Playboy was targeted for prosecution by a hard-line Islamic group in Indonesia because it is “the world’s icon of pornography”, a prominent member testified today in the trial of the American magazine’s top editor.

An Indonesian militant was today sentenced to death for helping plan and carry out last year’s suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy.

The first suspect to face charges in the 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta was sentenced to three and a half years in prison today for assisting the attack’s perpetrators.

Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir formally denied in court today any involvement in the Bali and J W Marriott Hotel bombings, saying the attacks that killed 214 people ran counter to his principles.

AN Indonesian Muslim militant who allegedly helped mix chemicals used to bomb Jakarta’s Marriott hotel one year ago told his trial that he regrets his actions.

An Indonesian militant denied allegations he headed the al Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group as his trial began today on charges that he hid a key suspect in the Bali bombings.

The suspected spiritual head of an Islamic terror group implicated in the Bali bombings filed a lawsuit today against Indonesia’s police chief demanding he be set free and compensated for his time in custody.