Indonesia

Up to 8,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are thought to be stranded at sea as Indonesia and other south Asian governments prevent them from coming ashore.

The execution of eight convicted drug traffickers by Malaysia is a demonstration of the underlying weakness of the country’s President.

The pending executions of nine Indonesian and foreign nationals on drug offences have strained the country’s relations with the international community and, in particular, Australia.

Eight drug traffickers are reportedly executed by firing squad in Indonesia after pleas for clemency from around the world were rejected – but a Filipino woman is spared the death penalty.

The man was found staggering around the tarmac at Jakarta airport after surviving a near two-hour, high-altitude flight from Sumatra in thin air and sub-zero temperatures.

First pictures are released of the tail from the crashed AirAsia plane, found in the sea off Indonesia, as hopes rise of finding the crucial “black box” recorders.

Four large objects are discovered in the Java Sea as Indonesia starts an investigation into the AirAsia airline over a possible violation of its licence.

Several bodies are recovered near the suspected crash site, where rescue teams detect a large object beneath the sea off Indonesia.

Investigators searching for the missing AirAsia jet find dozens of bodies, the Indonesian Navy says, as it is confirmed that debris found in the Karimata Strait earlier is from the airliner.

AirAsia flight QZ8501, which went missing mid-flight on Sunday morning carrying 162 passengers, is thought to have crashed into the sea, an Indonesian official says.

The disappearance of AirAsia flight QZ8501 caps a nightmare year for the region’s airlines. How similar is the latest tragedy to doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370?

Search and rescue crews looking for the 162 people – including a Briton – on board missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 suspend air operations overnight.

Remembrance ceremonies have been held to commemorate the Boxing Day tsunami which swept across the Indian Ocean in 2004, killing an estimated 230,000 people.

A new report links the development of the IS support network in Indonesia to the teachings and online “study sessions” organised by the banned British extremist group Al Muhajiroun.

Indonesia’s Mount Sangiang erupts, firing ash 3,000 metres into the air and grounding flights out of Australia’s Darwin airport.