Indonesia Children Deaths

Around 10,000 people, mostly women and children, died in India.

Citing "unacceptable levels" of toxins in the products, the WHO is seeking information about the raw materials used by six manufacturers in India and Indonesia

Indonesia's food and drug agency said on Monday it had revoked licences for syrup-type drug production by two local firms for violating manufacturing rules, as it investigates the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute kidney injury (AKI).

Indonesia on Saturday banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia from cough syrups in the Southeast Asian country as it investigates acute kidney damage that has killed more than 20 children in the capital Jakarta this year.

About 24,000 people have been evacuated and two children killed in floods on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said Tuesday, with environmental campaigners blaming deforestation for worsening the disaster.

A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to have sex with him, authorities said Thursday.

Indonesia scrambled on Monday to get help into quake-hit Sulawesi island as survivors streamed away from their ruined homes and accounts of devastation filtered out of remote areas, including the death of 34 children at a Christian camp.

Indonesian police have found hundreds of books containing ISIS propaganda targeting children at the home of a suspect arrested in connection with the stabbing death of an officer, a police spokeswoman said today.

Indonesian officials say at least nine people, including three children, were killed and 30 others injured after a suspension bridge collapsed near the resort island of Bali.

Rescuers battled through landslides and blocked roads Wednesday to reach survivors from an earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province that killed at least 24 people, including several children who died when a mosque collapsed.

An earthquake killed six children and left 14 others trapped on Tuesday when a mosque collapsed during a Koran reading session in Indonesia's Aceh province, bringing the confirmed death toll from the disaster to 11.

Around 10,000 people, mostly women and children, died in India.

Citing "unacceptable levels" of toxins in the products, the WHO is seeking information about the raw materials used by six manufacturers in India and Indonesia

Indonesia's food and drug agency said on Monday it had revoked licences for syrup-type drug production by two local firms for violating manufacturing rules, as it investigates the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute kidney injury (AKI).

Indonesia on Saturday banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia from cough syrups in the Southeast Asian country as it investigates acute kidney damage that has killed more than 20 children in the capital Jakarta this year.

About 24,000 people have been evacuated and two children killed in floods on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said Tuesday, with environmental campaigners blaming deforestation for worsening the disaster.

A French retiree could face the death penalty in Indonesia on charges that he molested over 300 children and beat those who refused to have sex with him, authorities said Thursday.

Indonesia scrambled on Monday to get help into quake-hit Sulawesi island as survivors streamed away from their ruined homes and accounts of devastation filtered out of remote areas, including the death of 34 children at a Christian camp.

Indonesian police have found hundreds of books containing ISIS propaganda targeting children at the home of a suspect arrested in connection with the stabbing death of an officer, a police spokeswoman said today.

Indonesian officials say at least nine people, including three children, were killed and 30 others injured after a suspension bridge collapsed near the resort island of Bali.

Rescuers battled through landslides and blocked roads Wednesday to reach survivors from an earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province that killed at least 24 people, including several children who died when a mosque collapsed.

An earthquake killed six children and left 14 others trapped on Tuesday when a mosque collapsed during a Koran reading session in Indonesia's Aceh province, bringing the confirmed death toll from the disaster to 11.