The number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday's earthquake and tsunami has risen to more than 1,200, the country's disaster response agency says.

Indonesia declared a state of emergency Tuesday after a deadly oil spill off the coast of the island of Borneo continued to spread, the BBC reports.

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck off Ambon in Indonesia’s Molucca islands, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which struck at a depth of 110 km (68 miles) about 38 km (24 miles) west of Ambon

At least 23 people have been killed and dozens injured after an explosion and fire at an Indonesian fireworks factory, police say.

BBC - Indonesia has toughened its punishments for child rapists to include the death penalty and chemical castration.

BBC - Millions of people across Indonesia and the Pacific have experienced a total solar eclipse, with parts of the region falling into complete darkness.

Euronews - An Indonesian court on Tuesday handed down prison terms to seven men accused of supporting Islamic State amid a security crackdown on the militant group’s suspected sympathisers in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation.

BBC - A series of bomb blasts have rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with continuing gunfire and reports of further explosions.

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president ordered police on Wednesday to step up surveillance after at least a dozen people went missing and are believed to have joined a little known group that authorities have described as radical and dangerous.

All 113 people on board an Indonesian Air Force plane which crashed today are believed to have died after the aircraft crushed houses and burst into flames when it hit residential buildings.