The hapless reptile - thought to be a critically-endangered Siamese crocodile - was first spotted in 2016 in a river running through central Sulawesi's capital, Palu, in Indonesia.

Scientists have warned the Indian Ocean Dipole will come into effect from December and 'suck out' Australia's potential rainfall and cooler temperatures.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Ganjar Pranowo, governor of Central Java province in Indonesia, has vowed to end the dog meat trade after cruel practices were uncovered by activists.

Dani tribe live in the isolated Baliem Valley in West Papua, Indonesia. Macabre traditions iclude greasing mummified bodies with pork fat and removing the fingertips of a tribeswoman.

The Danish royal was greeted by Princess Mangkubumi as she arrived at the palace in Java on Wednesday, wearing the calf-length gown.

A deadly swine disease has been identified in Indonesia, which could wipe out the entirety of Australia's pork industry. 

Police and military personnel will be deployed to secure Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations across the country and focused on predominantly Christian regions like Papua.

The images of the Korowai people of West Papua, Indonesia, show the almost naked tribesmen feasting on live bugs and protecting and repairing their rudimentary tree buildings.

Rafflesia tuan-mudae has large petals and blossomed in the Indonesian rainforest before dying after just a week.

William Cabantog and David Van Iersel were found guilty after being accused of having 1.12 grams of the drug at the Lost City nightclub in Canggu in July.

Reynahrd Sinaga (pictured) lived in a scruffy flat close to Manchester's gay village, but would boast of his wealthy family's luxury lifestyle back home in Indonesia.

Reynhard Sinaga's father Saibun Sinaga has said the family accept the verdict,. After his son was jailed in Manchester on Monday. Sinaga is pictured with his father.

Official figures to be released this week reveal a record 1.23 million Australians traveled to Bali in 2019, a 5.4% increase from the previous year.

The former British Prime Minister will be among several high profile figures sitting on a board of advisers for the £26billion plan headed by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi.

Two Papuan activists on trial for treason in Indonesia's capital decried what they described as 'racism' after the Jakarta court on Monday ordered them to remove traditional penis gourds.

Three fishermen offered a life ring to a digger driver who was stuck on a flooded barge in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. He wades through the sea minutes before the dredger breaks in half.

The evacuees were greeted by a crew in yellow hazmat suits when they disembarked from their Batik Air Indonesia flight at Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam on Sunday.

The World Health Organisation has urged the nation to improve surveillance, case detection and preparations at appointed health facilities in case the deadly disease comes ashore.

Authorities in Palu, Central Sulawesi, launched the 'pluck a tyre off the croc' contest in January as part of a desperate attempt to free the 13-foot reptile who has worn the necklace since 2016.

Twenty luwaks - a species of cat-like civets - were found living in cramped and filthy wire cages in a backyard farm in Bali, Indonesia, without access to food or water, and in the full glare of the sun.

Matt Wright is on the Palu River on Central Sulawesi in northern Indonesia with his right-hand-man Chris Wilson to try and capture a four-metre long crocodile with a tyre around its neck.

Indonesia is yet to report any confirmed cases of the virus outbreak which has spread across the globe in recent weeks and seen the death toll rise to more than 1700.

Australian wildlife expert Matt Wright has failed in his first attempt to rescue an Indonesian crocodile which has had a tyre stuck around its neck for years.

A disease expert from Harvard University in Boston said it is 'very unlikely' that there have genuinely been no cases in Indonesia because it is visited by thousands of Chinese travellers.

Sitti Hikmawatty, commissioner for health, made the extraordinary claims during an interview last week. Hikmawatty - whose name translates as 'wisdom' - has apologised for her comments.

Five people have died, three are missing and thousands were forced from their homes after severe floods in Jakarta while an earthquake also rattled the country today.

Sitti Hikmawatty, an Indonesian child protection commissioner who said women can get pregnant without penetration if a man ejaculates in a swimming pool, is now facing punishment.

A school in Indonesia has expelled two senior students after they force-fed 77 younger pupils human faeces with a spoon in an incident at a Catholic seminary school in the south of the country.

Eight people on a small boat seeking entry into Australia have been sent back to Indonesia, after being intercepted by border control authorities. 

The 41-year-old woman was living in Malaysia but visited Jakarta in February, where she went out dancing with a 31-year-old local woman on Valentines Day.

Authorities in the Jakarta-area were questioning two people after the Tuesday evening raid at a warehouse in satellite city Tangerang, where nearly half a million surgical masks were found.

While there have been two confirmed cases of coronavirus in Indonesia, a mother aged 64 and her 31-year-old daughter, they are in the nation's capital of Jakarta, more than 1,000km away.

Australians on board a luxury cruise ship have been allowed to disembark in Bali, after they were initially turned away due to coronavirus fears.

Queen Maxima, 48, and King Willem-Alexander, 52, of The Netherlands landed in wind-swept Jakarta today, ready to start their four-day-long state visit which will see them tour Indonesia.

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands proved her fashion prowess once again when stepping out in Indonesia today - dressed to impress in a floral ensemble.

Indonesia's government said the 53-year-old woman with diabetes and lung disease had died in hospital after being admitted in a critical condition.

Queen Maxima, 48 and King Willem-Alexander, 52, visited the visit the eco village of Silima Lombu on the final day of their state visit to Indonesia, where they were gifted a musical instrument.

So far, 790 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 throughout Indonesia and 58 have died, meaning the death rate is currently at about 9 per cent.

More than a million Australians travel to Bali annually but restrictions in both countries have halted that. Only citizens, diplomats and family members are now allowed to enter Indonesia.

The worshippers were pictured on Friday at the Islamic Center mosque in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, the northernmost part of the island of Sumatra.

A politician in Indonesia has had a house in her regency, believed by locals to be haunted, turned into a spooky jail to house people who break coronavirus quarantine rules (pictured).

Since I have begun to write on the urgent need to close live animal markets, I have been surprised by the support I have received from across the UK.

Dwayne and Kelly Turpin were shot at by rogue Indonesian officials and chased out of the country due to strict lockdown measures from COVID-19.

Sitti Hikmawatty, a member of Indonesia's child protection commission, made the comments in an interview about teenage pregnancy in February.

The 13ft crocodile dragged the man into the Lakar River delta on Sunday night and savaged him while his friend screamed for help.

Darwin residents have been left shaken after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Indonesia and sent tremors felt across the Top End. 

Andriadi Putra, 34, from Medan in North Sumatra, Indonesia, has trouble eating and talking because of the 'trunk' like tumour weighing around 88lbs. Putra suffers from Neurofibromatosis.

According to reports, The Hunger Games star, 29, and art dealer, 34, exclusively booked out the owner Chris Burch's $12,745-a-night (£9,893) five villa estate called Mandaka.

After years of being on and off, his relationship with Karrueche Tran came to a nasty end when she filed a restraining order against him, citing threats of violence.

Norwegian Audun Amundsen first went to live with the Mentawai tribe for a month in 2004. He returned in 2009 for a three-year stay, during which time he would learn their unwritten language.