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A wildfire has spread across the Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park on Indonesia's Java island, burning about 520 hectares of grassland and forest, authorities said on Monday. Mount Bromo, an active ...

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A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, causing some damage but no immediate reports of casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey ...

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who 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 ...

BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Two trains collided on Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing at least four people, officials said. The accident ...

A strong undersea earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia's main Java island on Saturday, causing some damage but there were no reports of casualties. The 6.1-magnitude quake was centered 41 kilometers ...