USA:  A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs cannot be declared the copyright owner of the photos, a federal judge said.

USA: A man who claimed at trial that his “evil twin” robbed 10 petrol stations, convenience and beer stores in eastern Pennsylvania must spend at least 60 years in prison.

The victims in a double murder case in Hong Kong for which a British bank worker has been charged have been identified as Indonesian women, officials said.

Cave paintings as old as those found in Europe have been found in Indonesia, raising new questions about early mankind and the development of art in prehistoric times.

Cave paintings as old as those found in Europe have been found in Indonesia, raising new questions about early mankind and the development of art in prehistoric times.

A new species of a tiny, colourful bird has been found by Irish scientists in a small under-explored island chain in the tropics.

DNA from endangered animals at Dublin Zoo is being stored at arctic temperatures in a modern day Noah’s Ark to help save them from extinction.

Muslim hard-liners have resumed protests against the Miss World beauty pageant, as organisers insisted the event will go ahead this weekend on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

An Indonesian passenger jet crashed into a cow and skidded off the runway as it came into land at an airport in the centre of the archipelago.

A pair of rare monkeys have started a new family at Dublin Zoo.

Thousands of Indonesians protesting at plans to push up fuel prices by more than 30% have clashed with riot police.

A helicopter chartered by an Australian mining company slammed into a mountain in eastern Indonesia, killing all 10 passengers and crew last night.

A volatile volcano in central Indonesia has erupted again, spewing ash almost 600m into the air.

A volcano in central Indonesia spit lava and smoke thousands of feet into the air early today, sending panicked residents fleeing down its slopes. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Dozens of terrorists jailed in Indonesia are being given sentence reductions as part of the country`s Independence Day commemorations today.

MUSLIMS may be banned from drinking the world’s most expensive coffee – extracted from the dung of a civet cat – over concerns it is unclean.

THOUSANDS of followers of a conservative Islamic group held peaceful demonstrations in several Indonesian cities yesterday against the planned visit of US President Barack Obama at the end of this month.

AN Indonesian military transport plane carrying 110 passengers and crew crashed and burst into flames in East Java yesterday, killing at least 98 people on board and on the ground, officials said.

High tides hindered rescuers today as they searched for nearly 250 people missing and feared dead after a ferry capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

AN INDONESIAN ferry carrying 250 passengers capsized and sank yesterday after being battered by a large wave in storms in the country’s east officials said, adding bad weather and nightfall made rescue efforts difficult.

A ferry carrying around 250 passengers and 17 crew has sunk in a storm in central Indonesian waters, officials said today.

A powerful earthquake has jolted eastern Indonesia, killing at least two people, damaging hundreds of homes and triggering a region-wide tsunami warning.

Residents fled their homes in panic today after a powerful earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia today.

A series of powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, sending a 10-foot tsunami crashing to shore and damaging hundreds of houses as panicked residents fled to the hills.

A US mining company executive was cleared by an Indonesian court of dumping dangerous levels of toxins into a bay.

Three Islamic militants were today found guilty of beheading three Christian girls in central Indonesia and dumping their heads in nearby villages.

A powerful earthquake in north-eastern Indonesia today caused panic, shook buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea, and triggered a brief tsunami warning.

A US Navy ship has picked up signals from the flight data recorders of an Indonesian plane that crashed into the sea on New Year’s Day with 102 people onboard, the US Embassy said today.

A STRONG earthquake shook buildings in an Indonesian provincial capital yesterday, sending residents fleeing from their homes, witnesses said.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck under the sea of northeastern Indonesia today, damaging a church and injuring three people, the US Geological Survey and witnesses said.

Parts of a plane that crashed with 102 people on board have been found by fishermen or washed to shore in north-west Indonesia today, 10 days after the plane disappeared in stormy weather, officials said.

The US Navy will scour Indonesia’s western coast today for the wreckage of a Boeing 737 jet that disappeared in a storm more than a week ago with 102 passengers on board.

AN Indonesian navy ship has detected metal on the ocean floor that may be the wreckage of a jetliner that disappeared one week ago with 102 people on board, a top officer said yesterday.

Fourteen people from a ferry that sank in Indonesia were picked up by a passing cargo ship after spending nine days on a life raft, a rescue official said today.

Rescuers expanded their search for a missing plane to the sea today, after senior Indonesian officials mistakenly said yesterday that the Boeing 737’s charred wreckage had been found along with a dozen survivors.

INDONESIA’S transportation minister yesterday said rescuers had not found the wreckage of a missing passenger jetliner, despite earlier statements from aviation and police officials that it had been located.

Rescuers today found the smouldering wreckage of an Indonesian plane that crashed into mountains during a storm killing at least 90 people.

Officials said today that 90 people on board an Indonesian aeroplane which crashed yesterday were killed, while the remaining 12 on board survived.

An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 102 people disappeared in stormy weather today, and rescue teams were sent to search an area where military aviation officials feared the Boeing 737-400 aircraft may have crashed.

Rescue teams were dispatched after a commercial Adam Air passenger plane with more than 100 people on board sent out a distress signal while flying in bad weather in Indonesia, the transport minister said today.

A gunman has killed a Christian minister in central Indonesia, where religious tensions have been mounting since the executions last month of three Catholic militants.

Three Christians on death row for killing Muslims during religious clashes in Indonesia six years ago have asked for a presidential pardon, lawyers and government officials said today.

Indonesian authorities were today preparing to execute three Christian militiaman found guilty of carrying out bloody attacks on Muslims during sectarian fighting in 2000.

An Indonesian court today sentenced the alleged mastermind of 2002 bombing of a McDonald’s restaurant to life in prison, saying the Islamic militant planned the attack that came just weeks after the Bali nightclub attacks.