Muslims gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine located in the Great Mosque of Mecca, to pray on June 1, 2025, during the annual haj to the holy city in Saudi Arabia.`

Govt finalizes land acquisition for haj village in Mecca

The outcome of the bidding for a plot of land where President Prabowo Subianto’s proposed haj village will be located is expected to be announced in late December or January.

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Cyclone warning prompts Bali to step up flood mitigation efforts

Five of Bali’s nine cities and regencies have been hit by flooding since Dec. 11, the provincial Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) said, after days of persistent heavy rain triggered by cyclone seed 93S.

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Medan cancels New Year’s Eve celebrations after public backlash

Head of the Medan Tourism Agency, Odi Aggia Batubara, said the proposed event, known as the Year-End Festival, sparked criticism from residents who viewed it as insensitive to the thousands of people still affected by the recent disasters.

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Pedestrians walk past activists taking part in a sit-in on Dec. 10, 2024, to raise awareness of gender-based violence in Jakarta

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Online abuse tops violence against women in Greater Jakarta

The Jakarta chapter of the Legal Aid Foundation of the Indonesian Women’s Association for Justice (LBH APIK Jakarta) received 1,212 reports of violence cases throughout 2025, a 60-percent increase compared to the previous year.

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Search and rescue team members guide residents as they cross floodwaters using a rope in the Batu Busuak area in Padang, West Sumatra, on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Prabowo pushes for temporary housing in fourth visit to flood-hit Sumatra

President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to accelerate temporary housing construction and infrastructure repairs in West Sumatra during his fourth visit to disaster-hit regions in the northern part of Sumatra Island.

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A street musician group performs during an audition for the Street Busker Music Festival at Lapangan Banteng in Jakarta on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Musicians welcome court ruling on royalty payments

In its ruling, the Constitutional Court asserted the royalties for commercial live performances should be paid by the party organizing the performances, rather than the performers themselves, either through a rights management agency or directly to songwriters or rights holders.

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A local poll administrator (KPPS) shows a ballot to witnesses on Dec. 5, 2024, during the vote tabulation of the revote for the Central Sulawesi gubernatorial election in Palu.

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Pro-government parties open to scrapping direct regional elections

Members of the ruling coalition are open to President Prabowo Subianto’s suggestion of scrapping the prevailing direct elections for regional heads, despite strong opposition from pro-democracy advocates who warned that would undercut democratic accountability and risk reversing hard-won reforms.

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Detectives from the Kuantan Singingi Police inspect the back of a Mitsubishi Canter truck carrying illegal timber products in Koto Kari village, Kuantan Singingi regency, Riau, on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Officers from the National Police’s Forensic Laboratory (Puslabfor Bareskrim) inspect the Terra Drone Indonesia building damaged by fire on Dec. 9 in Jakarta.

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Police probe deadly Jakarta fire, name drone firm director suspect

Firefighters extinguish a blaze at Kramat Jati wholesale market, East Jakarta, on Dec. 15, 2025. At least 350 stalls were burned.

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Hundreds of stalls gutted in Kramat Jati market blaze

People walk past a burned motorcycle on Dec. 12, 2025, following unrest in the Kalibata area of South Jakarta. Nine kiosks, six motorcycles and one car were set on fire by a mob, allegedly triggered by the assault of two debt collectors on Jl. Raya Kalibata a day earlier.

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Six cops named suspects in fatal assault on debt collectors in Kalibata

Police officers stand guard on Dec. 11, 2025, near the free-meals delivery vehicle that struck students and a teacher at SDN Kalibaru 01 Pagi state elementary school in Cilincing, North Jakarta. The incident left 20 students and one teacher injured and requiring treatment at nearby hospitals.

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Free meals under renewed scrutiny after van injures 21 at Jakarta school

Line of cracks: A man walks with his fishing rod on Dec. 6, 2025, on top of a giant seawall built to prevent flooding, in Muara Baru, North Jakarta. Several sections of the seawall appear to have cracked, allowing seawater to overflow into residential areas.

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Leaking Jakarta seawall raises concern over rising sea level, maintenance

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21 injured as car plows into students, teacher at North Jakarta elementary school

A vehicle reportedly belonging to the government’s free nutritious meals program lost control and rammed through the school’s gate, despite the gate being closed, before entering the school yard where dozens of students and staff were assembled for a literacy activity.

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