Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People affected by a flash flood walk on a muddy road in Pekalongan ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers resumed a search Wednesday for people missing after flash floods and landslides ...

Search for missing after deadly landslides hit Indonesia’s Java island - Torrential rains caused rivers to burst their banks ...

The Telegraph described the Seychelles as having “one of the world’s most beautiful beaches” found on “Beau-Vallon on its largest island, Mahé”. Another famous beach in the Seychelles ...

PHUKET, Thailand, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll on the sea floor in the waters around Phuket in southern Thailand, while ever more garbage piles up on the island ...

A series of images from NASA's Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites have captured the island's appearance in the sea and its near-complete disappearance by the end of the following year. Satellite ...

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN has been getting over his World Darts Championship defeat to ... MVG included pictures of their trip to the famous Pig Island in Koh Samui, Thailand. One snap shows him posing ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Madagascar hosts the highest percentage of plant species endemic to a single island, with 83% of its flora unique to the island. This high endemism is attributed ...

It was a different kind of island getaway. Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as quickly. The phantom ...

A 21-year-old backpacker has been found dead inside a hotel room on Thailand's notorious Death Island - as his "heartbroken ... beautiful marine life in the world and draws in hundreds of ...