Indonesian village turns unwanted trash into COVID helper
Tembok Gede, IndonesiaReuters A homemade robot designed by Indonesian villagers and scientists for fun has found a new use during the pandemic – bringing food, and hopefully a smile, to self-isolating residents who have contracted COVID-19. An eclectic assembly of household items like pots, pans and an old television monitor, it is now named the […]
INDONESIA: ANTI-TERROR LAW PASSES IN WAKE OF SUICIDE ATTACKS ON CHURCHES
NITHIN COCA, of Religion News Service, reports from Indonesia…
Death toll “unimaginable” if bomb had exploded inside church, says Indonesian church leader
World Watch Monitor The leader of the Indonesian church most badly damaged by the suicide bombing attacks on Sunday, 13th May, has said he “can’t imagine” how much greater the damage could have been had the attacker detonated the bomb inside the church. Rev Yonathan Budiantoro of Surabaya Pentecostal Church, told the Christian charity Open Doors International that the morning service […]
Indonesian bombings “did not come as a surprise”, says analyst
World Watch Monitor As details emerge of the shocking tactics used in the two bomb attacks in Indonesia over the last 48 hours, a regional analyst has said he was not surprised by the apparent Islamist motive. “Just a few weeks before the attacks, the government published a study, according to which close to 25 […]
Updated: Thirteen killed in attacks on churches in Indonesian city of Surabaya
Updated 10.30am, 14th May, 2018Thirteen people have died and more than 40 have been injured after suicide bombers attacked three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city. The almost simultaneous attacks, the deadliest in Indonesia since 2005, took place during Sunday morning services. The first explosion reportedly took place around 7.30am at the Santa Maria Tak […]