A two-day meeting of finance ministers from the Group of 20 major economies ended Saturday in Bali without a joint communique after Russia's war in Ukraine divided the global forum.

Indonesia on Saturday urged G20 finance leaders to stay focused on their goals for global economic recovery, but sources said the meeting in Bali would likely end without a formal communique as Russia's war in Ukraine continues to divide the group.

As a new school year begins amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the country, educator groups and health experts are calling for clearer health policies to help keep students safe and prevent school closures.

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) refused to join a special team formed by the police to investigate a fatal shootout between two police officers, instead choosing to form its own team to maintain independence.

Calls are mounting for more transparency in the investigation of a fatal shootout between two police officers at the residence of the National Police’s internal affairs chief, as observers highlight a number of irregularities surrounding the case.

The government will not impose mandatory centralized quarantine or post-arrival testing for haj pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia, despite concerns over the possibility of new COVID-19 outbreaks following their arrival in Indonesia.

Police are continuing with their interrogation of two senior executives at the philanthropic organization, which is under investigation for fraud, including misuse of charitable donations.

The police have formed a special team to probe the fatal shootout between two of its members after comments from the legislature and the President implied procedural deviation.

The President has called for strict enforcement of the judicial process in a fatal police shooting that left one officer dead at a senior officer's official residence.

As part of efforts to ramp up the country’s stalling vaccination rollout amid a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, the government has included booster shots in the checklist for domestic travels.

The National Police said that a probe into a fatal shootout between two police officers had concluded that the surviving officer had acted in self-defense.

Activists have slammed a decision by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervisory board to drop an ethics probe against Lili Pintauli Siregar after she resigned from the KPK deputy chairperson post.

The KPK deputy chair has escaped an ethics breach allegation against her by a hair's breadth when her resignation was formalized on Monday, the day that the related investigation was to present its conclusions.

Thousands of housewives across Indonesia have come out in recent weeks to declare support for Ganjar Pranowo’s presidential bid, while experts ponder on the role of housewives in local politics.

The recent slight increase in COVID-19 infections and the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak among cattle – which has driven up prices of sacrificial livestock – did not spoil the Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice) festivities for hundreds of millions of Muslims who celebrated the holiday across Indonesia on Sunday.

After waiting more than a decade, Sri's parents were supposed to make the trip to Mecca, Islam's holiest site located in Saudi Arabia, in 2020 but that was cancelled because the coronavirus pandemic halted most international travel. 

BPJS Kesehatan is seeking to gradually phase out its prevailing three-tiered National Health Insurance  hospitalization classes and provide an equitable health service system for all policyholders by 2024, two years later than planned.

The House of Representatives went into a month-long recess on Friday, with no conclusion to the deliberation on the highly anticipated data protection bill.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has flown into Bali for a meeting of G20 foreign ministers, which is set to be overshadowed by tensions triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The Financial Transaction Report and Analysis Center (PPATK) froze on Wednesday 60 accounts affiliated with humanitarian NGO Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) at 33 financial service institutions.

Employers are concerned about the ability to cover the costs of extended maternity leave and the impact it might have on recruitment policy, especially among small and medium enterprises.

Vaccine hesitancy has stalled Indonesia's efforts to increase its COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the wake of another wave of infections, preventing it from reaching its goal of fully inoculating 70 percent of the population by June.

The government has put Greater Jakarta under tighter pandemic restrictions after the area became the center for the recent spike in COVID-19 infections, while keeping most of the rest of the country at the lowest level of curbs.

The government will continue to implement the lowest level of public activity restrictions (PPKM) until early next month, assuring the loosened curbs would be enough to contain a recent spike in COVID-19 infections.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that his ministry would soon publish new regulations aimed at allowing research on the medicinal benefits of marijuana.

BPJS Kesehatan has started a trial run to eliminate the three-tiered health service system in its National Health Insurance (JKN) program, but some are concerned that this could result in downgraded services across all three classes.

The government has declined an offer from the Saudi Arabian authorities to send an additional 10,000 Indonesians on the holy pilgrimage this year, citing time constraints.

Participating athletes must still fulfill all the requirements for visiting foreigners, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo arrived in the United Arab Emirates early on Friday, after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday and Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky in Kyiv on Wednesday.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ended a trip to Ukraine and Russia saying he hoped for progress reintegrating global food and fertilizer supply lines disrupted by the conflict, and offered to be a diplomatic bridge between the two nations.