PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Residents of Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands found several people stranded on Monday after a speedboat carrying 18 people capsized during a storm the day before, authorities said ...

It was reported just last month that the Mentawai peoples, who live on Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands about 150 kilometres (93 miles) off the west coast of Sumatra, were facing a new threat to their ...

A tiny island chain in Indonesia has achieved mythical status in the surfing community. Here come the resorts. In 1991, an Australian named Lance Knight came upon a perfect wave. Brushed by gentle ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nasara resort is our brand new environmentally friendly resort. Nasara is conceived as an iconic recreation destination. As a surfing destination, ...

An island community in Indonesia’s Mentawai archipelago has responded to dwindling octopus stocks with a seasonal fishing closure to enable recovery. Global demand for octopus is expected to outpace ...

Some 17 people survived and one is still missing after a speedboat capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands in the West Sumatra province in bad weather, marking the second such disaster ...

A frantic search is underway in surfing’s Disneyland. On Monday, at around 11:00am local time, a boat traveling between islands in the famed Mentawais sank due to bad weather. According to initial ...

An Italian surfer has died after being impaled in the chest by a sharp-billed fish while surfing off Indonesia's West Sumatra coast. Giulia Manfrini, 36, had been surfing in the Mentawai Islands, a ...

MASOKUT ISLAND, Indonesia (WKRC) - A surfer was killed after being impaled by a swordfish. According to the BBC,36-year-old Giulia Manfrini of Turin, Italy died while surfing in the waters near the ...

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Residents of Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands found several people stranded on Monday after a speedboat carrying 18 people capsized during a storm the day before, authorities said ...