Police officers wearing white religious attire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan stand guard during a labour union protest on March 4 in Jakarta. `

Police reform team to submit recommendations to President before Idul Fitri

Tasked with reviewing the police’s institutional structure, governance, and legal framework, the team has finalized 10 comprehensive volumes incorporating public input and proposed legislative and regulatory changes.

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16 arrested in Riau over alleged killings of critically endangered Sumatran elephants

Johnny said eight of the suspects arrested are from Riau, while the rest come from outside the province. Each allegedly played a different role in the operation, ranging from killing the elephant and removing its head to extract its tusks to supplying illegal firearms and acting as buyers and intermediaries in the ivory trade.

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Breast cancer screening, treatment gaps persist in Indonesia

A study published on March 2 in The Lancet Oncology recorded some 60,400 cases of breast cancer across the country in 2023, nearly six times higher than the figure in 1990. At least 28,300 patients in Indonesia also died in the same year because of this type of cancer.

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A man pays his respects to the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left, in framed picture) on March 5, 2026, during a prayer service at the Iranian ambassador's residence in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

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Tears and prayers in Jakarta as mourners bid farewell to Khamenei

Several national figures attended the prayer service on Thursday at the Iranian ambassador's official residence in Menteng, joining other mourners as they paid their final respects to the late ayatollah, who was killed on the first day of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

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Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq (center) is escorted on March 4, 2026, from of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building following questioning, in South Jakarta. Fadia was detained by investigators on March 3 for alleged graft involving the procurement of goods and services in Pekalongan.

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Pekalongan regent detained on corruption allegations

Asep Guntur Rahayu, KPK’s deputy for enforcement and execution, said Fadia is alleged to have manipulated public procurement tenders for goods and services in Pekalongan regency so they would be awarded to companies linked to her family.

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Excavators are seen in a photo released on March 3, 2026, at an illegal gold mine that was raided by North Sumatra Police in an unidentified location in North Sumatra. The police raided six illegal gold mines in South Tapanuli and Mandailing Natal regencies on March 2 and March 3.

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Police take custody of 17 illegal gold miners after natural disasters in North Sumatra

The Illegal gold mining operations have a turnover of Rp 600 million per day from six mines in the South Tapanuli and Mandailing Natal regencies.

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Discarded and empty nitrous oxide canisters are found on the street in Stockholm on May 1, 2025.

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Abuse of culinary products exposes regulatory loopholes on narcotics

The rampant misuse of canisters of nitrous oxide gas ostensibly marketed as whipped cream chargers but increasingly used to induce euphoria, has exposed regulatory loopholes that raise concerns about its impact on young people.

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