A former militia chief has denied he had committed human rights abuses in East Timor three years ago and said he was a victim of the Indonesian…

Dean Yates, Jakarta – Investigators in East Timor have issued an indictment against two Indonesian military officers over the 1999 killing of a…

The Indonesian military is reported to be engaged in its biggest operation for five months as light tanks and armored personnel carriers pounded a…

Robert Go, Tabanan (Bali) – Some of Indonesia's top businessmen are thumbing their noses at the nation's latest bid to collect outstanding debts…

Dan Murphy, Jakarta – Investigators on three continents are moving closer to definitively tying Al Qaeda and its Indonesian allies to the October…

Tom Fawthrop – The highly politicized Indonesian military, trained in waging terror during more than 30 years of General Suharto's dictatorship,…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The latest draft of the broadcasting law, to be deliberated in the next two weeks, reveals the ignorance of the House of…

Jakarta – As many as 20 military officers went on trial Wednesday for allegedly involvement in the deadly attack at the Langkat police…

The Australian Government is continuing to discuss the prospect of renewing military links with Indonesia's notorious Special Forces,…

David Costello – Should Australia conduct joint exercises and training with Indonesia's special forces to boost the fight against terrorism and…

Matthew Moore, Mark Riley and Mark Baker – The Indonesian President, Megawati Soekarnoputri, has cautioned Australia not to overreact to the…

Dili – Defense force recruits attacked traffic police in the East Timorese capital Friday, in an apparent act of revenge, injuring at…

East Timor's first Portuguese-language newspaper in more than a quarter century will be formally launched in Dili Thursday.

A 12…

Jakarta – Two Indonesian soldiers were among seven people indicted Wednesday in East Timor for killing a Dutch journalist and 19 others during the…

Hundreds of demonstrators marched on the Australian embassy in Jakarta yesterday, angry over Australia's raids on Indonesians…

The number of people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has increased drastically…

Iggy Kim – On October 24, a debate was held in Britain's House of Commons over the Foreign Office's handling of the detention of Lesley McCulloch…

The Federal Opposition is backing away from a Government proposal for Australia to resume military ties with elite Kopassus units from…

Roger Maynard, Sydney – The claim that Australia's spy agency passed on intelligence reports to the United States which implicate the Indonesian…

Max Lane, Jakarta – The "war on terror" propaganda campaign being conducted by the Australian and US governments is providing ammunition for…

[Indonesian police say they have made significant progress in the hunt for the perpetrators of the Bali bombings. They say they've arrested the…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The mystery behind the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)'s decision to delay signing a peace agreement with the government was…

[New evidence has emerged that the Indonesian army was directly involved in the ambush that killed two Americans and an Indonesian near the…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Labor unions demanded City Governor Sutiyoso on Monday to review its decree on the 2003 provincial minimum wage which…

Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from eight textile and textile-products factories in Greater Jakarta have been left…

Dili – An average of 12 percent of lawmakers do not attend sittings of East Timor's parliament and only one in ten of these absentees offers a…

Jill Jolliffe, Atambua – East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao has called on the United Nations to lower its security rating for West Timor, which…

Dili – International donations were used to plug East Timor's USD 22 million budget deficit in the financial year 2001-2002, although…

Jill Jolliffe, Kupang – President Jose "Xanana" Gusmao has led a delegation of more than 100 East Timorese, including parliamentarians, cabinet…

Ellen Nakashima and Alan Sipress, Jakarta – Senior Indonesian military officials discussed an operation against Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold…

Paul Tait, Sydney – At least three Papuan men fired about 200 rounds from rifles and shotguns into a convoy of mainly US teachers, killing three,…

Catherine Porter – John Rumbiak has a theory about the recent bombing in his native Indonesia. It wasn't the work of Muslim extremists in cahoots…

On August 31, 2002, unidentified assailants opened fire on an International School bus carrying innocent civilians. American nationals Ted Burcon…

Leonard C. Sebastian – The Indonesian government has responded to the Bali bombing by issuing two anti-terrorism regulations generally modelled on…

Hamish McDonald Herald, Jakarta – United States intelligence agencies have intercepted messages between Indonesian army commanders indicating they…

Jill Jolliffe, Lacluta – In the remote south coast town of Lacluta, nine villagers accused of violence against their neighbours during 1999…

Kupang – East Timorese president Xanana Gusmao told a sports stadium filled with East Timorese refugees Saturday that it was their decision…

Bill Guerin – The financial crisis of 1997 brought Indonesia's previously spectacular economic growth to an abrupt halt. Going through the ensuing…

Hamish McDonald and Matthew Moore – Early this week, a military attache with a Western embassy in Jakarta was given a tip-off by senior officers…

Kupang – The president of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, Alexander "Xanana" Gusmao, arrived here on Friday morning, amid tight security,…

Jakarta – Undeterred by fierce criticism of his policy, Jakarta governor Sutiyoso has reiterated his intention to close the city to migrants who…

News that Indonesian soldiers might have been involved in an August ambush in Papua that killed two Americans and an Indonesian and wounded 11 isn…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The Indonesian Islamic militant group Laskar Jihad had relocated from Maluku to Papua province where it was attacking…

Shawn Donnan, Jakarta – A key member of the US Congress yesterday tied resuming military aid to Jakarta to solving the killing in September of two…

IV was going to press as news came in of the terrorist bombing in Bali which led to the deaths of almost 200 people. While the Indonesian…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Police have deployed hundreds of personnel to Indonesia's border area with Papua New Guinea (PNG) to prevent…

A long-awaited round of peace talks between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels from Aceh province will get underway on November 2-5…

[With the world's media spotlight heavily focused on the Bali bombings, the plight of Australian academic Lesley McCulloch has been largely…

Banda Aceh – Four people, including a woman, are the latest casualties of decades-long violence between government and separatist…

[There is a growing backlash in Indonesia over the arrest of Abu Bakar Bashir. A powerful visitor went to visit him in hospital recently, the…