Jakarta (Indonesia)

By Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching environmental laws, citing irregularities in the investigation and trial,...

(Corrects headline and first paragraph saying Chevron itself would appeal) By Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching...

* Rate-setting scandals in US, London triggered review in Singapore * Review finds NDF traders colluding to manipulate currencies-Reuters * Banks fire dozens of traders, review continues * Traders say they had to "chat" to find "price discovery" *...

The conviction of a former Baltimore County man in a deadly hotel bombing in Indonesia is seen as a turning point in the long-delayed prosecution of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay. Majid Shoukat Khan, who on Wednesday admitted to conspiring with Osama...

A studious young man with an aptitude for computers, Majid Shoukat Khan was working as a database administrator in a high-rise office building in Tysons Corner, Va., on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. After American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the...

By Jared Ferrie WIN KITE, Myanmar, May 3 (Reuters) - Three Muslim men peered over a bamboo fence built recently to fortify their village in central Myanmar. They gazed across dry rice paddies towards a nearby Buddhist community, looking for rising dust,...

* Bali crash highlights risk of turbulent winds on landing * Southeast Asia's top holiday spots lack critical wind shear alerts * Bali airport traffic controllers over-worked, official says By Neil Chatterjee and Trisha Sertori JAKARTA/DENPASAR,...

By Manuel Mogato MASINLOC, Philippines, April 23 (Reuters) - For decades, fishermen along the northwestern Philippine coast treated the teeming fishing grounds of the Scarborough Shoal as their backyard, less than a day's boat ride away. Now, they see...

An Indonesian Supreme Court hopeful may have torpedoed his chances at the job after suggesting that women might enjoy being raped, infuriating a wide array of critics. Daming Sanusi made the inflammatory remarks Monday while being interviewed by a...

DEPOK, Indonesia (AP) — When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn't know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It's a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as...

It looks like some Muslims might not be singing along at Lady Gaga's June concert in Indonesia. The mega pop star was given a thumbs-down earlier this week by a "high-ranking member" of the country's highest Islamic authority, according to The Jakarta...

Tess French lived in many places before moving to Somerset. The 39-year-old Somerset resident is a native of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Her first degree is from the University of Indonesia and her second from Southern Illinois University in...