An international maritime group urged Indonesia on Thursday to increase patrols in the South China Sea after pirates attacked nine vessels in less than three weeks. The International Maritime Bureau said pirates armed with guns and machetes had robbed.. (complete news..)

The Center for Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation has put Mt. Seulawah Agam in Aceh on the lowest alert level following a series of earthquakes recorded in the last few days. As a consequence of the new status, the center declares the area in a radius of 3 kilometers.. (complete news..)

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s popularity has taken a battering since his landslide election last year, new surveys show. A Indo Barometer poll shows Yudhoyono’s approval rating in August had dropped almost 40 points since August 2009, while.. (complete news..)

Human rights workers in Cambodia face "an increasingly hostile environment" as authorities use violence, intimidation and "trumped-up" criminal charges to silence them, activists warned Thursday. Rights group Licadho said that as of mid-July around 60.. (complete news..)

Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi has denied rumors romantically linking him with an unnamed TV news reporter. The hearsay has been circulating after online news portal Rakyat Merdeka Online on Wednesday broke the story, in which Freddy’s wife.. (complete news..)