West Java

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  Indonesia Safari Park Visitor Throws Plastic Bag In Hippo's Mouth, Sparks Outrage

  According to the official, since wildlife laws protect all creatures at the sanctuary, mistreating them could have legal repercussions.

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  Earthquake Of 6.5 Magnitude Hits Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

  An undersea quake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday night, without triggering giant waves, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.

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  Study Slammed For Claiming World's Oldest Pyramid Was Built 25,000 Years Ago

  According to the study, the pyramid is situated in Gunung Padang site in West Java, Indonesia.

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  162 Killed In Indonesia Earthquake, Hundreds Injured

  A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks.

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  11 Killed In Indonesia Landslides, Scores Missing

  At least 11 people were killed, including a six-year-old boy, and scores more were missing after deadly landslides hit Indonesia's West Java province, authorities said Sunday.

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  Researchers Find Supergiant 'Sea Cockroach' With 14 Legs. It's Nightmare-Inducing

  Researchers from Singapore have found a giant 'sea cockroach' at the bottom of the Indian Ocean - and it may make you shudder.

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  Indonesia's Most Active Volcano Erupts

  Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted on Friday and spewed a column of ash 6 km into the air. Situated at the borders of Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces, the volcano erupted at 8.20 a.m. with ash spreading to the west of the crater

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  Multiple Quakes Jolt Indonesia, Tsunami Alert Issued

  Multiple quakes have jolted Indonesia's West Java province prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert, disaster management officials said on Saturday.

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  Indonesia Arrests 2 Over New Year Suicide Terror Plot

  Indonesian police said today they have arrested two men, including a member of China's Uighur minority, allegedly involved in a planned New Year suicide attack in Jakarta.

• Indonesia's Tight, Dirty Presidential Race May be Decided in West Java

  The closest and dirtiest presidential race in Indonesia's young democracy could be decided on Wednesday among the mosques and rice paddies of West Java, the nation's most populous province.

• Investigators probe Lion Air crash in Bali

  Indonesian investigators on Sunday began working to determine what caused a new Lion Air passenger jet to miss a runway while landing on the resort island of Bali, crashing into the sea without causing any fatalities among the 108 on board.

• Plane misses Bali runway and lands in sea, 45 injured

  An Indonesian plane carrying more than 100 passengers broke in two after missing the runway at Bali airport Saturday and landing in the sea, leaving dozens injured but no fatalities.

• Indonesian ferry collides with cargo ship; eight dead

  A passenger ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank west of Indonesia's main island on Wednesday morning, and at least eight people were killed, officials said.

• Indonesia's Java island hit by 6.1 magnitude quake

  An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off the Sukabumi district in West Java in the western part of Indonesia, 24 km (15 miles) below the surface of the sea, the state meteorology agency said on Monday.

• Indonesian military plane crashes, 24 dead

  Twenty four Indonesian military personnel were killed on Monday when their Fokker-27 plane crashed into a hangar at an airport in West Java amid heavy downpour and burst into flames, officials said.