For years, the Java Sea looked like a gap in the record. Some of the most important Homo erectus fossils ever found came from nearby Java, but the shallow seabed between the islands seemed to hold ...

Nachi was one of Japan’s powerful Myōkō class heavy cruisers, armed with ten eight inch guns and Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes ...

SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) -Naval forces of Indonesia and Russia began their first joint military training drills in the Java Sea on Monday, the Indonesian navy said, something analysts said showed ...

JAKARTA/PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) - A military vessel on Wednesday located the fuselage of the AirAsia passenger jet that crashed more than two weeks ago off the coast of Indonesia, raising ...

Naval forces of Indonesia and Russia began their first joint military training drills in the Java Sea on Monday, the Indonesian navy said, which analysts say shows the Southeast Asian country's ...

A crew member of Indonesian Navy ship KRI Ngurah Rai uses binoculars during a search operation for the victims of Lion Air plane crash in the waters of Tanjung Karawang, Indonesia. Photo / AP Search ...

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Jan. 9 (UPI) --On this day in history: In 1768, Philip Astley, regarded as the "father of the modern circus," staged the first event in an open field at what is now the Waterloo area of London. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock An $80 billion sea wall stretching more than 500 kilometers (311 miles) along Java's north coast is at the ...

An Indonesian official says ping-like sounds were heard in an area where searchers are scouring the Java Sea for the crashed AirAsia plane. Search operations director Suryadi B. Supriyadi says the ...