Editorial In the Western world, the United States is deplorably the only country to still use capital punishment. This abhorrent, barbaric instrument of governments is, however, showing a trend towards abolition. Last year, of 198 countries, 21 carried out executions, a fall of more than a third in the past decade, according to figures from [...]

The government is to ban all foreign non-governmental organisations from raising public funds in Indonesia, with a regulation in the works to make it law.

An Indonesian man arrested after writing “God doesn’t exist” on his Facebook page has been jailed for 30 months for sharing explicit material about the Prophet Mohammed online.

 Hot Water: A show in Bali featuring performing dolphins is drawing criticism from animal activists, who say it is cruel to use such sea creatures for human entertainment. The show, preparing to open at Central Parkir in Kuta, is organised by the Ancol leisure park in Jakarta. Photograph by Juliyusman Sine/The Bali Times

Bali Police have arrested a 33-year-old Indonesian man for allegedly molesting and trying to rape a sleeping nine-year-old Australian girl.

Police shot dead an armed pro-independence activist in Papua province on Thursday, angering residents who set homes and cars ablaze, locals and officials said.

Have you ever gazed out of an aircraft window at a mountain range, city, island or small cluster of lights in the middle of a desert and asked, I wonder what that is down there?

Budget carrier AirAsia is moving its strategic planning centre to Indonesia from its Malaysian headquarters as it looks to expand its regional operations.