Indonesia

Indonesian security companies have seen a surge in demand for guards to protect palm oil plantations from fruit thieves and land grabbers, amid a rebound in prices of the commodity used to churn out everything from cooking oil to soap.

Turkey's leading defense companies Aselsan and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI, also known as TUSAŞ) signed a deal with the Indonesian companies PT Dirgantara and PT Len on July 6 to collaborate on defense products.

The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) has ordered the removal from the market of a batch of Cavos canned tuna in oil because it contained above-accepted levels of the toxin histamine.

Turkey has dropped one spot to fourth among top performing destinations of a sector expected to be worth $220 billion by 2020, according to the Global Muslim Travel Index 2017 released by Mastercard and CrescentRating in Jakarta on May 3. 

The index saw Turkey lose its position behind Malaysia, which kept the top spot, while Indonesia moved up to third place in the overall rankings.

Indonesian anti-terrorism police killed three suspects after a gunfight on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta, on Dec. 21, and foiled a suicide bomb plot, a police spokesman said. 

Thirteen people have died after an Indonesian military transport plane crashed in the east of the country on Dec. 18, officials said, marking yet another air accident for the armed forces.

REU PhotoRescuers in Indonesia were dispatched Sept. 28 to evacuate nearly 400 tourists, most of them foreigners, after a volcano erupted at one of the country's most popular hiking destinations, an official said.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic arrived on a three-day visit to the Republic of Indonesia, where he was greeted by Minister of Transportation Ignatius Jonan, on Tuesday.
    
The two nations share a love of peace and freedom, and their friendship is built on firm foundations dating back to the times of the Non-Aligned Movement, Nikolic and Jonan said.
    

JAKARTA - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic visited the National Museum of Indonesia and the National Monument during a first day of his official visit to the Republic of Indonesia on Tuesday.
    
President Nikolic signed the guest book at the National Museum.