Gaga's Indonesian concerts cancelled after protests
Promoters in Indonesia say Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert has been cancelled because of security concerns after protests from religious groups.
Promoters in Indonesia say Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert has been cancelled because of security concerns after protests from religious groups.
The Prime Minister said he would agree to a suspension of sanctions against Burma during a historic visit to the former colony
The democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi lived in the UK before becoming the head of the Burmese opposition movement.
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 has struck off northern Sumatra in Indonesia, the US Geological Survey has said, and there were warnings that a local tsunami was possible.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a widespread, destructive tsunami after the quake but said there was a "very small possibility" of a local tsunami.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off the Sukabumi district in West Java in the western part of Indonesia, the state meteorology agency said.
It struck 24km below the surface of the sea and witnesses said they felt tremors in the capital Jakarta.
ITV News correspondent Angus Walker has posted images of the notorious Indonesian jail where four Britons accused of smuggling cocaine are likely to be held.
Bali's Kerobokan prison, described as "inhumane and overcrowded" by its own governor, is where most drug smugglers in the country are locked up.
British housewife Lindsay Sandiford, 55, was allegedly caught with 4.8kg of cocaine stuffed in the lining of a suitcase as she arrived in Bali on 19 May.
Three more British suspects, Julian Ponder, Rachel Dougall and Paul Beales, were then arrested in connection with the £1.6 million haul, along with an Indian man.
Indonesia has some of the toughest anti-drugs laws in the world and the suspects could face the death penalty if convicted.
They are likely to be held at Kerobokan prison after the police investigation ends within an estimated three months, reported ITV News' Walker.
Promoters in Indonesia say Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert has been cancelled because of security concerns after protests from religious groups.
Read the full storyA rescue team has discovered the wreckage of a Russian plane that disappeared during an exhibition flight in Indonesia.
Rescuers found several bodies but no survivors after the plane was found to have crashed into a mountain during a flight with 45 people on board.
Russia said it would take part in the investigation of the crash of its first all-new passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union, a Superjet 100 aircraft that went missing on Wednesday about 40 miles south of Jakarta.
It was carrying Indonesians, including journalists and businessmen, eight Russians including embassy officials, pilots and technicians, as well as two Italians, one French citizen and one American, said Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, the head of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.
Released by Indonesian Air Force, this picture shows the wreckage of a missing Sukhoi Superjet-100 scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
Indonesia rescuers have spotted wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi aircraft that went missing with up to 50 people on board.
The wreckage, on the edge of a cliff at 5,500 feet (1,650 meters), was spotted by a search helicopter, they said. There was no word about any of those aboard.
Rescuers have resumed the search for a Russian Sukhoi plane which is presumed crashed after falling out of communication early on Wednesday morning.
The old Sukhoi Superjet-100 model is similar to the plane which went missing in Western Indonesia today.
Reports say the new Sukhoi Superjet-100 aircraft was carrying around 50 people before vanishing 20 minutes into the flight.
RT reports that the Sukhoi Superjet-100, which was carrying around 50 people, went missing 20 minutes into the flight near western Indonesia.
Many of the people on board were reportedly from aeroplane companies.
Helicopter searches have been called off in search for the aircraft overnight, but ground searches are still continuing 32 miles outside Jakarta.