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A rescuer watches heavy machine clear up mud after a landslide hit a road killing a number of people in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Landslide triggered by rain in Indonesia’s Sumatra island kills 9 people in a tourist bus
Rescuers have recovered two more bodies from a tourist bus hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, bringing the death toll to nine.
 
An Environment Ministry official shows pangolin scales confiscated from suspected smugglers during a press conference in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Indonesia seizes more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales said to be meant for Chinese clients
Indonesian authorities say they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales worth over a million dollars.
 
Rescuers search for missing people after a landslide that killed a number of people and left some others missing in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Rescuers recover 20 bodies from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island
Indonesian rescuers have recovered 20 bodies and are looking for two villagers who remain missing after flash floods on Sumatra island caused mud and rocks to tumble down mountainsides.
 
A young girl walks past the wreckage of a car after a landslide killed a number of people and left some others missing in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving 16 dead and 6 missing
Indonesian officials say rescuers have recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island. Six people are still missing.
 
A young girl is evacuated from the boat carrying Rohingya Muslims due to her medical condition, in the waters near the coast of Labuhan Haji, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
About 140 Rohingya Muslims on wooden boat off Indonesia’s coast as residents refuse to let them land
Indonesian officials say about 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, are on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh, and local residents refused to allow them onto land.
 
Ethnic Rohingya women rest under a tent after landing on a beach in Kuala Besar, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Dozens of likely Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, were found on a beach in Indonesia's North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said on Sunday. (AP Photo/Dedy Zulkifli)
More Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia despite rejection from locals
Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea.