Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesian police say its anti-terror squad has arrested a suspect and foiled a plan for terror attacks on August 17, Independence Day.

Antara & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said on Tuesday that thousands of Indonesian Islamic State sympathizers will be allowed to return to their hom

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Terrorist groups have found a cheaper way to recruit militants: through encrypted chat rooms on text-messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, a terrorism ex

Jakarta – Thousands of Islamic State sympathizers from Indonesia currently in Syria may wish they had the opportunity to vote for the right candidates in the April 17 election, as the

Jakarta – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism unit is tracking terrorist group Jamaah Islamiyah's (JI) source of funding after arresting its leader Para Wijayanto, accordi

Jakarta – Indonesian police have arrested the leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant network linked to al-Qaeda, authorities said on Tuesday, on suspicion of recruiting members and se

Indonesian police arrested Para Wijayanto, the alleged leader of the Al Qaeda-linked extremist network Jemaah Islamiah (JI) on Saturday in Bekasi.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – A man believed to be the emir, or top leader, of the South-east Asia terror group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) has been arrested after a 16-year-long hunt.

Farouk Arnaz & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The National Police's elite anti-terrorism squad arrested five militants, including Para Wijayanto, leader of the terrorist group Jamaah Is

Jakarta – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested on Sunday a terror suspect from Klaten regency identified only as BTK, 42, while he was on his way to Ponorogo

Hussein Abri, Jakarta – More than ten Indonesian nationals at the Al-Hawl refugee camp expressed elation once Tempo journalist Hussein Abri introduced himself on Thursday, May 23.

Jakarta – Personnel from the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad and Central Kalimantan Police have detained 34 suspected terrorists, including women and children, affil

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police detained 34 people in Central Kalimantan on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in plans to carry out a suicide bomb attack in Jakarta, an official s

Mikael Niman & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The elite antiterrorism squad of the National Police arrested four terror suspects in Bekasi, West Java, on Monday and Tuesday.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad has arrested a suspected terrorist in Jatiteken village, Mojolaban, Sukoharjo, Centr

Stefi Thenu, Jakarta – The man who launched a failed suicide bomb attack on a police post in the Kartasura subdistrict of Sukoharjo, Central Java, earlier this week, reportedly admitte

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Kartasura, Central Java – Neighbors of a suspected 22-year-old suicide bomber identified only as RA have revealed details about the man, whom they say had a somewhat

Jakarta – Central Java Police investigators have scoured a security post in the Tugu Tani area in Kartasura for evidence, following a failed bombing attack that injured the suspected b

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The National Police's Densus 88 antiterror squad on Saturday afternoon arrested six individuals on suspicion of terrorism in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

Jakarta – Indonesia is deploying 32,000 security personnel in the capital Jakarta after warnings of a possible militant attack during the official announcement of presidential election

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The National Police's antiterrorism squad, Densus 88, raided a suspect's house in Cibinong district of Bogor, West Java, on Friday afternoon, arresting a 51-year

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The police appealed to the public to refrain from staging a rally on May 22 following possible threats of terror attacks that day.

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesian police said Friday (May 17) that they have arrested dozens of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria-linked terror suspects, including some who planned to detonate

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – The National Police's Densus 88 antiterror squad arrested three suspected terrorists in Sukoharjo and Sragen, Central Java, on Tuesday.

Francis Chan, Jakarta – Indonesia is deploying more than 32,000 troops to secure its capital Jakarta, following intelligence of possible terrorist attacks during the release of the pre

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Two Indonesian citizens alleged to be linked to terrorist plots were arrested in Malaysia recently, the National Police announced in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police arrested an alleged terrorist during a raid at a mobile phone store in North Bekasi, Bekasi City, West Java, on Wednesday, following a string of raids last

Jakarta (Koran Tempo) – Al-Chaidar, an observer of terrorism from Aceh's Malikussaleh University, said there are currently some 37,000 terrorists in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Indonesian anti-terrorism police have shot dead one Islamist militant and detained six suspected of planning attacks on officers with firearms or suicide bombings under the c

James Massola, Denpasar – The owners of the site where the Sari Club once stood are demanding $14 million, including $9 million in compensation, before they hand over land for the cons

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Denpasar – The owners of the former Sari Club site and the Bali Peace Park association have struck a $4.9 million deal to build a memorial to the people

Jakarta – Members of the National Police's elite anti-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, killed two suspected terrorists in an exchange of fire during a raid on a shophouse in Bekasi, West

Jakarta – Two alleged terrorists were killed in an explosion they had triggered themselves to avoid arrest by antiterror squad Densus 88 in Jatikramat, Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday.

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – The controversial redevelopment of the Sari Club Bali bombing site into a five-storey restaurant is on hold again, with proponents of a Peace P

James Massola, Amilia Rosa and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Bali bombing survivors are furious that construction of a five-storey restaurant and nightclub complex on the site of the Sari

Jakarta – Four police officers were caught off guard when a terror suspect they arrested stabbed them with a machete in Batujajar, west Bandung, West Java, on Thursday.

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Wiranto says that people who invite others to golput – to abstain from voting – in the 2019 el

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Three members of the Ali Kalora-led East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) died during a gunfight on Thursday afternoon, March 21, against the police's Tinombala Task

Jakarta – Police have arrested a man they refer to as both M and Abu Arkam in Berau, East Kalimantan, accusing him of involvement in the explosions in Sibolga, North Sumatra, that have

The following is a statement by the Organisation of Socialist Youth Groups (OKMS) on the terrorist attack against worshipers performing Friday prayers in Christchurch New Zealand.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Indonesian religious organizations have called on the people of Indonesia, which is home to the world's largest Muslim population, to avoid provocation

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan and Jakarta – The National Police have said the wife and children of suspected terrorist Husein, aka Abu Hamzah, blew themselves up early on Wednesday in the fam

Jakarta – Police arrested two suspected terrorists affiliated with the outlawed homegrown pro-Islamic State (IS) movement terror group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) in separate location

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A study suggests that young Indonesian Muslims who use the internet more often tend to have radical and intolerant views compared to their peers who rarely

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Routine police traffic stops are nothing but uneventful in Indonesia.

Mirra Noor Milla and Haykal Hafizul Arifin – Terrorism was one of the main topics in the first round of Indonesian presidential debate last week.

Ruslan Sangadji, Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Karina M.

Rizal Bomantama, Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) commander Air Martial Hadi Tjahjanto says that the TNI's new Special Operational Command (Koopsus) will be involved in combating te

Jakarta – Police officer chief Brig. Matheus was found dead on Monday at Mutiara Cemetery in Depok, West Java.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Two police officers were shot at while attempting to move the body of a beheaded person at the village of Salubanga in Sausu, Parigi Moutong, Central Sulawesi o