Security forces have retaken control of an overcrowded prison in western Indonesia following a night-long riot, and have captured most of the estimated 30 convicts who escaped, authorities said.

Scores of inmates, including terrorists, are still on the run after escaping from a crowded Indonesian jail that was still burning today after prisoners set fires and started a deadly riot.

Rescuers finally reached five men trapped in trees by several Sumatran tigers for five days after the angry animals mauled a sixth man to death, police said.

The US has temporarily closed its consulate in Indonesia’s third-largest city due to ongoing protests over an anti-Islam film produced in America.

A powerful earthquake jolted western Indonesia early today, killing a man and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes in towns and villages across Sumatra island’s northern tip.

AN Indonesian volcano that had been quiet for four centuries shot a powerful new burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet in the air yesterday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.

A VOLCANO in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early yesterday in its first eruption in 400 years.

A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early today in its first eruption in 400 years.

A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia today as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s shock which is feared to have killed thousands.

IT’S one hell of a bundle of joy when your newborn baby boy comes into the world weighing a massive 19.2lb (8.7kg).

People have flocked to an Indonesian hospital for a glimpse of the country’s largest ever recorded baby.

Indonesia will soon execute a sorcerer who was found guilty a decade ago of killing 42 women.

HELP finally came from the sky yesterday for Indonesian villages washed flat by the tsunami a week ago, but no amount of aid could stop the loss of life.

Indonesia’s human bird flu death toll climbed to 37 today after the World Health Organisation confirmed that an 18-year-old boy died from the H5N1 virus, a senior health ministry official said.

The World Health Organisation today confirmed five more bird flu deaths in Indonesia, raising to 30 the number of human fatalities from the H5N1 strain of the virus in the sprawling archipelago.

AN INDONESIAN jetliner crashed into a crowded neighbourhood moments after a shaky take-off yesterday and burst into flames, killing 147 people, including dozens on the ground.

An Indonesian passenger jet which crashed into a crowded residential neighbourhood in the city of Medan has killed 143 people.

An Indonesian jetliner crashed into a residential district in the city of Medan shortly after takeoff today and burst into flames, killing at least 60 people, the transport minister and a doctor said.

SURVIVORS combed the rubble of buildings for loved ones on Indonesia's earthquake-devastated Nias island yesterday as reports emerged of hundreds of additional deaths on a nearby island group.

Officials estimate 1,000 people have died since Monday’s 8.7-magnitude quake, and said Indonesia would welcome foreign military help for its latest disaster.

Hundreds of thousands of people in tsunami-ravaged Indonesia will need food handouts in the coming months while a measles epidemic looms in the hardest-hit province, aid officials said today.

THE global death toll from the Asian tsunami shot above 226,000 yesterday after Indonesia’s Health Ministry confirmed the deaths of tens of thousands of people previously listed as missing.

THE tsunami disaster in Asia has had an immediate impact on sport in the region, with the 10th South Asian Games, scheduled for Sri Lanka in August, postponed as the nation concentrates on rebuilding after the recent tragedy.

A rain-triggered landslide smashed into a bus on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 37 passengers and leaving 6 others buried under tons of mud, officials said today.

Indonesia’s environment minister today labelled illegal loggers ”terrorists” for rampant deforestation said to be the main cause of a devastating flood on Sumatra island that left more than 200 people either dead or missing.

Indonesian police have arrested a man matching the composite sketch of a suspect wanted for the Bali nightclub bombings that killed nearly 200 people, it was announced today.