Sydney - There’s been an ongoing war against public broadcasters, notably the BBC and PBS, waged mainly by commercial media interests trying to reduce their competition. In the case of ABC Australia, politicians are getting involved.

Sydney - The Snowden security materials have put Australia in the uncomfortable position of being accused without much hope of denial of spying on Indonesia in 2009. Like spying on the Indonesian President and his wife’s private phone calls.

On November 13, a moving Facebook note about Typhoon Haiyan and the current situation in the Philippines was posted. It is currently going viral and is entitled, 'I Need To Tell You.'

A trailer has been released for the Indonesian gritty martial arts film called "The Raid 2: Berandal" which is the sequel to "The Raid: Redemption."

Jakarta - Millions of Indonesian workers are striking this week to press for a higher minimum wage and also universal health care coverage.

Miss Philippines Megan Young was crowned Miss World on Saturday night in a glittering ceremony that took place in the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, amid strict security measures in the pageant venue following protests by a group religious activists.

The Spiny Mekot rat was discovered in the mountain forests of Halmahera in the Maluku archipelago. Some of its defining futures include bristly hair and a white tail tip.

Many activists are pleading for Indonesia to forego the execution of a grandmother for drug smuggling, even as other nations impose punishments for the manufacture, distribution and use of drugs considered illicit and others legal.

Australian researchers have discovered a new shark species that uses its fins to "walk" across stony reef heads and the sandy bottoms of oceans in Indonesia.

New Zealand is not a big country, and so it is that the volcano eruption that occurred off its coast Monday was of the smaller variety. Though it did manage to spit 2km. (1.24 miles) of steam into the air, it did little else. Or nothing else.

A bull snake was spotted slithering about Douglas Park in the city of Regina, Sask. this week. The snake was seen by a local who snapped a photo and showed it to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in the city, who would like to find it.

The Philippine Azkals will face the Indonesian national football team in a friendly game Aug. 14 at the Manahan Stadium, Indonesia in preparation for the upcoming 2014 Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup in Maldives.

Maumere - Lava from an exploding volcano killed six people sleeping in the beach village below on a small island in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, after Ash and smoke from the volcano erupted about a mile into the air, authorities said.

Things got serious last Tuesday after a N.Y. performance artist and playwright, Ethan Fishbane, threw a prop suicide bomb in his apartment's garbage bin. The superintendent saw it, called police and soon the area was swarming with cops.

New York - Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" is not an expose on Indonesian genocide survivors. The 2012 documentary, which debuted in New York City July 19, shows re-enactments of boastful killers during the reign of U.S.-backed General Suharto.

New Delhi - Nissan has revived its once popular Datsun cars. The company had retired the brand about 30 years ago, however, last year announced it was looking to bring it back.

The death toll in Indonesia's 6.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the province of Aceh in the island of Sumatra Tuesday has risen to 22 while more than 200 to have been injured.

Hazardous smoke coming from neighboring Indonesia threatens Singapore residents as fire continues to spread in the vast forest of Sumatra since the beginning of the week.

Scientists are concerned that the canine distemper virus may be infecting the Sumatran tiger living throughout Indonesia.

When the Jascon-4 tugboat capsized while stabilizing an oil tanker filling up in rough seas at a platform, Harrison O'kene thought he and the other 11 crew members were goners. Mr. O'kene was right about the others but, miraculously, not about himself.