Orang utan find safe haven
Eight orang utan rescued in recent weeks from blazes that tore through Borneo have been released into a protected forest, authorities and rescuers said.
Activists: Death row inmates trapped in cruel limbo
The local death row population has grown in the past year but no executions have been carried out in a decade, leaving inmates facing a cruel incertitude, a key rights group said.
Snatched from the flames
The orang utan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in the Borneo region, as waves of thick smoke from the forest fires burning below waft over her.
Govt’s no-show at class-action hearing over fires faces backlash
Indigenous and civil-society organisations in Indonesia's West Kalimantan criticised the national government for failing to attend the first court proceedings in their class action suit seeking to hold it responsible for the haze engulfing the province.
Court upholds Gibran’s role
THE country's Constitutional Court has ruled that incomplete education documents submitted by Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka before the 2024 election did not disqualify him from office, saying that questions about his eligibility were the responsibility of other institutions.
Gibran’s veep position on the line
THE nation's Constitutional Court will issue a ruling on a case that seeks to annul Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's election win because of alleged gaps in his education record, a move that could see him lose office and further undermine President Prabowo Subianto's administration.
Forest destruction project for rice paddies to be halted
The country said it will halt a project to raze several million hectares of forest to clear land for rice production, saying it had reached self-sufficiency levels of the staple grain.
Mt Rinjani’s hiking route reopened after blaze
THE country has reopened the Senaru hiking route to Mount Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara after a forest fire that had closed the route was declared extinguished, the Mount Rinjani National Park Agency said.
Hope for endangered Sumatran rhinos’ future
Two critically endangered Sumatran rhinos have fallen pregnant at an Indonesian sanctuary, boosting hopes for the survival of one of the world's rarest and most threatened mammals, the government said.
Anak Krakatau eruption creates two new islands
Two new islands have emerged in waters surrounding Mount Anak Krakatau following a major eruption last month that grounded flights for days, the head of Indonesia's volcano monitoring agency said.
