North Sumatra

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted on Wednesday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the sky. The eruption of the volcano in North Sumatra province lasted about 12 minutes, a local geological agency said.

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Aceh province in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra early Wednesday, seismologists said, causing panic and some reported damage.

Indonesia's president promised a review of the country's ageing air force fleet and a defence modernisation drive today as the death toll from the crash of a military transport plane in the north of the country climbed to around 140.

It all started with a dream that led to a chance meeting: A girl who had been swept away by the Indian Ocean tsunami a decade ago.

Mount Sinabung, a volcano in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, erupted 24 times on Friday.

A rumbling volcano in western Indonesia that has been spewing lava and clouds of gas high into the sky let out a new, powerful burst on Tuesday.

The authorities in Indonesia's Karo district of North Sumatra province evacuated 1,293 people from the slope of Mount Sinabung that erupted on Sunday, an official said in Jakarta on Monday.

Indonesian police today expanded their search for 131 inmates including four militants who escaped from an overcrowded jail during a riot that left five dead, a spokesman said.

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Wednesday, seismologists said, sending terrified residents fleeing from homes and buildings. The quake struck around 07:30 am (0030 GMT) some 300 kilometres (186 miles) southwest of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, at a depth of 45 kilometres, the US Ge...

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted on Wednesday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the sky. The eruption of the volcano in North Sumatra province lasted about 12 minutes, a local geological agency said.

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Aceh province in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra early Wednesday, seismologists said, causing panic and some reported damage.

Indonesia's president promised a review of the country's ageing air force fleet and a defence modernisation drive today as the death toll from the crash of a military transport plane in the north of the country climbed to around 140.

It all started with a dream that led to a chance meeting: A girl who had been swept away by the Indian Ocean tsunami a decade ago.

Mount Sinabung, a volcano in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, erupted 24 times on Friday.

A rumbling volcano in western Indonesia that has been spewing lava and clouds of gas high into the sky let out a new, powerful burst on Tuesday.

The authorities in Indonesia's Karo district of North Sumatra province evacuated 1,293 people from the slope of Mount Sinabung that erupted on Sunday, an official said in Jakarta on Monday.

Indonesian police today expanded their search for 131 inmates including four militants who escaped from an overcrowded jail during a riot that left five dead, a spokesman said.

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Wednesday, seismologists said, sending terrified residents fleeing from homes and buildings. The quake struck around 07:30 am (0030 GMT) some 300 kilometres (186 miles) southwest of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, at a depth of 45 kilometres, the US Ge...