TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian island of Java is one of the world’s most densely populated areas. Unfortunately, the island's forest cover continues to shrink. According to the latest data from ...

The vehicle was travelling between Jakarta, the nation's capital, and Yogyakarta. Emergency teams rushed to the scene to ...

A passenger bus traveling from Jakarta to Yogyakarta overturned in Semarang, Java, on December 22, 2025, killing 16 people ...

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Jakarta, June 30 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Friday evening, injuring at least 10 people, while one person died of suspected heart attack during ...

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Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Monday.

The world’s population has now passed eight billion, and in some parts of the planet, space is at a premium. From the packed streets of Lagos to Tokyo’s endless skyline, people are squeezing into ...

An earthquake shook Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 14 people, damaging dozens of buildings and sending residents into the capital's streets for safety. The U.S. Geological ...

An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude hit Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday, the country’s geophysics agency BMKG said. According to the BMKG, the epicenter of the earthquake was on land and there ...