Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The Indonesian currency and stock markets staged a quick recovery on Friday, as hopes are high that the deadly bombing a day earlier will not undermine the ec

Relations between Indonesia and Australia are going through another testing time following the bomb attack outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday.

Alan Boyd – Terrorism thrives on symbolism, and investigators did not need to look hard for signposts after Thursday's bombing outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.

Sidney Jones, Singapore – Indonesia has more victims to mourn after yet another attack that killed and maimed ordinary civilians.

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Lack of coordination among security officers has been blamed for what has been seen as a poor early warning system, which is one reason they were unable to pre

Leony Aurora, Jakarta – Syahromi got on his feet in a daze and saw a colleague, Anton Sujarwo, lying motionless near the door of the Australian embassy guard post where they worked as s

Jakarta – Indonesia's Muslim leaders have called for a united stand against terrorism, which they said was tarnishing the nation's image.

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Malaysian bomb-maker Azahari Husin stood by the bedside of his cancer-stricken wife and told her: "I have a greater cause in life.

Abdul Khalik and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – It didn't take the police long to pin the blame for the deadly blast in front of the Australian Embassy here on Thursday on fugitive Malaysian

President Megawati Soekarnoputri called for calm and urged people to remain on the alert following Thursday's huge bomb blast in front of the Australian Embassy in Kuningan, South Jakar

Jakarta – At least seven were confirmed killed and over 180 injured in a bomb explosion outside the Australian Embassy on Thursday morning, just 11 days ahead of the presidential electi

Matthew Moore, Jakarta/Mark Forbes, Canberra – At least nine people have been killed and 182 injured by a massive bomb attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, in the first direct t

Jakarta – Thursday's bombing at the Australian Embassy, which killed at least seven people, drew strong nationwide condemnation, with many saying the latest terror attack would further

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – Jakarta stocks and rupiah closed lower on Thursday on the back of renewed security fears stemming from the deadly bomb blast in front of the Australian Embass

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Supporters of terror suspect Abu Bakar Ba'asyir fought a running battle with police officers and hurled shoes and other debris inside a courtroom, shortly after

Indonesian officials reacted with outrage after a man jailed for life for his key role in the deadly Bali bombing was treated to coffee in a Jakarta Starbucks by police, who say the ou

Matthew Moore – The South Jakarta District Court is best known as a place where judges give decisions to the highest bidder, but its ruling this week to set aside the Bali bombing charg

Militant Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was charged under tough anti-terror laws for a deadly attack on a Jakarta hotel, but despite mounting international pressure Indonesian prosecuto

An Indonesian court jailed an alleged member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group for 10 years for his role in the deadly bombing of a Jakarta hotel but cleared him of involvement in th

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Police are struggling to hold Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – While unable to implicate Abu Bakar Ba'aysir in the Bali bombings, the National Police said on Thursday they would charge the Muslim cleric with involvement in t

Jeffrey Winters, Chicago, USA – The real controvery in the recent Constitutional Court decision does not turn on retroactivity.

Jakarta – All convictions of the Bali bombers remain in force despite a legal decision that the law under which they were tried is unconstitutional, the head of the court which made the

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Several members of the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) network are still planning to launch terror attacks in various parts of the country despite the arrest of some of th

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The trial tomorrow of the alleged financier of the Bali bombings will be the first case affected by Friday's landmark decision disallowing the law used to prose

Matthew Moore – Just an "advisory opinion" is how Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has for three days been playing down Friday's stunning decision by Indonesia's highest court upholdin

Margo Kingston – G'day.

Matthew Moore, Mark Forbes – The Bali bombers may be set free after a ruling from Indonesia's Constitutional Court that the terrorism law used to convict them is illegal.

Canberra – An Indonesian court's ruling that the country's anti-terror laws can't be applied retroactively does not necessarily mean those already convicted in the Bali bombings will be

An Indonesian court has jailed an Islamic militant for three years for having attended a meeting which plotted the deadly Marriott hotel bombing in August last year, an official said.

Michael Roston – Perhaps nowhere else in the world is there a more challenging need to carefully balance the global "war on terrorism" with promoting progress on human rights and the de

Jakarta – An Indonesian Islamic militant convicted of involvement in a terror plot against Western interests was jailed yesterday for five years.

Jakarta – Indonesian police have, for the first time, accused controversial Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir as being the man behind a series of bombings that have shaken the country sinc

Australia's Defence Minister says Asia must confront the unpalatable fact that it's a breeding ground for Islamic extremism.

An Indonesian court has rejected a lawsuit brought by lawyers for terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir which sought his release from police detention.

Simon Elegant – For four years, the Jakarta branch of the International Crisis Group (ICG) has provided one of the clearest windows into the troubled state of Indonesia.

Farish A Noor – What has upset some sections of the Indonesian political and military elite are not the findings of Sidney Jones and her team, but rather the links and ties they have un

Tony Sitathan – The latest crackdown by the Indonesian government, just one month before presidential elections on July 5, is not being aimed at rebel forces in Aceh, but rather at the

Jakarta – Human rights group Amnesty International has joined a chorus of criticism against Indonesia's decision to expel a US researcher, saying the tactic was reminiscent of former di

Suwarjono, Jakarta – Protests are continuing in response to the deportation of the director of the South-East Asia International Crisis Group (IGC), Sydney Jones.

Timothy Mapes, Jakarta – Indonesia's move to expel a US citizen, who has become the most highly regarded expert on terrorism in Southeast Asia, could renew questions about the determina

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri has backed a decision to expel a leading anti-terrorism researcher and has linked the move with Indonesia's right to take actio

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Indonesia's apparent crackdown on free speech increased yesterday when President Megawati Sukarnoputri abruptly ended a background briefing for Australian editors

Indonesia's decision to expel a foreign analyst who has published sometimes-critical reports on terrorism and separatism harks back to the era of dictator Suharto, local and foreign rig

Washington – Indonesia's decision to expel a prominent American political analyst has raised concerns about the country's crackdown on critical observers ahead of the July 5 presidentia

Jakarta – Indonesia's decision to expel terrorism-expert Sidney Jones, the Southeast Asia director of the International Crisis Group (ICG), was welcomed Wednesday by followers of Muslim

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government has ordered Sidney Jones to leave the country by midnight tonight.

The decision of the Indonesian government to expel Sidney Jones and other expatriate staff of the International Crisis Group is a clear attempt to put the clock back, and at the same ti

Akmal Nasery Basral – It seems that calamity has now struck within the International Crisis Group (ICG), a worldwide institution known for its study and review of national and internati

Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri, in a rare meeting with the press on Monday, denied responsibility for the pending expulsion of the International Crisis Group (ICG) director