Jakarta - A Sumatran tiger entered an office of an oil company in Riau province and has remained there for the last 12 hours, local media reports said Wednesday. 

The tiger, an endangered species in Indonesia, came through the front door and entered an office of PT Bumi Siak oil company in Siak district of Riau province in eastern Sumatra on Tuesday evening, the state-run Antara news agency reported. 

An office employee, who identified himself only as Darman, was about to leave the office on Tuesday evening when the tiger suddenly appeared and went into one of the offices, he said. 

"The tiger is still in the office room but we don't have the courage to approach it," Darman said. 

The Sumatran tiger is believed to be the last remaining sub-species of tiger i

Jakarta - Indonesia is at risk of fresh religious unrest as hardline Muslim groups gain greater influence over government policy, a published report said Tuesday.

Jakarta - Indonesia condemned a suicide bombing attack Monday outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, killing 44 people and wounding around 147 others, including two Indonesian diplomats, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

"The Indonesian government condemned the suicide bomb attack outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday," said a statement issued by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry Affairs.

"The Indonesian government convey a deepest condolences to the family of the victims, and hope that the perpetrators behind the attack can be captured immediately and brought to justice," the statement said.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah confirmed that two Indonesian diplomats were injured in the attack.

Jakarta  - The Indonesian stock market plunged 3.86 per cent Thursday, sparked by falls of regional and international markets, including further drops on Wall Street.

Jakarta - Indonesian police have captured several terrorist suspects, including a Singaporean, and seized dozens of assembled bombs and a cache of explosives, officials and local media reports said Thursday. 

The nine terrorist suspects, believed to be members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a regional terrorist network linked to al-Qaeda, were arrested during various raids since June 28 at several locations in South Sumatra province. The latest arrest took place on Tuesday in the provincial capital of Palembang, national police spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira told reporters on late Wednesday. 

A Singaporean, identified as Alim, alias Omar or Taslim, was among the detained men, who was arrested last Saturday in South Sumatra district of Sekayu. 

Jakarta - An Indonesian district court on Monday sentenced a museum curator to 18 months in prison for his role in stealing ancient Buddhist statues and selling them to a local businessman while u