Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Police in eastern Indonesia have arrested two suspected terrorists allegedly involved in bank robberies to fund their activities, the national police spokesman said Sunday. They were riding a motorcycle on a street when an anti-terror police squad...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
A helicopter and four boats had been searching off Sumbawa, east of Bali, after the Afghan asylum seekers made a distress call to Australia late on Wednesday. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says authorities informed him the boat had been found this...
Voice of America
| 1 year ago
While authorities now hope to rescue the group, the refugees, including ethnic Hazaras from Afghanistan, now face detention in Indonesia. After a distress call was made Thursday evening and all contact with the vessel was lost, authorities reported...
The Jakarta Post
| 1 year ago
Archipelago A wooden ship carrying up to 60 migrants from the Middle East en route to Australia sank in Maluk Bay, West Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), on Thursday night. A search and rescue team has been deployed to search the Sumbawa waters.
Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Indonesian authorities said Friday there was no sign of a missing boat which was reported to be carrying dozens of Afghan refugees and had sent a distress signal. Thursday afternoon by a refugee advocacy group which had spoken to people on the boat...
The Australian
| 1 year ago
Indonesia's search and rescue agency received a distress signal via the Australian Maritime Safety Authority yesterday afternoon but there are fears the vessel has already sunk. A spokeswoman for Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said Indonesian...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 1 year ago
An official at Indonesia's search and rescue agency says they received a distress signal via the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on Thursday afternoon. A search and rescue mission is now being coordinated from Lombok, east of Bali. Asylum...
