Indonesian conservation officials are racing to locate and rescue a saltwater crocodile that has had a motorbike tyre wrapped around its neck for more than a year on the island of Sulawesi.
The stricken crocodile, measuring around 13-foot (4 metres) long, has been regularly spotted in a river running through Central Sulawesi's capital, Palu, since 2016.
But a recent video shot by aRead more
Heavy downpours triggered floods and landslides in North Sulawesi province of central Indonesia on Sunday, leaving eight people wounded and nearly 5,000 others internally-displaced, a disaster agency official said.
Waters submerged 1,130 houses up to 1.2 meters high in Bitung city along with landslides in several spots of the province, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of national disaster management agency.Read more
A helicopter with 13 military men on board crashed in Poso of Central Sulawesi province on Sunday, killing 12 soldiers and leaving one missing, Indonesian Armed Forces Spokesman Colonel Berlin G said.
"12 have been found, all of them dead. Another is still missing," the spokesman told Xinhua by phone.
The chopper went down at 17:55 p.m. local time whenRead more