Indonesia: Bus mishap leaves 26 people dead and accidentally fallen in to the ravine, BOL News learnt. According to the details, at least 26 people have been killed and 13 injured after a bus plunged down a steep ravine and landed in a river. About 50 passengers were on board the bus in South Sumatra … Read more
At least three people are killed in the earthquake which struck the remote Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia on Thursday morning, killing at least three people. The strong earthquake of 6.5-magnitude brought disasters to different parts of Indonesia. Indonesian officials said the quake detected at 8:46 a.m. local time, did not present the threat of … Read more
Indonesia’s parliament has revised the country’s marriage law to lift the minimum age at which women can marry by three years to 19, a move welcomed by campaigners as a step towards curbing child marriage in the world’s biggest Muslim majority-country. All factions in parliament agreed the revision at a plenary session on Monday (Sept … Read more
The number of blazes in Indonesia’s rain forests has jumped sharply, satellite data showed Thursday, spreading smog across South-East Asia and adding to concerns about the impact of increasing wildfire outbreaks worldwide on global warming. Illegal blazes to clear land for agricultural plantations have been raging on Sumatra and Borneo islands, with Indonesia deploying water-bombing … Read more
Seven people, including two children, were killed and four others missing after a ferry carrying dozens of passengers caught fire off Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island. The ferry, heading from Southeast Sulawesi to an island in Central Sulawesi, caught fire shortly after midnight. “Suddenly there were sparks in the engine and fire quickly spread to other parts … Read more
