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MENA Newswire, JAKARTA: The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia’s West Java province has risen to 50, police said Wednesday, as rescuers continued searching for dozens of missing people in steep terrain hit by days of heavy rain. The

JAKARTA, December 7, 2025: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has announced an ambitious plan to acquire up to 200 helicopters beginning next year, a move aimed at bolstering both Indonesia’s defense capabilities and its national disaster response system. The announcement, reported

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov. 14, 2025: Torrential rains across Indonesia’s Java island triggered a series of landslides that killed two people and left 21 others missing, according to national disaster officials on Friday. The incidents occurred late Thursday following several days

More than 3,700 people have lost their lives and nearly 5,100 have been injured following two powerful earthquakes that struck Myanmar, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, 114 individuals remain missing, and tens of thousands have been

A powerful earthquake in Myanmar and its aftershocks reverberating through Thailand have left at least 154 people dead and scores more injured or missing, with authorities warning the toll is expected to rise. The magnitude 7.7 quake struck central Myanmar