Luciano Fernandez – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has triggered sharp protests inside and outside her own party-the Indonesian…

Atambua – The Belu district military command on Thursday succeeded in foiling an attempt to smuggle around 1.8 tons of kerosene to…

Jakarta – A former militia boss accused of inciting a massacre in East Timor in 1999 on Thursday denied allegations by a compatriot that he had…

With the US government firmly on its side, energy giant ExxonMobil claims allegations of human rights abuses filed against it in a lawsuit on…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned US government attempts to scupper a human rights lawsuit brought by a group of Indonesian villagers against oil…

Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is likely to recommend the government to cut ties with international donor…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Violence has erupted again in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province just as Mr Yusuf Kalla, the chief welfare minister…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Three Indonesian judges involved in the high-profile and controversial bankruptcy case of a Toronto-based insurer have…

Retired US General Anthony Zinni held talks with the military chief of Indonesia's Aceh province as part of efforts to pave the way for more talks…

Palu/Makassar – At least seven people were shot and wounded, four others missing and two churches and 27 houses burned to the ground in the worst…

Medan – Hundreds of Acehnese refugees clashed with police and public order officers in the North Sumatra governor's office in Medan on…

Fitri Wulandari and Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – The Indonesia Military/National Police faction in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) admitted…

Kurniawan Hari and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – As the Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) entered its sixth day, thousands of…

[The United States has signalled that the freeze on US military aid to Indonesia, is about to be lifted. The ban was imposed three years ago…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Washington's Middle East envoy Anthony Zinni, now on a tour of Aceh, is pushing for peace talks to resolve the…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – An advisor at the office of the Vice President said on Tuesday that he had asked for Rp 400 million to produce…

John Roberts – A five-judge panel of the Jakarta District Court pronounced its long-awaited verdict on Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest…

Jakarta – The US ambassador to Indonesia warned Jakarta on Wednesday America and the world were closely watching East Timor human rights trials…

East Timorese government and UN officials held a fourth, unannounced round of reconciliation and repatriation talks with former anti-…

President Xanana Gusmao Wednesday defended his controversial request for an Indonesian court trying human rights crimes committed in East Timor to…

Jakarta – A leading former East Timorese independence supporter wept Wednesday as he recalled the death of his son in a 1999 militia attack on his…

Tom Wright, Jakarta – The US has moved to block a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) for alleged human-rights abuses at its Indonesian…

Police have detained two Sri Lankan men in Dili on "strong" suspicion they were working as an advance team for an illegal immigration…

Jakarta – The illegal logging that has swept through most of the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) in Lubuk Linggau, South Sumatra, is spreading…

Dili – Students clashed with police Tuesday in East Timor over plans to increase fees at the new country's main university.

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Retired US General Anthony Zinni set out for Aceh's sensitive Pidie district, where Indonesian troops said they shot dead two alleged separatist…

Jakarta – The former mayor of the East Timor capital Dili denied Tuesday that pro-Jakarta militia groups during Indonesian rule received any aid…

Robert Go, Jakarta – The Indonesian government yesterday formed a ministerial-level task force to deal with the hundreds of thousands of illegal…

The deadlock over labor issues between Taiwan and Indonesia showed no signs of improvement with the Indonesian government reportedly barring its…

Indonesian police used water cannon against protesters who broke into the grounds of parliament demanding that legislators approve key…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Former East Timor independence leader Manuel Viegas Carrascalao told the Human Rights Tribunal on Monday that the…

Elaine Monaghan, Washington – The United States has told a US court that a human rights-related lawsuit filed by Indonesian villagers against…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Decisions by Nike and Reebok to cut orders from local manufacturers leave Indonesia's footwear industry under siege, and laid…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – A number of gubernatorial candidates said on Friday they would go on with their struggle to realize their programs after…

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – Fifty-six Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who landed in East Timor en route to New Zealand in a 14 metre fishing boat will be…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Thousands of workers at PT Delton Indonesia, a sub-contracting factory of shoe giant Nike Inc. of the United States,…

Berni K. Moestafa and Nani Farida, Jakarta – The government plans to announce today a new policy to quell the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM)…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Several party factions at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) criticized on Saturday President Megawati…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Gunungsugih, Central Lampung – Farmers in Lampung are clamoring for a higher base price for unhusked rice to compensate for the…

Muhammad Nafik, Jakarta – Prominent Muslim scholars are urging the United States to shift its counter-terrorism aid from Indonesia's notorious…

Phil Zabriskie, Jakarta – For a man facing the death penalty, Eurico Guterres doesn't look anxious.

Sitting in a steamy Jakarta courthouse,…

Jakarta – More than 5,000 Muslims called for the nationwide imposition of Islamic sharia law and voiced opposition to secular President Megawati…

Thousands of Muslims turned out to march toward a meeting of Indonesian parliamentarians to demand they incorporate Islamic law into the…

Robert Go, Jakarta – Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Illegal migrant workers recently kicked out of Malaysia now have to deal with thugs…

Leo Wahyudi S – Despite the ongoing Annual Session, people remain skeptical that the 700 members of the People's Consultative Assembly will…

Sidney Jones – A war between independence fighters and the Indonesian military has claimed thousands of lives in Aceh in two major waves of…

Dozens of students from several universities in Greater Jakarta sent a bag of cow's feces to members of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)…

Todd S. Purdum, Manila – Secretary of State Colin L. Powell announced on Friday that the Bush administration would resume direct military training…

Atambua – Communities on both sides, namely the people of Turiskain, Haekesak sub-district, Belu district, West Nusa Tenggara and the…

John Aglionby – East Timor's president, Xanana Gusmao, has unexpectedly pleaded for a non-custodial sentence in the trial of the former Indonesian…