Officers from the Denpasar Police have arrested a 25-year-old man named Arjuna Wiranata for allegedly stabbing a Spanish woman during a robbery attempt near Padang Padang beach in Uluwatu last month.

The small island off the east coast of Bali, Nusa Penida, has been crowned as the top destination for backpackers in 2020 by hostel-booking platform Hostelworld. 

“Move over Bali, this new kid on the block is our top backpacking destination for 2020,” Hostelworld wrote on their website.

If you didn’t take at least one photo in an infinity pool while you were in Bali, did you even really go here? 

Over the years, a dip in spectacular infinity pools with views of the ocean, jungles and even volcano have featured in many travelers’ account of their trips to the Island of the Gods.

An Australian national identified by his initial F was arrested yesterday after reportedly creating a ruckus in Umalas. Bali Police said the foreigner injured himself, and had to be tied and given a sedative to be taken to a hospital.

The Denpasar District Court has sentenced Peruvian national Guido Torres Morales to 17 years in prison for smuggling 947.5 grams of cocaine into Bali. 

“We sentence Guido Torres Morales to 17 years in prison … and a fine of IDR2 billion (US$142,502),” presiding judge Ida Ayu Adnyana Dewi told the court yesterday, as reported by state news agency Antara.