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Trains arrive and depart from a subway station in the Coney Island section of New York, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Kids in New York keep dying while ‘subway surfing’ on top of trains. Can they be stopped?

New York City is trying to deter dangerous “subway surfing” through education programs, but some transportation advocates and lawmakers say it’s not enough.
February 7
Serge Atlaoui, center, an ailing French national who has spent almost 20 years on death row in Indonesia for drug offenses, is escorted by security officers as he attends a news conference ahead of his return to France, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia sends home an ailing French national on death row

February 4
Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, left, shows the way to France's Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu as they inspect honor guards during the welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesian and French defense ministers agree to deepen cooperation to maintain regional stability

January 31
In this photo provided by Auriga Nusantara, deforestation is visible on Gag Island, Indonesia, in the nickel mining area of PT Gag Nikel on Dec. 22, 2024. (Auriga Nusantara via AP)

Experts and advocates warn of nickel mining’s risk to precious marine region of Indonesia

January 31
Protesters throw eggs during a demonstration in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, following a fatal shooting of an Indonesian migrant worker in neighboring waters. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Protesters pelt Malaysian embassy with eggs over Indonesian migrant worker shooting

January 31

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3 British nationals accused of smuggling drugs face the death penalty in Indonesia

Three British nationals accused of smuggling nearly a kilogram (over two pounds) of cocaine into Indonesia were charged Tuesday in a court on the tourist island of Bali. AP video by Sigit Purwono
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This photo provided by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a view of an eruption of Mount Ruang in the Sulawesi island, Indonesia, Friday, April 19, 2024. More people living near the erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

Airport near volcano reopens as Indonesia lowers eruption alert level

April 22, 2024

Indonesian police arrest 8 suspected militants, part of a banned extremist group with al-Qaida links

April 20, 2024
This photo provided by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a view of an eruption of Mount Ruang in the Sulawesi island, Indonesia, Friday, April 19, 2024. More people living near the erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

More than 2,100 people are evacuated as an Indonesian volcano spews clouds of ash

April 20, 2024
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, walks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese foreign minister criticizes US role in Gaza talks during visit to Indonesia

April 18, 2024
In this photo released by Sitaro Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Sitaro), hot molten lava glows at the crater of Mount Ruang as it erupts in Sanguine Islands, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. (BPBD Sitaro via AP)

Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave

April 18, 2024
Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures upon the arrival for a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Apple CEO says company will ‘look at’ manufacturing in Indonesia

April 17, 2024
In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

Bodies of 3-year-old girl and her mother recovered after Indonesian landslides that killed 20

April 16, 2024

Rescuers find last 2 bodies in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island landslide which killed 20

April 16, 2024
In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

Bodies of 3-year-old girl and her mother recovered after Indonesia landslides that killed 20

April 16, 2024

At least 14 dead and 3 missing as landslides hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island

April 14, 2024
FILE -Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, April 12 ,2024, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his health, stamina and mobility. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in longest trip of papacy

April 12, 2024

Indonesian Muslims hold Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of Ramadan

April 10, 2024
Motorists queue up to board a ferry to cross to Sumatra Island ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday at Ciwandan Port in Cilegon, Indonesia, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Millions of Indonesians are packing bus and train stations, airports and highways as they head to hometowns to celebrate Thursday's Eid al-Fitr festival with family. (AP Photo/Dziki Oktomauliyadi)

AP PHOTOS: Indonesia expects biggest-ever Eid homecoming, a mass movement of over 190 million people

April 9, 2024

Security forces kill 2 Papuan rebel leaders in shootout near jointly owned US-Indonesian gold mine

April 7, 2024
In this photo provided by Malaysia's Prime Minister's Office, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, left, shakes hands with Indonesian president-elect and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto at the Prime Minister's office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, April 4, 2024. (Sadiq Asyraf/Malaysia's Prime Minister's Office via AP)

Indonesia’s president-elect holds talks with Malaysian leader on bolstering ties

April 4, 2024
A farmer tends their fields in stifling temperatures as surrounding hills are choked by smoke from field and hill fires across the region, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Luang Prabang, Laos. Financial officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations were meeting in the city to discuss ways to secure financing to help shift to more sustainable and less polluting agriculture and energy. (AP Photo/Elaine Kurtenbach)

