Two trains have collided on Indonesia’s main island of Java, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing at least four people.

Indonesia’s highest volcano on its most densely populated island has released searing gas clouds and rivers of lava in its latest eruption.

A powerful earthquake has shaken parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java, damaging buildings and houses and sending people into the streets, but no casualties were reported.

Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for the highest volcano on Java island, saying Mount Semeru could blow up again after a sudden eruption earlier this month left 48 people dead and 36 missing in villages that were buried in layers of mud.

Indonesia has reported more than 54,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time, surpassing recent daily infections in India, whose disastrous outbreak is declining, and becoming Asia’s new virus hotspot.

A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of the Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, leading to the plane's plunge into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)JAKARTA – A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, resulting in the Boeing 737-500's crash into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday. Investigators are working with Boeing and engine maker General Electric to review the information from the flight data recorder. The report offered new details on persistent problems with an autothrottle on the 737-500 on the Sriwijaya Air jet and the airline’s efforts to fix them. An automated flight-control system played a role in that crash, but the Sriwijaya Air jet did not have that system on board.