A police officer stands guard in front of a Christian prayer house on July 28, 2025, following a violent disruption of religious activities in Padang Sarai, Padang, West Sumatra. A group of residents vandalized the property belonging to the Indonesian Faithful Christian Church (GKSI) Anugerah Padang on July 27, 2025, leading to the arrest of nine individuals.`

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Indonesia braces for wildfire, drought ahead of longer dry season

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High alert order for troops draws scrutiny

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Stranded: Would-be passengers wait near the Emirates customer service office on March 1, 2026, at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Kuta, Bali, after flights to Middle East cities were canceled following strikes on Iran launched by the United States and Israel.

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270 tourists stranded in Bali seek emergency stay amid Middle East conflict

Bali immigration officials reported that, as of March 8, at least 40 flights from Bali to major Middle Eastern transit hubs, including Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, had been canceled. The flight disruptions have affected at least 11,600 tourists in Bali.

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Ex-communications ministry officials jailed in data center graft case

Judges found former communications and information ministry officials to have rigged the tender process for a temporary data centers project to benefit a company that did not meet the international safety standards required to build and manage such sites.

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Rescuers inspect a pod of stranded whales on March 10, 2026, at Mbadokai Beach in Rote Ndao regency, East Nusa Tenggara. A total of 55 long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) were stranded on the beach, with nearly half of the animals later dying as rescuers struggled to return them to the sea.

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Mass stranding kills 21 protected pilot whales in East Nusa Tenggara

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Indonesia records high rate of depression, anxiety among children

The Health Ministry has reported a high prevalence of depression and anxiety among Indonesian children, affecting around 10 percent of them, about five times the rate recorded among adults and elderly, with bullying and academic pressure among the key risk factors.

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