Dili – More than 400 Christians have been sheltered in East Timor's capital, Dili's largest mosque since Friday, when fighting between rival gangs forced them to flee.

Hundreds of gang members battled with guns and machetes in East Timor's capital Dili today, officials and witnesses said, killing one and injuring two.

Dili – UN police have arrested 26 people on suspicion of involvement in deadly clashes between East Timor martial arts gangs that have left two people dead and six badly wounded, a spok

Dili – Rival martial arts gangs staged rolling battles across East Timor's capital today after weekend violence that reportedly saw a man hacked to death, and others critically injured.

Dili – A Brazilian missionary has been killed after being caught up in communal fighting in East Timor's capital, a UN spokeswoman and a government statement said on Monday.

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The 30th congress of the Indonesian Christian Student Movement ended in chaos here Saturday when a dispute turned violent.

Dili – Stone-throwing between two street-roaming youth gangs in the capital of East Timor Thursday marred an otherwise peaceful celebration of a major Catholic holiday in the tiny resti

Andi Hajramurni and Ruslan Sangaji, Makassar/Poso – Troops were sent to Poso on Monday, one day after Vice President Jusuf Kalla and religious leaders here drew up a list of government

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The Central Sulawesi Antiviolence Caucus asserted Friday that four police generals in charge of maintaining order in the conflict-ridden city of Poso should be h

Poso/Jakarta – New violence flared up in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Wednesday when a mob of villagers ransacked a house rented by policemen after a villager was shot by security forces

Palu – A man was shot dead when police in Indonesia's religiously-divided town of Poso, in Central Sulawesi, came under attack while trying to disarm residents, police have said.

Ary Hermawan and Ruslan Sangadji, Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) warned of more attacks during Idul Fitri celebrations in religiously-divided Central Sulawesi after a Chr

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – A civil society activist in Poso, Central Sulawesi, denied Friday military accusations that he had been involved in the violence that followed the executions of

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – A civil society activist and local officials are some of the people the military blame Thursday for the recent violence in conflict-torn Poso, Central Sulawe

Ruslan Sangadji, Poso, Central Sulawesi – Paramilitary police are being deployed here after a series of attacks and bombings during the weekend amid rising religious tensions following

Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian police are trying to prevent further fighting between two warring Papuan tribes after three people were killed, and more than a dozen injured in remote

Markus Makur, Timika – Two tribes involved in a series of deadly clashes over the past week in Mimika regency, Papua, have sat down for peace talks, but no deal has yet been reached.

Jakarta – The head of the recently concluded security operation in Central Sulawesi's restive Poso and Palu said Friday the level of violence in the area had subsided during the six-mon

A land dispute between residents of two villages in North Seram district, Maluku, erupted into violence earlier this week, resulting in two deaths and three injuries.

Ruslan Sangadji, Poso – A bomb believed to be homemade exploded Saturday night at a church in the Central Sulawesi regency of Poso, but no casualties were reported.

Hasrul, Kendari – The mood in Pasarwajo city, the capital of Buton Regency in Southeast Sulawesi, was tense Sunday following the shooting of people protesting against the regental elect

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Peace has returned to Makassar following protests triggered by a housemaid's death at the hands of her Chinese-Indonesian employer, but there's still an unea

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The South Sulawesi capital of Makassar is returning to normal despite rallies staged by students following the death of a domestic helper allegedly after bei

The National Police appealed Wednesday to villagers in Lawangan to give up a man accused of masterminding the 2005 beheadings of three Christian schoolgirls in Poso, Central Sulawesi.

Jakarta – Hundreds of students are threatening to launch a sweeping operation against Chinese-Indonesians in Makassar, South Sulawesi, within 48 hours if the police fail to investigate

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The smoldering, bloody sectarian conflict in Maluku and ethnic warfare in Kalimantan may flare up again unless the government addresses injustices and ling

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – For those people who wonder why the sectarian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi remains smoldering, local Muslim and Christian peace activists have a theo

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Ruslan Sangaji, Palu – Fabianus Tibo, one of three men on death row for their roles in the attacks that killed some 200 Muslims six years ago in Poso, Central Sulawesi, has accused the

Jakarta, Makassar – A bomb exploded at a Hindu temple in the conflict-scarred town of Poso, Central Sulawesi on Friday, a day after the government announced an extension of its security

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government has extended its security operation in the conflict-scarred region of Poso, Central Sulawesi, by another three months because it says t

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Jakarta/Ambon – An Ambon Police officer was questioned Monday following a clash between police and military personnel which sparked a weekend of violence in which two people died.

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Jakarta – Lawyers, seeking a stay of execution for three Christian men on death row convicted for their roles in Poso's religious violence five years ago, say they have new evidence poi

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Defying opposition from critics who demanded an independent probe, the government officially set up a Security Operation Command (Koopskam) on Thursday, in a bi

Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government's decision to establish a Security Operation Command (koopskam) to investigate and curb the violence in Palu and Poso

Abdi Mari, Palu – Authorities searched Sunday for the suspected Islamic militants who set off a bomb at a Christian market in central Indonesia, killing seven people and underscoring th

Abdi Mari, Palu – A bomb tore through a meat market crowded with people shopping for New Year's celebrations Saturday in an Indonesian province plagued by sectarian violence, officials

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Some 250 residents observed the 7th anniversary of the Poso conflict on Wednesday by staging a protest outside the Central Sulawesi Police Headquarters.

Ambon – Army soldiers and police officers were fought a pitched battle at dawn on Monday in Ambon city, leaving three civilians injured.

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Jakarta – One battalion of troops is being sent to help the police maintain law and order in the Central Sulawesi town of Poso following a series of incidents that it is feared could re

Ruslan Sangadji, Poso – A bomb blast jolted Ambon early on Thursday as Muslims prepared to celebrate Idul Fitri, and later in the afternoon, some hundreds of kilometers away, residents

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Lying helplessly in hospital, the stab wound on her face covered with antiseptics and gauze, the girl cries out in pain.

Jakarta/Palu – With the police still in the dark over the identities of the killers of three Christian schoolgirls in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Saturday, the security authorities came

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The killing of three schoolgirls in the Central Sulawesi town of Poso has raised concern among Christian and Muslim leaders, who called on their followers to re

Three teenage Christian girls were beheaded and a fourth was seriously wounded in a savage attack yesterday by unidentified assailants in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi.

Ade Rina and Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Indonesian police beefed up security patrols on Sunday in the Poso area, plagued by sectarian violence for years, after mysterious assailants in b