We look at how people in major cities around the world are celebrating the religious holiday that draws a line under a month of fasting and special prayers.
State-owned pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma is accused of washing and reselling used Covid nasal swabs in test kits in Medan, with an estimated 9,000 people who were possibly tested using recycled swabs.
Indonesia’s military confirms that all 53 crew members are dead as it declares that the missing submarine sunk and cracked open after finding items from the vessel over the past two days.
KRI Nanggala 402 had lost contact after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island, and the navy chief has said it was expected to run out of oxygen early Saturday morning.
A formal statement, which was issued by ASEAN leaders after they met with Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing in Jakarta, calls for “immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar” and urges all parties to “exercise utmost restraint”.
Officials say oxygen supply of the submarine lost in Bali Sea, which had been cleared for use, would last only until Saturday if not already crushed by water pressure.
While the US, Australia, France and Germany are offering to help, Singapore and Malaysia have already dispatched rescue ships to support the search for the KRI Nanggala 402 vessel that went missing during live torpedo exercises.
Reports of damage included parliamentary buildings, a school, a hospital and houses in several cities, while a large gorilla statue in an amusement park in the town of Batu lost its head.
The plan includes cooperation between Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey in trade, agriculture and food security, SMEs, energy, transport, tourism, and health.
Indonesia's disaster management agency said it had recorded 130 deaths in a cluster of remote islands near East Timor, where another 27 have been officially listed as dead.
Tropical cyclone Seroja pounded Indonesia and East Timor after torrential rains triggered floods and landslides that have killed at least 113 people and left dozens more missing.
Hundreds of people have had to flee their homes when flash floods and landslides swept Indonesia's Flores Island.
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