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Indonesia condemns LGBT raids ordered by mayor after UK rape case
Indonesia’s human rights commission today condemned plans by a mayor to launch raids targeting the LGBT community in his city after a local man was convicted in Britain of sexually assaulting 48 men. Described by a prosecutor as “the most
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No immediate reports of damage, injuries in Indonesia’s earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck today southwest of Indonesia’s province of Aceh on the island of Sumatra, at a depth of 20.3 km (12.6 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. On Twitter, the Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency
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Suspected grenade blast near Indonesia’s presidential palace hurts two
A suspected smoke grenade explosion today at Indonesia’s National Monument park, near the presidential palace in central Jakarta, injured at least two military officials, the capital’s top police official said. President Joko Widodo was not at the palace at the
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