The Nation

JAKARTA ~ Indonesia remains firmly in support of democracy in neighboring East Timor and of the legal government there, President – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ The leader of an Indonesian sect who had controversially claimed he was a prophet was jailed for four – Read More...

DILI, East Timor ~ East Timor’s chief prosecutor headed to Indonesia on Tuesday to take custody of three men arrested – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ A court ordered the extradition of an alleged Australian child-sex offender to his home country on Thursday. A – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ Police swooped on rights activists protesting against Chinese rule in Tibet outside the venue of the Olympic torch – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ A court sentenced two leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group, blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, to – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ Greenpeace called this week for a moratorium on the expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia’s rainforests and – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off East Timor on Saturday but there was no tsunami threat and no immediate – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ A cargo plane was engulfed in flames after catching fire on landing in remote eastern Papua province, an – Read More...

JAKARTA ~ Indonesian former schoolmates of US presidential hopeful Barrack Obama have formed a fan club, local media reported. A – Read More...