Haze triggers Asean’s red alert
Fires in Indonesia that have sent toxic smoke disrupting daily life across South-East Asia has triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc's meteorological monitor.
Rescued orang utan surge into rehab centre
In the jungles of Indonesian Borneo, a rehabilitation centre is taking in more orang utan as the country's worst wildfires in a decade sweep through the forest home of the critically endangered animals.
Four killed battling Java wildfires
FOUR people died on Indonesia's Java island fighting the blazes that have sent toxic smoke across South-East Asia, closed schools and fuelled a surge of respiratory complaints, authorities said.
Bocelli concerts under fire
The nation's top Islamic council met with government officials to voice its opposition to two upcoming concerts by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, arguing that the singer's past support for Israel is incompatible with the views of many in the Muslim-majority country.
A toxic haze hangs over the region
Thick haze turned the skies in Palangkaraya apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange, reducing visibility to a few dozen metres as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis.
Peatland damage blamed for fires
THE country has blamed peatland degradation by past food estates for its worst wildfire season in 11 years, and will work to restore its peat ecosystem, a senior official said.
Starving orang utan rescued from razed forest
A female orang utan who was likely starving was evacuated from an area razed by fire on the island of Borneo, officials said, as the country rescues hundreds of animals affected by the blazes.
Turtles back home after smuggling attempt
Authorities on the tourist island of Bali have released 20 protected green sea turtles back into the ocean after they were found and seized on an empty boat seemingly abandoned by wildlife smugglers fleeing a police raid.
Orang utan find safe haven
Eight orang utan rescued in recent weeks from blazes that tore through Borneo have been released into a protected forest, authorities and rescuers said.
Activists: Death row inmates trapped in cruel limbo
The local death row population has grown in the past year but no executions have been carried out in a decade, leaving inmates facing a cruel incertitude, a key rights group said.
