Mozambique itself carries the name of Mussa bin Bique, an Arab Muslim slave-master who was the sultan or ruler of Mozambique ...

Dozens of people are still missing following a landslide on Indonesia's Java island on Saturday that killed at least 25 people. The search continues for 72 people who are believed to have been buried ...

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that sinking land—not just rising oceans alone—will be the main cause of ...

Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit ...

Days of torrential rains had caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through Pasir Langu village in the West Bandung district of West Java province. Mud, rocks, and trees tumbled down the ...

For those who seek luxury at any price in a tropical paradise, Bali has become a destination second to none. Over six million ...

There is a new name appearing regularly in Indian travel conversations, and it is not Bali or Bangkok. Bintan Island, a relatively small Indonesian island sitting just south of Singapore, welcomed ...

Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 280 million people, sits on major seismic faults and is frequently hit by earthquakes​.

Her island was named by the Portuguese, is predominantly Catholic, and though among the Lesser Sunda Islands lying east and at some distance from Jakarta, it played a key role in the making of modern ...