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TNI investigates soldier's alleged involvement in N. Sumatra cow theft

The Labuhanbatu Military District Command (Kodim) is investigating allegations that soldiers were involved the theft of 16 cows, fallout from a business dispute that went sour.

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Probe underway after US pilot killed in Papua

Indonesia on Friday extended its “deepest condolences” over the death of a United States pilot in Papua, following a fatal attack by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) and pledging to work with Washington as investigations continue.

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Residents carry buckets of water collected from a natural spring on June 20 in Gunung Putri village, Situbondo regency, East Java. Villagers say they have struggled to access clean water for drinking and daily needs over the past month, forcing them to walk about one kilometer to the spring.

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Drought tightens grip across Indonesia

More regions across Indonesia are facing worsening water shortages as the El Niño-driven dry season intensifies, with authorities warning that prolonged below-normal rainfall could deepen the crisis in the coming months.

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A water-bombing helicopter drops water on a fire on Wednesday at the Jatiwaringin landfill in Tangerang Regency, Banten. On the second day of firefighting efforts, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) deployed two water-bombing helicopters to help contain the blaze, which had spread across about 15 hectares of the landfill's 33-ha site. Authorities said the fire was caused by a combination of extreme heat and methane gas generated by decomposing waste.

Jatiwaringin landfill blaze enters third day, sickening more than a hundred

The fire, which broke out at around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, had spread across at least 15 hectares by Friday, consuming roughly half of the landfill.

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An Indonesian Military (TNI) medic checks the blood pressure of a villager in Soanggama village, Hitadipa district, Intan Jaya regency, Central Papua, in this undated picture issued on Nov. 23. The soldiers are part of the Operation Command (Koops) Habema, a TNI task force to maintain security in Papua and quell the Free Papua Organization (OPM) rebels.

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TNI recovers body of American pilot killed by rebels in Papua

The attack was a message to the Indonesian and US governments for "failing" to address the root causes of the conflict in Papua between the Indonesian military and the West Papua National Liberation Army, says a separatist group spokesman.

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A school boy squats while holding his head in his hands in this undated illustration of childhood bullying.

Alleged bullying death of 16-year-old renews fears of school violence

Suprapto said the victim identified only as MI was then instructed to sit on a chair near the classroom wall. Shortly afterward, a classmate identified only as S allegedly punched the victim three times.

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A voter casts his ballot into a ballot box at a polling station during a revote on Dec. 3, 2024, for the 2024 simultaneous regional elections in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

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GBK set for major revamp after takeover of hotel

A commuter train passes through the newly inaugurated Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) station in North Jakarta on June 23, a day after its opening during Jakarta’s 499th anniversary celebrations. The station sits adjacent to JIS, Indonesia’s largest stadium.

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New JIS station brings hope for smoother event access

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TNI recovers body of American pilot killed by rebels in Papua

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Alleged bullying death of 16-year-old renews fears of school violence

Kuantan Singingi Regent Suhardiman Amby (center) walks after questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in South Jakarta on July 1, 2026. The KPK named Suhardiman and Kuantan Singingi Secretary Zulkarnain as suspects in an alleged bribery case.

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KPK names Kuantan Singingi regent in Riau as suspect for bribery

The carcass of Indro, a 45-year-old male Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is seen on Monday after he was declared dead at 3:45 a.m. in Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan regency, Riau. Indro was a member of the Flying Squad team, which helped guard the national park area and prevent conflicts between humans and wild elephants.

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Tesso Nilo National Park loses 45-year-old guardian male elephant

Muted voices: Riau Islands Deputy Governor Nyanyang Haris Pratamura (sixth right) and Jumaga Nadeak (center), chair of the Riau Islands committee for the Ecclesiastical Choir Festival (Pesparawi), pose with members of a local women's choir on June 16, 2026, during a send-off at a restaurant in Batam. The choir was unable to participate in the 14th national choral festival, which ran from June 18 to 28 in Manokwari, West Papua, because the travel agency it used reportedly did not procure tickets for a June 25 connecting flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Banten.

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Pesparawi committee reports travel fraud as Riau Islands choir left stranded

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at the Jatiwaringin landfill in Tangerang regency, Banten, on June 30, 2026.

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Massive fire breaks out in Tangerang’s Jatiwaringin landfill

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Ten remain in detention after violent anti-government protest in Surabaya

As tensions escalated, some demonstrators threw bottles, stones and firecrackers, while others dismantled a metal barricade on the eastern side of the Grahadi State Building and hurled it into the government compound, according to police.

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Rows of young oil palm trees are seen on April 28 on the border of Sebangau National Park area in Central Kalimantan. Around 2,000 hectares of forests in the national park and its buffer zone were cleared to make way for oil palm plantations in 2024, according to NGO Auriga Nusantara.

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Deforestation still haunts Indonesia’s national parks

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Forests, people sacrificed in Sebangau

How a national park in Central Kalimantan vanishes in plain sight

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Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers hold harvested rice during a grand harvest event with TNI commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto on July 10, 2025, in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra. The harvesting event on a 80-hectare paddy field owned by the Bukit Barisan military command in the province produced 520 tonnes of rice to be used for the government's free nutritious meal program.

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Critics slam Prabowo’s praise for TNI, police role in food drive

An epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium freycineti) is captured in its coral habitat in Arborek Island in Raja Ampat regency, Southwest Papua in April 2026. The shark, which has developed an ability to "walk" on the seabed and land using an undulating crawling motion, relies on coral reefs as its nursery habitat.

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Tourism, climate puts Raja Ampat's ‘walking shark’ under pressure

A migrating wild goose spreads its wings on Oct. 29, 2025, in wetlands near Linum, eastern Germany. The eastern federal state of Brandenburg and other federal states, authorities have recorded the largest outbreak of bird flu in wild birds to date. The epidemic, which is unprecedented in its scale, mainly affects cranes, whose autumn migration is currently at its peak. A significant increase in deaths and rapid spread in Central Europe and along the migration route to Spain is therefore to be expected.

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Indonesia on alert after Australia bird flu detection

Deputy Immigration and Corrections Minister Silmy Karim (center) walks wearing a detainee vest on June 4 after questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta.

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