A vendor arranges bottles of e-cigarette, or vape, liquids on April 8 at a shop in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi.`

Health Ministry considers banning vapes after MUI fatwa

The Health Ministry is considering banning vape distribution in the aftermath of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) recently issuing a fatwa forbidding Muslims from using and selling vape products.

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Prabowo visits Aceh amid tensions over deadly flag clash

The kilometers-long national flag display came exactly a week after an Acehnese man was shot dead in a clash with soldiers in in Pidie regency on Nov. 4.

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Fresh floods and landslides hit Aceh, hamper disaster recovery

Home Minister Tito Karnavian said floods and landslides had affected 13 regencies and cities across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra over the past week, repeatedly damaging infrastructure repaired during recovery efforts following last year's Cyclone Senyar.

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Presidential gesture: President Prabowo Subianto (left), accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, leads a plenary cabinet meeting on March 13 at the State Palace in Central Jakarta.

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House presses ahead with Gibran impeachment

The House of Representatives is pressing ahead with plans to impeach Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka as uncertainty over his resignation plan sparked confusion, with analysts suggesting he may be delaying a formal announcement to gauge whether he can still win public support.

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Students and members of the Gadjah Mada University Workers' Union (SEJAGAD) stage a solidarity rally on Nov. 11 outside the university's Balairung building in Sleman, Yogyakarta. The rally was held in response to the reported police siege of the campus and the arrest of several students following a demonstration in Yogyakarta on Nov. 10.

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Yogyakarta crackdown leaves dozens unreachable

Rights groups have called for an independent investigation into alleged excessive force and arbitrary arrests during a protest in Yogyakarta that descended into violence on Tuesday night, with dozens of demonstrators reportedly still unaccounted for on Wednesday.

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A 5-meter estuarine crocodile weighing up to 500 kilograms is moved at Kasang Kulim Zoo in Kampar, Riau, on Feb. 8, 2023, after being caught by residents of Mandiangin village in West Pasaman, West Sumatra, who considered it a threat to people's safety.

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Riau fisherman found dead in crocodile’s jaws

Residents in Raja Bejamu village, Sinaboi district, in Rokan Hilir regency managed to catch a crocodile in Raja Bejamu River, which has been terrorizing villagers in the past few months.

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Firefighters work on cointaining a wildfire in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, on October 13, 2026. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region.

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Indonesia forest fires burned through nearly 2.9 million hectares

The burned area figure -- 18 times the size of London -- has increased nearly a million hectares since deforestation monitoring site Nusantara Atlas's last update in September.

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Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (center) speaks at a press conference at the Vice Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Nov. 10, 2026, addressing controversy over the validity of his educational credentials. Gibran said he would respect the ongoing legal proceedings at the State Administrative Court (PTUN) and coordinate with the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry to file a judicial review with the Supreme Court.

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120 lawmakers sign petition that could lead to Gibran's impeachment

Gibran, the son of former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has come under intense scrutiny following rulings last month by the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court saying that his education documents did not meet election requirements.

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120 lawmakers sign petition that could lead to Gibran's impeachment

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President Prabowo Subianto speaks during a ceremony to award national hero titles posthumously to 19 figures at the State Palace in Jakarta on Nov. 10, 2026.

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Hoegeng, Ali Sadikin among 19 new national heroes

Coordinating Downstream and Energy Transition Minister Bahlil Lahadalia speaks to reporters in his office in Jakarta on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026.

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Golkar denies Bahlil’s role in wiretapping scandal

A demonstrator holds a mask depicting Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka alongside a plain white full-face mask while raising three fingers in a salute symbolizing freedom, solidarity and equality on Oct. 20 during a protest marking the second anniversary of the Prabowo-Gibran administration near the Tugu Tani statue in Central Jakarta.

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Gibran offers to resign

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka arrives for the second day of the Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Nov. 23.

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BREAKING: VP Gibran intends to resign, says state secretary

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka expressed his intention to resign during a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday, a senior government official has said.

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