More than 130,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will soon erupt.

Fears of an impending volcanic eruption in Bali have prompted more than 120,000 people to flee their homes.

A powerful undersea earthquake has rocked Indonesia's province of Aceh, killing at least 25 people, according to officials.

Survivors of Indonesia’s anti-communist massacres in 1965 submitted a list of what they say are more than 100 mass graves to the government after the president called for an investigation into the killings.

Shackled in chains, forced electroshock therapy, the whispering of Koranic verses, and baths under moonlight.

Great excitement on the phone last Sunday morning, communicated via Skype from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by two friends of ours, British long-term residents there.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Coffee production in Indonesia will probably drop 20% next year from a record as the strongest El Nino in almost two decades hurts crops in the world’s third-largest producer of robusta beans.

The Indonesian government has punished 23 companies for causing forest fires that spread thick, smoky haze around Southeast Asia, an official said yesterday.

A New Zealand zoo has decided it will not euthanise a male Sumatran tiger that attacked and killed a veteran zookeeper.

A New Zealand zoo has decided that it will not euthanise a Sumatran tiger that attacked and killed a veteran zookeeper.

With ‘poshtels’ popping up all over the world, Suzanne Harrington ventures across the water to investigate London’s Safestay hostel.

Rescuers with heavy machinery searched a shattered residential neighbourhood for any survivors from an Indonesian air force transport plane that crashed shortly after takeoff and killed more than 70 people.

THE YEAR of the Goat began on Thursday.

Forget twins or even triplets — a British zoo has welcomed a brood of 43 tiny endangered frogs.

A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search.

A sprawling undersea search area for a missing Malaysian airliner in the southern Indian Ocean could be extended further south based on new satellite analysis.

Ireland’s wildest attraction just got a whole lot wilder thanks to new tiger woods.

Tune in to TV3 at 9pm to watch a documentary following three people struggling with gender identity, campaigning for acceptance and petitioning the Irish government to be recognised in their true gender.

The Malaysian military claims it has radar evidence showing that the missing Boeing 777 plane changed course and made it to the Malacca Strait.

Two men travelling with stolen passports on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane were Iranians who had bought tickets to Europe and were probably not terrorists, according to officials.

Fed by a global hunger for smartphones and tablets, illegal tin mining has turned what was once a tropical paradise into a hell on Earth. Matteo Fagotto reports.

The Irishman whose device for measuring wind became the standard, harboured a deep secret at home, says Robert Hume

Indonesian rescuers will search through thick ash hoping to find survivors after Mount Sinabung volcano erupted engulfing victims in scorching clouds, killing 16 people including four secondary-school students and their teacher.

‘Tony the Fridge’ runs the length of Britain

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.

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A strong undersea earthquake has hit parts of western Indonesia, but no tsunami warning has been issued and there have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Indonesian police have rescued 43 starving, dehydrated people who were adrift in a boat for nine days after their engine broke down while fleeing Sri Lanka in hopes of reaching Australia.

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.

In nations around the Indian Ocean, thousands scrambled for higher ground after powerful quakes triggered fears of a disaster in a region all too familiar with the power of a tsunami.

Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia today sending frightened people to high ground .

A massive earthquake off Indonesia triggered tsunami fears across the Indian Ocean today sending people in coastal cities fleeing to high ground.

A tsunami watch has been issued for countries across the Indian Ocean after a large earthquake hit waters off Indonesia, sending people pouring from their homes in panic.

The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned today.

WARSAW Zoo has a pair of Indian rhinos.

SEVEN dogs starved of food and water for two weeks are suspected of eating their Indonesian owner after he returned to his hometown in Manado from a holiday, local media has reported.

A small but shallow earthquake hit the sea off Indonesia today, causing no injuries or reports of damage.

Yesterday was just a tiny bit shorter because of the giant earthquake off the coast of Japan.

A LOOK at the world’s most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis:

I MET a Wild Man of Borneo last week.