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Middle East and Africa

Hajj pilgrim numbers surpass 2025 arrivals despite Middle East war

The numbers of pilgrims are expected to rise further over the next two days as they continue to arrive from abroad ahead of the formal rituals that mark the beginning of the hajj on Monday.

7 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

At least 90 dead in China's worst coal mine disaster in over 16 years

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for authorities to "spare no effort" in treating the injured and conducting search and rescue operations, while ordering a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident and strict accountability in accordance with the law. ...

8 hours ago
Jakarta premium

Jakarta to open railway station connected to Jakarta International Stadium

The commuter railway station, set to be opened by June, is expected to help improve accessibility to the 82,000-seat stadium by visitors from the city center and other regions, especially during major concerts or sporting events. ...

10 hours ago

The Latest

Middle East and Africa

Western powers press Israel to rein in settlers, halt expansion

"The policies and practices of the Israeli government, including a further entrenchment of Israeli control, are undermining stability and prospects for a two-state solution," read a joint statement from several countries, including Britain, France, Germany and Australia.

12 hours ago
Academia

Opaque oil deals around Hormuz test the petrodollar

There are growing signs that major Asian importers are adapting to the new reality by striking direct arrangements with Gulf producers.

12 hours ago
Economy

EU seeks to rebalance trade relationship with China

The EU executive team including Sejourne will hold a special debate next Friday on how the 27-nation bloc should approach China to level the playing field.

13 hours ago
Academia premium

Setting the right course on maritime law enforcement discourse

An ongoing judicial review before the Constitutional Court concerning the criminal investigation power of the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) exposes a structural problem of thinking upon maritime law enforcement. 

13 hours ago
Middle East and Africa

Congo province bans funeral wakes to contain Ebola's spread

The WHO raised its risk assessment for the outbreak in Congo to "very high" from "high", with the health body saying late detection, the absence of a vaccine or virus-specific therapeutics, widespread armed violence and high mobility among the population make the country vulnerable.

14 hours ago
Academia premium

Why presidential banter fuels public anxiety

The humor, sarcasm and barbed language utilized on stage represent a deliberate cultural attempt to construct a new form of state-approved common sense.

14 hours ago
Americas

Gabbard resigns as Trump's top US intelligence official

Trump said that Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas, a former CIA officer and analyst who served on the National Security Council during Trump's first term, would become acting director.

14 hours ago
Quick Dispatch

Bali tailored to the growing demand for ‘Bleisure’ in MICE

In today’s Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry, organizers and planners are increasingly familiar with the concept of bleisure, a portmanteau of “business” and “leisure.”

1 day ago
Society

Four Indonesians arrested in Saudi over illegal haj ads

Over the past month, Saudi authorities have arrested dozens of Indonesians for various haj-related violations.

15 hours ago
Academia premium

A cold shower for the AI mania

Although generative AI tools have improved rapidly and now outperform humans across many tasks, the market's current euphoria may not be justified. With AI firms increasingly resorting to debt financing, it is worth pausing to consider all the things that could go wrong.

15 hours ago
Americas

Bolivians demand president's resignation in new mass protest

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz came to power six months ago, in the midst of the country's worst economic crisis since the 1980s, marked by acute shortages of fuel and foreign currency and runaway inflation.

15 hours ago
Middle East and Africa

Pakistan army chief in Tehran as Iran weighs US peace offer

The disagreements between Iran and the US remained "deep and extensive", according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

16 hours ago
Academia premium

Article 33 and Indonesia’s natural resource governance test

Indonesia's new export regulations on natural resources is a test of governance that draws upon a constitutional provision that mandates their use to ensure the prosperity of its citizens.

16 hours ago
Sports premium

Fitness culture goes into overdrive for Hyrox Jakarta 2026

Ahead of Indonesia’s first official Hyrox race in June, urban professionals and “gym rats” alike are reorganizing their routines around the fitness competition quickly gaining both hype and popularity.

16 hours ago
Society premium

Teachers' welfare remains poor despite govt's promises

Most nonformal teachers are paid far less than the regional minimum wage every month, despite government officials pledging to improve educators' welfare through various programs.

17 hours ago
Americas premium

Indonesia's Hercules hub plan draws sovereignty concerns

Indonesia has accepted a United States proposal to develop a maintenance hub for Hercules military aircraft, a plan that has been met with a wary response from lawmakers and analysts, who warn against arrangements that could blur sovereignty boundaries.

17 hours ago
Academia premium

From batik to botox: A brief history of status signaling in Indonesia

From an earlier age of Balinese tooth filing and Javanese courtly refinement to today’s SCBD culture of lip fillers and jawline contouring, the history of Indonesian status signaling reveals how power is continually rewritten onto the human body.

17 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Rp 101 trillion fintech loans raise youth debt concerns

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has reported that outstanding loans from financial technology (fintech) lending services, locally known as pindar, reached Rp 101.03 trillion (US$6.1 billion) as of March, underscoring the rapid expansion of Indonesia’s online lending sector and the growing difficulty of containing its risks. Of that amount, the aggregate non-performing loan risk rate, measured by the industry’s TWP90 indicator, which tracks loans overdue by more than 90 days, stood at 4.52 percent in March, significantly higher than the 2.77 percent recorded in March 2025.

17 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Riau Police name PT Musim Mas suspect in Riau environmental damage

Musim Mas allegedly encroached forest land for their palm oil plantation with an overlapped right-to-use (HGU) certificate for 29,000 hectares plot of land.

18 hours ago
Economy premium

Weakened rupiah disrupts business, education plans

Middle-class Indonesians are among the groups most vulnerable to currency depreciation, because a larger share of their spending is impacted by changing exchange rates.

18 hours ago
Editorial premium

Deterring talent

Young Indonesian diaspora now question whether returning home to serve in public institutions is worth the risk if ambitious reforms can later be reframed as criminal acts.

18 hours ago
Economy

APEC trade envoys gather in China to discuss trade imbalances, supply chain resilience

Asia-Pacific trade envoys gathered in China are expected to discuss multilateral cooperation, trade imbalances and supply chain resilience in the face of global shocks, including the US-Israeli war on Iran.

1 day ago
Society premium

Taxi driver named suspect in Bekasi rail tragedy as KNKT points to signaling flaws

Police have named a taxi driver a suspect in last month’s deadly rail accident in Bekasi, West Java, while transportation investigators have revealed new findings pointing to possible signaling and operational failures that caused the disaster.

1 day ago
Companies

Meta began laying off roughly 8,000 employees

According to Bloomberg, notifications went out beginning in the early morning hours, with Singapore-based workers among the first to be informed.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

What scientists know about a potential 'super' El Nino

The fast-warming tropical Pacific is pointing to a major event but a crucial weakening of trade winds -- capable of turbocharging or throttling the phenomenon -- has yet to materialise.

1 day ago
Regulations premium

Govt to deploy mandatory E5 bioethanol, B50 biodiesel program in July

E5 rollout will be concentrated in key high-consumption regions: East Java, Jakarta, West Java, Banten, Central Java and Yogyakarta.

1 day ago
Europe

Trump says sending 5,000 US troops to Poland

Trump said the move was based on his relationship with Poland's president Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist ally whom he said he was "proud to endorse" in elections that Nawrocki won last year.

1 day ago

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Sat, May 23, 2026

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