Speaking to reporters on Friday (May 8), Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail also pledged that Malaysia will adopt a more “proactive approach” to ensure immigration glitches do not recur ahead of the Rapid Transit System (RTS) launch....

Indonesian authorities say those rounded up are mostly Chinese nationals, with the rest from the Philippines and Vietnam. They were reportedly involved in illegal activities such as romance scams and phishing schemes.

Twenty hikers were on the slopes of the volcano when disaster struck, a local police chief told reporters.

Mount Dukono, located in North Maluku province, erupted on Friday morning, sending a smoke cloud 10km into the air.