Indonesia

When the world’s newest country broke away from Khartoum, it discarded Sudan’s main official language, too. But casting aside the oppressor’s tongue did not heal the country’s divisions.

Introducing hard-learned local wisdom into warning efforts could save thousands of lives.

The latest earthquake and tsunami could be a major setback for the country’s democracy.

The latest disaster in Indonesia shows the need for the global system put in place in the wake of 2004’s devastating waves.

Hundreds of thousands of Uighur have been detained without trial in China's western region of Xinjiang.

After the jailing of Jakarta's former governor, Chinese Indonesians are caught between age-old prejudice and fears of a rising China.

How have such bad laws gotten on the books in Muslim countries? It's complicated.

The country has no choice but to live with religious identity politics — but it doesn't have to like the consequences.

The president needs to learn of the benefits and necessity of multilateralism.

Indonesia’s once-vaunted religious pluralism is ceding ground to sharia law.

The Trump administration’s current approach will make the United States less rich, less safe, and less informed.

Liberal Muslims are fretting as fundamentalists seize the popular moment.

Indonesians and Malaysians are afraid they could be next in the U.S. president’s crosshairs.

Hary Tanoesoedibjo is a sketchy billionaire with ties to pro-Islamist politicians — and the ear of the next U.S. president.

Every one of the world’s recorded earthquakes over the last 15 years turned into one terrifying animation.

The country's elite think a young woman convicted of poisoning her friend is a victim, but ordinary Indonesians have cast her as a villain.

The Indonesian president has defended his suggestion that sex offenders be castrated.

Indonesia's anti-narcotics chief said he plans to imitate the Philippines' aggressive anti-drug policies.

A damaging leak of data on India’s new submarine highlights how undersea warfare is at the heart of a regional contest for naval supremacy.

A red scare is sweeping Indonesia, digging up the ghosts of the 1965-1966 mass killings, and threatening a fragile democracy.