The upgraded Indonesia-United States security agreement, the Major Defense Cooperation Partnership (MDCP), has been shadowed by reports on Washington’s proposal for blanket overflight access for its military aircraft in Indonesia’s airspace.

Paris marks the second leg of President Prabowo Subianto’s latest European trip, after he talked with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for five hours on energy and mineral resources, among other topics.

As a "Godzilla-like" El Niño looms, Indonesia must move beyond complacency and apply the lessons of history to protect its food security and its future.

Experts warned that turning PNM into a special mission vehicle (SMV) under the Finance Ministry risks duplicating existing institutions without tackling core issues like risk assessment, access and borrower repayment capacity.

Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya is facing criticism after warning of an “inflation of observers,” with rights activists and analysts saying the remark seeks to attack critical voices and signals shrinking tolerance of dissent.

Although no longer in public office, Kalla has in recent weeks increasingly become a reference figure for groups and individuals seeking input or expressing concerns about policies under President Prabowo Subianto’s administration.

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has proposed regulating a ban on vaporizers under the narcotics and psychotropics bill, citing the discovery of illegal substances in several vape liquid samples, a move that has drawn pushback from industry players and vaping communities.

Asian nations have been particularly hard hit due to a sharp fall in the crude shipments they rely on -- and have few alternatives to replace them.

The cost of urea -- a common nitrogen-based fertilizer -- had jumped by around 50 percent at the port of New Orleans.

Why do we hold on to something that was never quite there?

Prabowo is set to meet Macron at the Elysee Palace "to discuss enhancing strategic cooperation between the two countries," Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said in a statement.

The OJK emphasized that the information displayed in the SLIK system does not automatically determine whether a loan or financing application will be approved or rejected, noting that it only serves as a consideration in the credit analysis process.  

His parents, particularly his father Peter, a golf teaching professional, made a conscious decision early on: let the game find Fifa. And it did.

The meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron is slated after President Prabowo Subianto met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow about energy security.

Investment realization is estimated at around Rp 497 trillion ($29 billion) in the first quarter of 2026, up about 7 percent year-on-year.

"We are elevating our relationship to a Major Defense Cooperation Partnership, in recognition of the strength and potential of our bilateral defense ties," Hegseth said in a statement on X.

"I certainly think that in some cases, it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality... and let the President United States stick to dictating American public policy," Vance told Fox News's "Special Report with Bret Baier."

Gatut Sunu Wibowo has become the latest regional leader in East Java to be arrested for corruption, after he allegedly threatened local officials with dismissal in an attempt to extort up to Rp 2.8 billion (US$163,000) for personal use.

Due to the reemergence of oil prices as a key determinant amid the Iran war, monetary authorities facing renewed inflation risks are becoming less likely to cut interest rates, keeping global borrowing costs elevated and tightening financial conditions across both advanced and emerging economies.

US President Donald Trump returns to weary and failing playbook with Hormuz blockade threat

According to police, the incident occurred in October last year when a relative and neighbor, Indra Putra Bangun, visited LB’s family home and accused her father, identified only as JIB, of purchasing palm oil allegedly stolen from his plantation. The confrontation escalated into a physical altercation, during which LB allegedly intervened by scratching and biting Indra.

Beyond the national slogan lays a primal human reflex that treats difference as a threat; to truly protect religious freedom in Indonesia, we must look past the pulpit and address the biological machinery of fear that governs us all.

Stocks rose and oil fell Tuesday on hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Donald Trump saying Tehran had called to seek an agreement even as a US naval blockade around Iran's ports began.

Merz also expressed his "grave concern" about developments in the Palestinian territories in a telephone conversation with Netanyahu and demanded that there "must be no de facto partial annexation of the West Bank", the German government spokesman said.

Despite calls for mediation, the grouping of so-called Global South nations has remained fragmented, highlighting its role as a "club" akin to the G7 rather than a forum for collective action.

A provincial official has underlined the urgency of the national strategic project, initiated in 2021 and funded by the Defense Ministry, as both a navigational aid a symbol of state sovereignty in the maritime zone off the Singapore Strait.

The strait, through which a fifth of global oil and gas flows, has become a key flashpoint as the US and Iran attempt to gain leverage over each other during ceasefire negotiations.