The Australian city of Melbourne was hit by a rare earthquake on Tuesday, with residents reporting their houses shook and windows rattled, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
A court will hand down its verdict on Thursday on Umar Patek, an accused bombmaker in the 2002 Bali attacks, bringing to an end a 10-year probe into the nation's deadliest act of terror.
Rescuers said 58 people were still missing two days after a wooden boat sank off eastern Indonesia -- revising sharply upwards the number of people on board the vessel.
The government is to ban all foreign non-governmental organisations from raising public funds in Indonesia, with a regulation in the works to make it law.
An Indonesian man arrested after writing "God doesn't exist" on his Facebook page has been jailed for 30 months for sharing explicit material about the Prophet Mohammed online.
Police shot dead an armed pro-independence activist in Papua province on Thursday, angering residents who set homes and cars ablaze, locals and officials said.
Budget carrier AirAsia is moving its strategic planning centre to Indonesia from its Malaysian headquarters as it looks to expand its regional operations.
Vice President Boediono has said that Indonesia will continue fighting a wave of drugs crimes and hoped to eventually wipe out the scourge affecting the country.