Desperate search for more than 90 missing after building collapses while students held prayers at school in Sidoarjo

Parents and rescuers in Indonesia were desperately searching for dozens of teenage boys believed to be trapped, a day after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school which has already left three dead, authorities said.

Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing after the Al Khoziny school building collapsed while pupils held late afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction.

Mass protests first erupted last week, prompted by anger over the perks and benefits given to lawmakers, including a controversial housing allowance

At least 20 people are missing following violent protests that have gripped cities across Indonesia over the past week, a human rights group has warned.

Mass protests first erupted on 25 August, prompted by anger over the perks and benefits given to lawmakers, including a controversial housing allowance. Public fury escalated further when a motorcycle taxi driver, 21-year-old Affan Kurniawan, was run over by a police vehicle at a protest site.

Thirty-five people have been rescued after ferry travelling from Java sank, killing six, rescue agency says

Rescue teams were racing to find dozens of people missing after a ferry sank in rough seas late on Wednesday on its way to the Indonesian resort island Bali, killing six people.

The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya, which was carrying 65 people, sank as it sailed to Bali from Indonesia’s main island, Java. All passengers were Indonesian, the transport ministry said.