Indonesia will host an ASEAN Plus Eight joint counterterrorism training exercise in Bogor, West Java, in September, the Indonesian Defense Ministry said May 4, Xinhua reported.

Several thousands workers have gathered in front Indonesia's Presidential Palace in Jakarta to commemorate May Day, Antara News reported May 1.

Indonesia has evacuated more than 600 of its citizens who were working in a palm oil plantation in Malaysia's Sabah state, Xinhua reported March 6.

Police killed seven Islamist militants during raids in eastern Indonesia on Jan. 5, a spokesman for Indonesia's national police said, RIA Novosti reported.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Indonesia the week of Nov. 4 for an international meeting, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported Oct. 31.

Indonesian police arrested 11 people Oct. 27 across four cities for allegedly planning to attack the U.S. embassy, the U.S. consulate in Surabaya and a building in Jakarta near the Australian embassy where U.S. mining company Freeport-McMoRan has an office, AFP reported.

Japan will give $13 billion to fund 45 infrastructure projects in Indonesia that are to be completed by 2020, a Japanese Trade Ministry official said Oct. 9, Reuters reported. The projects aim to improve regional transport and energy infrastructure.