Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The botched bombing of a US-franchised fast food outlet in Indonesia at the weekend bears none of the hallmarks of previous anti-Western attacks by Islamic mil

Jakarta – A bomb blast at a fast food restaurant in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday wounded one person, police said.

Jakarta – Two Islamic militants jailed for their role in helping bombers in the 2002 Bali blasts, were freed from prison after receiving sentence cuts to mark the Islamic holiday of Eid

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – A recent survey that found 9 percent of Indonesian Muslims justify the Bali bombings as a form of "jihad to defend Islam" confirms the ambivalence of some Muslim

Hamish McDonald – Four years after the first Bali bombings, a new picture has emerged of the Islamic jihadist organisation that carried them out, thanks to the insights of a former Aust

Benito Lopulalan, Kuta – Indonesians and foreigners on Bali have marked the fourth anniversary of deadly bombings by Islamic extremists with a series of emotional ceremonies and rituals

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Jailed leaders of Jemaah Islamiah are using Indonesian prisons as a recruiting ground and publishing house, translating radical Islamic texts and distributing the

Jakarta – Indonesia is angry at Washington's refusal to give it access to a suspected al-Qaeda member and Indonesian citizen held in Guantanamo Bay.

Jakarta – Groups of Christians, angered by the overnight executions of three Catholic convicts, torched cars and government buildings in East Nusa Tenggara cities Friday.

Irwan Firdaus, Palu – Christian mobs torched cars, blockaded roads and looted Muslim-owned shops in violence touched off by Friday's executions of three Roman Catholics convicted of ins

Sydney – A former leader of the Islamic militant group responsible for the deadly Bali bombings has warned that more attacks were likely this year.

Indonesia – A woman was killed Saturday night when a bomb went off in Poso, Central Sulawesi, only two days after a homemade bomb exploded and killed a man there.

The Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has claimed that the CIA was involved in the 2002 Bali bombings.

A terrorism researcher has warned of a new "bombing season" in Indonesia, as Islamic militants seek to repeat a pattern established since October 2002 of attacking Western targets betwe

Dave Hage, Jakarta – If you were an American president scanning the map for allies in the war on terror, sooner or later your finger would surely fall on Indonesia.

Patrick Walters – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged to intensify his country's counter-terrorism fight, promising close surveillance and pre-emptive measures aga

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Within hours of his release from prison, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir wasted no time reiterating his jihadi mission.

Irwan Firdaus, Solo – A militant cleric who served two years in prison for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings described the blasts Thursday as "God's will" and called those who carrie

Radical cleric Abu Bakar Baasyir, who has always denied accusations of leading regional terrorism network Jemaah Islamiyah, is due to be released from jail next month after serving 29 m

Zakki Hakim, Wonosobo – One of Southeast Asia's most-wanted militants escaped a raid on his suspected hideout Saturday, but two of his accomplices were killed during an hour-long shooto

Death row Bali bomber Amrozi proved he had lost none of his chilling bravado and humour despite being near execution as he made a rare court appearance to testify for radical Muslim cle

Jakarta – The National Police signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with Britain to increase police cooperation between the two countries to combat transnational crimes and terro

Chris Brummitt, Jakarta – A young Indonesian militant with close links to al-Qaida is now in charge of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, which remains dangerous despite

Jakarta – Fighting terrorism and military cooperation are set to top the agenda in talks between visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang

Sue Pleming, Jakarta – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began a trip to Indonesia on Tuesday seeking closer ties with the moderate Islamic country in a region where China's influe

Two Indonesians suspected of having links to the Bali bombings and an attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta are being interrogated in East Java.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Bandung Military Court sentenced Chief Pvt.

Zakki Hakim, Jakarta – Osama bin Laden's terror network helped fund suicide bombings in Indonesia over the past four years, a senior police official said Tuesday, highlighting links bet

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Jakarta – There is increasing evidence women are being used by terrorist groups here to smuggle and receive explosives and weapons, the National Police say.

Jakarta – One of Southeast Asia's most wanted militants is hiding in Indonesia's Central Java province, police said on Friday as they declared more suspects in attacks on the holiday is

Jakarta – Indonesian police are investigating possible links between a purported new militant network with al Qaeda, with initial indications showing it was set up by two key Malaysian

The International Crisis Group's Southeast Asia project is analyzing recent developments of terrorism in Indonesia, which most recently saw a bomb explosion kill seven people in Central

Jakarta – Four Indonesians arrested last week have been named suspects under anti-terrorism laws in October's restaurant bombings on Bali island and for hiding a key militant, police sa

Banda Aceh – Indonesia's president is under threat of assassination, his spokesman said, amid stepped-up security nationwide for the New Year holiday period over fears of extremist atta

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid led thousands of Muslims in a march through the capital on Sunday to promote "Islam for Peace" and counter militant

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Jakarta Police are requiring all hotels across the capital to report the identities of their guests to police as soon as they check in.

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Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government defended its plan to fingerprint all students of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) as part of the antiterrorism drive despite opposi

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Serang – High Commissioner Badrodin Haiti, the Banten Chief of Police, regrets the lack of participation by members of the general public as regards pursuing terrorists.

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – A National Police plan to fingerprint all students of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) across the country as well as their alumni has irritated the head of a

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The October bombings in Bali have proved to be a severe blow to Indonesia's tourism sector, with the number of foreign visitors dropping by nearly 31 percent to

Jakarta – Creating internal conflicts within radical groups through infiltration is one of the strategies being pursued by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) to fight terrorism, BIN di

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Jakarta/Semarang – The amount of money obtained by local terror groups, including Azahari's network, is substantial with a staggering US$75,000 channeled to the terror groups in the cou

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – To step up the fight against terrorism, the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has demanded that intelligence units be empowered to be able to arrest and interrogat

Dean Yates, Jakarta – A move by Indonesia's mainstream Muslim groups to form a team to counter militant ideas, work with the police and review radical publications is an important step

Jakarta – The country's leading Islamic figures, grouped in a special task force set up last week by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, are set to launch a war against militant ideas sp

The police shot dead Indonesia's most-wanted bomber, Dr.