Southeast Asian countries consider ways to boost ‘green financing’ as region chokes on smog

April 4, 2024
Indonesian Defense Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto, left, is shown the seat for talks by Japanese counterpart Minoru Kihara, right, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Indonesian president-elect vows to further strengthen ties with Japan after visiting China

April 3, 2024
A woman walks near logs swept into a neighborhood affected by a flash flood in Pesisir Selatan, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. In Indonesia, environmental groups continue to point to deforestation and environmental degradation worsening the effects of natural disasters such as floods, landslides, drought and forest fires. (AP Photo/Mavendra JR)

In Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and climate change

March 30, 2024
A Catholic devotee makes a cross with palm leaves during a Palm Sunday Mass at the St. Joseph Cathedral in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. Palm Sunday marks the sixth and last Sunday of the Christian Holy month of Lent. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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March 29, 2024
Losing presidential candidate Anies Baswedan, center left, talks to journalist as his running mate Muhaimin Iskandar, second left, listens upon their arrival for hearing appeals against the presidential election results, which were lodged by losing candidates, at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia’s top court hears election appeals of candidates who lost and want a revote - test 1 qa

March 27, 2024
Rescuers stand on a boat during the search for the victims of a capsized Rohingya refugee boat, in Aceh Jaya, Indonesia, Sunday, March 24, 2024. The bodies of a number of Rohingya refugees were found in the sea as the Indonesian authorities ended a search for survivors from a boat that capsized near Aceh province, the provincial search and rescue agency said Sunday. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)

Six more bodies are found days after a boat of Rohingya refugees capsized off Indonesia

March 25, 2024

Indonesia’s military arrests 13 elite soldiers who are accused of involvement in a torture video

March 25, 2024
Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat before being rescued in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia's northernmost coast on Wednesday, according to local fishermen. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)

Bodies of 3 Rohingya refugees are found dead as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat

March 24, 2024
Todung Mulya Lubis, left, a prominent Indonesian lawyer representing losing presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo registers a legal challenge alleging widespread irregularities and fraud in Feb. 14 presidential election, at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. The election winner, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, received more than 96 million votes, or 58.6%. He was accused of human rights abuses under a past dictatorship and chose the son of the popular outgoing president as his running mate. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A losing candidate in Indonesia’s presidential election demands a revote, alleging fraud

March 23, 2024
Rohingya refugees rescued from a capsized boat rest at a temporary shelter in Meulaboh, Friday, March 22, 2024. Rescuers pulled out dozens of survivors who had been standing on the hull of the capsized boat on Thursday. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)

UN agencies fear about 70 missing or dead from capsized Rohingya refugee boat

March 22, 2024

A strong earthquake shakes Indonesia’s Java Island but no reports of casualties

March 22, 2024
FILE - Ethnic Rohingya disembark from their boat upon landing on a beach in Ulee Madon, North Aceh, Indonesia, on Nov. 16, 2023. A dramatic story of survival and rescue off the western coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province has put the spotlight again on the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar who make extremely dangerous voyages across the Indian Ocean to seek better lives. (AP Photo/Rahmat Mirza, File)

Indonesia’s rescue of Rohingya refugees at sea is a reminder of an ordeal that began in Myanmar

March 22, 2024

Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat

March 21, 2024
FILE - Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan talks to media after Friday prayer at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Baswedan, a runner-up in Indonesia’s presidential election filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Thursday, March 21, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

Indonesia presidential runner-up alleges widespread fraud as he contests official election results

March 21, 2024
FILE - Presidential candidates, from left, Ganjar Pranowo, Prabowo Subianto and Anies Baswedan hold hands as they pose for photographers after the first presidential candidates' debate in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Indonesia’s electoral commission announced on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, that Defense Minister Subianto, a former general linked to past human rights abuses, was elected president. The results immediately drew allegations of fraud from Subianto’s political rivals.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

Prabowo Subianto’s election as Indonesia’s next president is official. Why is it being challenged?

March 21, 2024
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