Nachi was a heavily armed Japanese cruiser that played a central role in the Battle of the Java Sea. Equipped with powerful ...

The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

On the slopes of an Indonesian volcano, rivers of light appear to pour out of the dark, glowing an electric blue that looks more like a movie effect than geology. The spectacle is real, but the molten ...

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A volcano in East Java erupted six times early today, with ash plumes reaching as high as 1,200m above its peak. A Level III alert status is in place for Mount Semeru, which has been in an active ...

SUMENEP, East Java – In one of East Java’s toughest rulings on sexual abuse, the Sumenep District Court has sentenced the head of a local Islamic boarding school, or pesantren, to 20 years in prison ...

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The 41st annual East Peoria Festival of Lights kicks off with the Parade of Lights on November 22. The parade will feature holiday music broadcast on Mix 106.9 and will be televised on WMBD-TV.

Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils. The skull cap of 'Java Man' was discovered by Eugène ...

Indonesia’s president says the meals are improving nutrition in the country. Critics have called for a halt to the program, saying it threatens public health. By Muktita Suhartono Reporting from ...

Several East Coast states could see up to 4 inches of rain this weekend as a slow-moving storm similar to a Nor'easter works its way up the Atlantic Coast. "In a case like this, the wind and the rain ...