A Saudia Airlines plane carrying hundreds of haj pilgrims back to Surabaya in East Java from Saudi Arabia was diverted on Saturday after a bomb threat, the second such incident in a week.

Days after the Aceh-North Sumatra dispute was settled, other regions stepped forward with unresolved claims of their own and challenged the same ministerial decree, which they say fails to reflect spatial plans of the regions and historical administrative boundaries.

A group of retired military generals have sent a petition urging leaders of the House of Representatives and the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) to initiate impeachment proceedings against Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

President Prabowo Subianto’s direct involvement in recent issues between regional administrations, such as the border dispute between Aceh and North Sumatra, may be signs of waning decentralization in Indonesia, experts have argued.

The protesters claim that the government’s over dimension overload (ODOL) policy unfairly targets drivers. They argued that while drivers face the threat of imprisonment for overloading their vehicles, transport company operators, who often instruct them to exceed legal limits, are rarely held accountable.

The victims were promised jobs as ship crew or restaurant servers in various European countries, such as Spain, Portugal, Greece and Poland

Jakarta will mark its 498th anniversary this weekend with a renewed vision of transforming into a global center for trade, services, finance and business, even as the city faces persistent questions about its livability and its impending loss of capital status.

The eruptions of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki disrupted at least 87 flights to and from Bali on Wednesday, including 66 international and 21 domestic flights.

Investigators have summoned Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governor Filiniangsih Hendrarta and two lawmakers in their investigation into alleged misuse of the central bank’s corporate social responsibility funds.

The government’s free, nutritious meal program has once again come under public scrutiny following reports of uncooked ingredients and ultra-processed foods being distributed in South Tangerang, Banten, as schools begin their holiday break this week.

According to Bali Police, 226 foreign nationals were involved in criminal activities on the holiday island last year, a 16 percent increase from the previous year’s figure of 194.

The current public transportation capacity of only 3.25 million passengers per day will not be enough to carry city administration and private-sector employees on Wednesdays.

A controversial broadcasting bill seeking to ban lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) content across conventional and online media has sparked widespread criticism, with activists warning it could fuel further discrimination and endanger the rights and safety of the marginalized community.

Hospital staff informed Alif's parents that if they wanted their son to continue receiving treatment, they would need to pay out of pocket, as his condition did not meet the emergency criteria set by the JKN and would therefore not be covered by the state insurance.

Historian and activist Ita Fatia Nadia revealed that she has received anonymous threats after protesting Culture Minister Fadli Zon’s controversial remarks about the mass rape of Chinese-Indonesian women during the May 1998 riots, which preceded the fall of Soeharto and his authoritarian regime.

Culture Minister Fadli Zon’s statement denying that mass rapes occurred during the 1998 riots are “deeply insensitive” and “hurtful to the victims”, according to a pro-democracy group, who also threatened to stage a nationwide rally should the minister refuse to apologize.

Lawmakers plan to pass a Criminal Law Procedure Code (KUHAP) revision by the end of the year despite calls from lawyers, academics and civil groups to extend the time frame for broader consultation and to ensure changes in the procedural law reflect public interest.

At around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport received an email containing a bomb threat, claiming that Saudi Airlines flight SV 5726, en route from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to Soekarno-Hatta, would explode upon landing.

The Social Affairs Ministry has welcomed its first batch of principals to a training retreat as it continues to recruit staff to manage the financial affairs of all schools under the Sekolah Rakyat program.

The government’s proposal to develop compact, subsidized housing for urban youth is facing growing criticism from both experts and potential occupants, who say the poor design and cramped living conditions of these “mini houses” could jeopardize their inhabitants’ physical and psychological well-being.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province, oozed lava as far as 2 kilometers on Wednesday from midnight to 6 a.m. local time, following a series of eruptions on Tuesday.

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has seized what it claims to be the largest amount of money it ever confiscated from a corruption case.

Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas said he obtained reports from Singaporean authorities that a Singaporean court had rejected a request for bail submitted by Indonesian businessman and graft suspect Paulus Tannos, who was arrested for corruption in January.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, which is in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash 11 km (6.84 miles) high, forcing the country's volcanology agency to raise the alert level to the highest. 

Authorities had been searching for several suspects over the shooting of Zivan Radmanovic, a 32-year-old Australian national, on Saturday.

At least two dozen flights to and from the resort island of Bali have been canceled, its international airport website showed Wednesday, after a volcano in the archipelago's east erupted, shooting an ash tower 10 kilometers into the sky.

A long-running dispute between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra was resolved on Tuesday, with President Prabowo Subianto mediating between the two governors and affirming that four contested islands fall under Aceh’s jurisdiction.