The world’s population has now passed eight billion, and in some parts of the planet, space is at a premium. From the packed streets of Lagos to Tokyo’s endless skyline, people are squeezing into ...

Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Monday.

A passenger bus traveling from Jakarta to Yogyakarta overturned in Semarang, Java, on December 22, 2025, killing 16 people ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the ...

Home to over 156 million people , Java is the most populated island on Earth, surpassing the populations of nearly every country worldwide. According to population data compiled by The World in Maps , ...

Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies after a landslide struck vehicles on a hilly road on the country’s main island of Java, police said Friday. Torrential rains pushed mud, rocks and trees down ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian island of Java is one of the world’s most densely populated areas. Unfortunately, the island's forest cover continues to shrink. According to the latest data from ...

Residents gather outside their apartment blocks in Jakarta early Saturday, after a strong earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale. The quake struck shortly before midnight on Dec. 15, the US ...

A strong earthquake shook the Indonesian capital Friday night and other cities on the country’s most populous island of Java, killing at least 1 person amid reports of more deaths and collapsed houses ...

An artificial island of sand dredged from Indonesia's seafloor has accidentally revealed evidence of a long-lost sunken world, inhabited by early humans. Scattered across the newly created island, ...