Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds injured in Indonesia on Wednesday when a strong earthquake hit its Aceh province and rescuers used earth movers and bare hands to search for survivors in scores of toppled buildings.

Les Mauriciens n’auront plus besoin de visas pour se rendre en Russie et en Indonésie pour des courts séjours. C’est ce qu’a annoncé le ministre des Affaires étrangères Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo dans un communiqué émis, mardi 12 avril.

Attackers struck in the middle of the day Thursday, in the middle of a busy central Jakarta commercial hub -- killing at least two, wounding 19 and raising alarms about terrorism once more, this time in the world's most populous Muslim country.

An Indonesian passenger plane that went missing two days ago was destroyed when it slammed into a mountain, killing all 54 people on board, the country's top rescue official said.

A military aircraft carrying 122 people crashed into a neighborhood in the Indonesian city of Medan on Tuesday, killing all those aboard, according to the chief spokesman of the country’s armed forces. At least 20 people on the ground were also killed, and search and rescue efforts were continuing Wednesday.