After Russia launched a probe into biological research by the United States in Ukraine, similar suspicions were raised in other parts of the world, including in Indonesia, which former US Ambassador Cameron Hume once described as a "reservoir of emerging infectious diseases."

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake was registered on Monday off the southwest coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, the US Geological Survey said

At least nine people have been killed and one remains missing after a footbridge collapsed in Indonesia's Sumatra island, media reported on Monday, citing rescue services