Dragon dancers perform in a torch parade parade ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Tangerang, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/)

Hundreds evacuated from dozens of flooded neighbourhoods around Jakarta on Tuesday as torrential rains pounded the Indonesian capital and its surrounding satellite cities, causing several rivers to overflow.

Joy was mending his nets when a reporter from Mongabay Indonesia visited him last October in the fishing village of Ketapang in Tangerang district, on the northwestern outskirts of Jakarta. He said he planned to go out to sea later that afternoon.

The relocation site for families forced to make way for an upscale Jakarta property development was hit by a major flood this year, as extreme rain triggered fatal floods and landslides across Indonesia’s main central island of Java.

Ramadan is a time of togetherness for Muslims, as they fill mosques for hours of prayer and share large, lavish meals with family, friends and neighbors after days of dawn-to-dusk fasting.

Following last year's massive layoffs in the textile industry, at least two Tangerang-based manufacturers of foreign footwear brands have laid off 3,500 workers due to a decline in orders, a local manpower official has said,

During the operation, police arrested seven suspects -- four men and three women, aged between 19 and 53 -- on human trafficking charges.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims in Indonesia are shopping for sweets and new clothes and taking part in traditional festivities as millions mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, set to begin Saturday.

Indonesia will conduct the second phase of a weather modification operation next week to mitigate severe flooding in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrived in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, late Friday, part of a massive repatriation movement that is straining regional resources.

Indonesian authorities have started to seed clouds to stem heavy rainfall that caused flooding around capital Jakarta, officials said, after one person

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Aviary Park Indonesia, which is a wildlife conservation center and environmentally friendly tourist destination, was officially opened on Monday, February 24, 2025. The 5.9-hectare bird park in South Tangerang was inaugurated by the Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni.