An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Java island of Indonesia on Tuesday. But there was no potential for tsunami and no casualty reported, Xinhua quoted officials as saying.

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) met in Indonesia on Saturday under the cloud of conflict on the Thai-Cambodia border and ongoing rights abuses in Myanmar.

An Indonesian passenger plane crashed into the sea on Saturday near the eastern island of Papua with 27 people on board, a transport ministry spokesman said.

"A MA-60 aircraft crashed into the sea, s

Indonesia on Saturday called on fellow Southeast Asian states to "give serious attention" to soaring food and energy prices, warning inflation could drive more people into poverty.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, government seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The qua

Indonesia's top Islamic body on Tuesday condemned the sea burial of Osama bin Laden, as radicals promised a day of mass prayer to mourn the al Qaeda leader's death at the hands of US special forces.

Indonesian police want to question an Al Jazeera cameraman in connection with a foiled Good Friday church bombing, they said on Saturday.

Indonesian's President on Thursday warned that the world's most populous Muslim-majority country was confronting a rising tide of Islamic radicalism, after a spate of hate crimes and bombings.

At least 19 suspects have been arrested for plotting to bomb a cathedral in the Indonesian capital city during Easter, officials said.

Ansyaad Mbai, chief of the national anti-terrorism agency, said

A series of strong earthquakes hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi early on Monday, damaging houses and causing panic, officials said, but they had no word on casualties.

Reports from the area said