed on Saturday with 62 people on board. Underwater footage of their rescue mission shows the divers examining the huge amount of debris from the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 which investigators say … Read more
The heartbreaking final messages of passengers on the doomed Indonesian plane which crashed into the sea with 62 people on board have been revealed, as rescuers have located two black boxes. Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 took off from Soekarno-Hatta international airport for a 90-minute flight over the Java Sea between Jakarta and Pofntianak in West … Read more
Rescuers make grim discoveries during search for missing Indonesian plane – as fisherman describes moment jet ‘fell like lightning and exploded in the water’ Rescuers discovered body parts and pieces of clothing during a sea search Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 took off from Soekarno-Hatta airport on Saturday Four minutes after takeoff the plane plunged nearly … Read more
Indonesian volcano erupts forcing thousands to flee their island homes as giant cloud of deadly gas fills sky and avalanche of lava roars down mountainside The Mount Ile Lewotolok volcano in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Lembata Area near the volcano is likely to be inundated with ‘hot clouds and lava stream’ No casualties have … Read more
An Indonesian coffin maker became an instant millionaire when a meteorite worth £1.4 million crashed through the roof of his house. Josua Hutagalung, 33, was working on a coffin next to his house when the space rock smashed through the veranda at the edge of his living room in Kolang, North Sumatra. The single stone, … Read more