Sophie Raynor – After ten months of political gridlock and one dissolved parliament, Saturday's decisive parliamentary election result represents one kind of victory for Timor-Leste's f

John McBeth, Jakarta – For a long period during last week's 36-hour stand-off at Indonesia's paramilitary Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) headquarters, scores of rioting militants were i

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Kanupriya Kapoor, Surabaya – The mother of an Indonesian family of six who launched suicide bomb attacks on three churches chatted to neighbors about schooling and swapped recipes, lead

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – The National Police arrested eight terror suspects in connection with the attack on the Riau Police headquarters in Pekanbaru.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin urged Ulemas to spread the words of peace during the Ramadan month.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has intensified its effort to identify and block online content related to radicalism and terrorism in the wake of

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Leaders and lecturers of Semarang State University (Unnes) signed on Tuesday an integrity pact in their effort to stop the spread of radical teachin

One of the details noted by witnesses of the suicide bombing on Sunday at the Gereja Kristian Indonesia (GKI) Church in Surabaya, committed by a woman named Puji Astuti who killed herse

Surabaya – Counterterrorism squad Densus 88 raided on Tuesday evening the residences of terror suspects believed to be linked to the recent bombings in Surabaya and Sidoarjo, East Java.

Jakarta – Officers from the Tangerang Police and the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested three men suspected of being members of a terrorist group and detained a

Four men were shot and killed as they staged an attack on a police headquarters that left one officer dead and two wounded, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, after a wave of deadly

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) will monitor all media broadcasts, especially on television during Ramadan this year.

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – A researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Social Conflict Studies in the University of Indonesia, Solahudin, said social media quickens the process of r

Edward Cavanough, Dili – Timor Leste headed to the polls on May 12 in its second general election in as many years, with the opposition coalition of parties led by the National Congress

Guteriano Neves – After nearly a year of political deadlock resulting from a minority government, and a divisive political campaign, Timor-Leste is set to have a stable government after

Sidney Jones – Indonesia has again exploded in a paroxysm of terrorist violence, but with a new twist: family suicide bombers.

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto said that the ratification of the Law on Terrorism, known more as RUU Terorisme, w

Jakarta – The Jakarta Administration plans to hold mass iftar (breaking of the fast) events starting in June, in 223 community units (RW), funded and organized by the administration and

Erin Cook, Jakarta – As answers slowly come to light about the families behind the terror attacks in Indonesia's second city of Surabaya and nearby Sidoarjo, questions are already being

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a US$1.63 billion trade deficit in April due to an "unusual" increase in imports, particularly on capital goods, the Central Statist

With tensions and fears running high in Indonesia following the terrorist attacks in East Java on Sunday and Monday, authorities have been urging the public to report hoaxes and hate sp

Jakarta (tabloidbintang.com) – Indonesian private-owned TV station Trans7 confirmed that they have cancelled the appearance of Maaher At-Thuwailibi from one of its scheduled Ramadan pro

Harry Suhartono – Indonesian currency tumbled to a 31-month low and bonds fell for a second day as foreign investors dumped the nation's assets after a spike in benchmark U.S. yields.

Mary Lloyd – If there is one thing that stands out about the attacks in Indonesia on Sunday and Monday it is that they were carried out by two families – two sets of parents, who togeth

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Religious freedom watchdog Wahid Foundation has joined forces with 55 other organizations to form the Citizens Against Terrorism Movement in the wake of t

Safrin La Batu, Surabaya – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested another four suspected terrorists in different cities in East Java during Monday night operati

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The Kolegium Jurist Institute (KJI) said on Tuesday that law revisions on their own would not be able to fully eradicate terrorism.

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Political analyst Maksimus Ramses Lalongkoe has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to quickly issue a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on terroris

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Regional Council of Catholic Scholars Association (ISKA) Jabodetabek strongly condemns the acts of terrorism in three churches in Surabaya on Sunday mornin

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of Yogyakarta residents gathered at Tugu Monument on Sunday to pray and show their solidarity following suicide bombings that hit three churches

Riza Roidila, Jakarta – Hundreds of Surabaya residents in East Java flocked to the city's Heroes Monument on Sunday night to hold a candlelit vigil against terrorism and mourn the victi

Friski Riana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has recently ordered the Indonesian National Police and Indonesian Military (TNI) to consolidate its efforts in combating terroris

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Security personnel reportedly thwarted on Sunday morning an attempted terror attack on Pniel Protestant Church in Palu, Central Sulawesi.

Jakarta – State-owned railway operator PT KAI has heightened security at several train stations in Jakarta following Sunday's suicide bombings in Surabaya, East Java.

Helen Davidson – Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmao is expected to be appointed prime minister again after the country's second parliamentary election in less than a year.

Karlis Salna, Viriya Singgih and Rieka Rahadiana – A wave of deadly bombings in Indonesia has put the spotlight on lawmakers and anti-terrorism laws that give police enhanced powers to

Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Kate Lamb – A family of five, including an eight-year-old child, has carried out a bomb attack on a police headquarters in Surabaya, killing at least four peop

Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun – Since becoming a democracy that supports freedom of speech, Indonesia, ironically, has seen an increase in people being jailed for blasphemy.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – The National Police's Densus 88 antiterror squad arrested six suspected terrorists allegedly linked to the pro-Islamic State (IS) group Jamaa

Michael Leach – After nearly ten months of political uncertainty, Saturday's parliamentary elections in Timor-Leste delivered a decisive result.

Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – The family suspected of the trio of church suicide bombings in Indonesia had recently returned from Syria before the attack, Indonesian authorities said.

Simon Roughneen, Dili – A three-party alliance led by Timorese independence hero Xanana Gusmao ousted the short-lived Fretilin minority government in East Timor's election held Saturday

Jakarta – Moody's Investors Service has said that if the negative exchange rate pressure persists for the rupiah, the economy will be affected.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have indicted Syafruddin Arsyad Temenggung, former chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (I

Michael Sainsbury, Dili – Timor-Leste's national resistance hero Xanana Gusmao, a former president and prime minister, is headed back to power in the nation's second general election in

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – At least eleven people have been killed and dozens injured in multiple suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, in the worst

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – No group has claimed responsibility so far for suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday morning.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Four suspected terrorists shot dead by members of the nation's elite Densus 88 counterterrorism squad in Cianjur, West Java had reportedly been training to la

Nelson de la Cruz, Dili – A coalition of East Timor's opposition parties, including a party led by independence hero Xanana Gusmao, was heading for victory on Sunday in an election held