Home Minister Tito Karnavian said regional heads have the authority to increase land and building tax based on a 2022 law on fiscal relations and not because of the central government's efficiency drive. 

As part of the money laundering investigation, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) seized luxury cars owned by people allegedly affiliated with the businessman and put the suspect on its most-wanted list.

Following Ibin’s instructions, NAT and MR went to a stone quarry in Warungpiring, Pemalang Regency, in the early hours of Aug. 10 to carry out what they believed was the final step of the ritual, unaware that the coffee they had been given was laced with poison.

Over the following days, hundreds of live roundworms, collectively weighing around one kilogram, were expelled from her body, with some measuring up to 15 centimeters in length. Despite intensive care in the hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Raya passed away nine days later.

The House of Representatives has unanimously appointed senior House staff member Inosentius Samsul as a Constitutional Court justice in a confirmation hearing lasting less than two hours, a swift process critics say underscores the dominance of political interests in judicial appointments.

Deputy Manpower Minister Immanuel Ebenezer is among 14 people arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a graft raid relating to alleged extortion.

Although the Bekasi quake caused no casualties or major structural damage, both the central government and local administrations across Greater Jakarta must remain alert to the risks of land-based quakes given West Java’s many active faults.

An attack on a journalist is a threat to the public’s rights for information, Press Council executive Abdul Manan said. 

Activists have lamented the absence of human rights issues in President Prabowo Subianto’s first state address ahead of the country’s Independence day weekend, with some pointing to ongoing civil repression and the criminalization of dissent.

The move marks the first arrest of a member of President Prabowo Subianto’s cabinet.

The Indonesian Embassy in Maputo has been central to the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic efforts to secure the safe release and return of nine Indonesian sailors stranded on the Gas Falcon since January, as the tanker's captain reports deteriorating conditions aboard, including mental distress.

Amid growing public unrest over reports of steep property tax hikes, Home Minister Tito Karnavian has instructed regional heads to consider economic conditions in their own jurisdictions and to exercise careful, effective public communication before implementing policies.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is planning to summon former religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas for another round of questioning as a witness in an investigation into alleged misallocation of last year’s haj quota.

The blaze killed three people and injured two others, including a one-year-old boy who is currently receiving treatment at a local hospital after suffering burns on 63 percent of his body.

The 42-year-old woman, identified only as NSBC, was arrested at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on Aug. 12 after authorities allegedly found more than 1.4 kilograms of cocaine and 33.9 grams of ecstasy in her possession.

Six security personnel were injured during a protest against a rumored 300 percent property tax hike that turned violent on Tuesday, when residents became angry after waiting hours to meet with the regent.

Police suspected that the victim experienced a blackout or oxygen deprivation while spearfishing at depth, due to insufficient or inadequate equipment.

Batam MUI supports the plan based on the hifdzun nafsi (protect lives) principle in Islam.

Former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto was released early from prison after receiving parole on Independence Day, sparking furor among the public and antigraft activists.

Rather than attending the Independence Day celebration at the Merdeka Palace on Aug. 17, former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri opted to attend a ceremony held by party members in its headquarters in Jakarta.

The recent Constitutional Court ruling that upholds direct regional head elections has been met with divisive reactions from political parties in the House of Representatives, with those pushing for an indirect election giving no assurance that they would drop their campaign.

The match against Indonesia secured Mali the championship title of the 2025 Independence Cup. The Mali U-17 team finished the tournament with a perfect record, collecting 9 points after earlier victories over Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Ahmad Muzani of the Gerindra Party also teased the possibility for the assembly to push for changes in the country’s presidential system after an evaluation of whether it functions effectively or instead creates ‘vacuum of concentrated authority’.

Amid mounting public scrutiny of lawmakers’ paychecks, which reportedly stand at around Rp 100 million (US$6,100) per month, House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani has dismissed speculation about a recent salary hike, but confirmed that legislators now receive a housing allowance.

Sudewo was notably absent from the Independence Day flag-hoisting ceremony at Pati’s town square on Sunday and Central Java Deputy Governor Taj Yasin Maimoen led the event in his place.

Building peace is one thing, but keeping it is another thing altogether, as a boundary dispute over four small islands off Aceh showed earlier this year.

“They are not former IDF members. They simply underwent mandatory military service while living and studying in Israel. It is strongly suspected that the photos circulating online were taken during that period,” head of the Denpasar Immigration Office, R. Haryo Sakti, said.