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Bali volcano eruption: What we know so far

Thousands of people have been evacuated from around Mount Agung amid fears of an "imminent" eruption

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Bali on maximum volcano alert

Bali's Mount Agung: thousands of residents ordered to evacuate and hundreds of flights cancelled amid fears of a major eruption

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Bali on maximum alert over volcano eruption threat

Thousands of people have been evacuated from around Mount Agung amid fears of an "imminent" eruption

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Travel warnings raised as Bali volcano erupts

Dozens of flights cancelled to and from the Indonesian island as a thick ash cloud towers into the sky.

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Stranded sperm whales die off Indonesian coast

The whales were part of a group of ten mammals that beached in Ujong Kareng

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Fiji: A cry for help at UN climate talks

Fiji, the first small island state to preside the talks, is on the frontline of climate change

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Time-lapse video shows volcano erupting in Indonesia

Mount Sinabung has been active since 2013

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Bali volcano evacuees prepare for eruption

130,000 people on the Indonesian island of Bali are now in makeshift evacuation centres

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Thousands flee volcano on Bali

Mount Agung has been spewing white smoke and sending tremors through the surrounding area, causing authorities to recommend evacuation.

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Bali evacuations amid fears of volcanic eruption

Bali's rumbling volcano has sparked travel warnings from Britain, Australia and Singapore

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Muslims celebrate feast of the sacrifice

Muslims from around the world have been celebrating the feast of the sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha.

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Flexing muscles in West Java

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Telegram messaging app to remove terrorist-related content

The Indonesian authorities blocked access to the platform saying many forums were "full of radical and terrorist propaganda".

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Indonesia begins Ramadan

More than 200 million of Muslims in Indonesia have started fasting on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Deadly blasts rock Jakarta

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Two men caned 83 times in Indonesia for gay sex

Two men yesterday were caned by religious police in Indonesia for gay sex.

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LGBT community under increasing attack in Indonesia

LGBT community in Indonesia face growing prejudice

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Indonesia: Rare albino orangutan recovering

Following her emergency rescue on April 29 from a village in the central Indonesian island of Kalimantan, the albino orangutan is recovering at the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation’s Orangut

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Christian governor of Jakarta imprisoned for blasphemy

Outgoing governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama - known as Ahok - was sentenced to two years on accusations of insulting Islam.

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Indonesian authorities hunt inmates after mass jail break

Indonesian authorities have been hunting around 200 prisoners who broke out from an overcrowded jail on Sumatra island.