Rising food prices coupled with rising fuel prices, could form a dangerous recipe for social unrest.

Several wildfire-prone regions in Sumatra and Kalimantan have issued fire alerts as the weather agency predicts a longer dry season starting later this month that may lead to crop failures and increase the risk of severe drought.

The United States and Iran have signaled no quick end to their war, with US President Donald Trump saying it was necessary to finish the job and Iran warning that the world should be ready for oil at US$200 a barrel after striking tankers in Iraqi waters and other ships near the vital Strait of Hormuz.

The US government is launching two new trade investigations into excess industrial capacity in 16 major trading partners, including Indonesia, to rebuild tariff pressure after the US Supreme Court tore down much of Trump's tariff program last month.

Transportation emissions pose our most pressing challenge and our greatest opportunity.

A recent decision by the Indonesian Military (TNI) that puts troops on high alert amid the war in the Middle East has come under scrutiny as lawmakers and civil groups question its legality and necessity.

While missiles capture the headlines, it is the silent calculations of the insurance market that truly hold the power to paralyze global trade.

The progress in the corruption case involving crude oil procurement at state oil and gas company Pertamina for the 2018–2023 period deserves appreciation. Yet this development may represent only the tip of the iceberg in Indonesia’s law enforcement efforts. The sentences handed down to the suspects are considered mild and lack deterrence effect, while the main actor behind the scheme remains elusive amid the recurring scandals surrounding Pertamina.

Days after the first bombs launched by the United States and Israel on Iranian cities, explosions were heard across Tehran and other locations, including near the Indonesian embassy complex where evacuees were spending some time before leaving the country.

Soaring medical claims would force private insurers to raise premiums, ultimately squeezing individual policyholders and employers, who may either cut coverage or pass costs on to workers.

Bali immigration officials reported that, as of March 8, at least 40 flights from Bali to major Middle Eastern transit hubs, including Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, had been canceled. The flight disruptions have affected at least 11,600 tourists in Bali.

As the TNI moves toward high alert seemingly without a presidential mandate, Indonesia’s hard-won civilian supremacy faces its most critical test yet.

The target for year-on-year GDP growth of 5.5 to 6 percent in the first quarter remains in place, Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa announced on Wednesday.

Judges found former communications and information ministry officials to have rigged the tender process for a temporary data centers project to benefit a company that did not meet the international safety standards required to build and manage such sites.

Yuvensius Stefanus Nonga, executive director of WALHI’s East Nusa Tenggara branch, said the incident is a serious warning about the increasing vulnerability of the region’s marine ecosystem.

The Health Ministry has reported a high prevalence of depression and anxiety among Indonesian children, affecting around 10 percent of them, about five times the rate recorded among adults and elderly, with bullying and academic pressure among the key risk factors. 

The oil-rich Gulf has borne the brunt of Iran's attacks in response to US-Israeli strikes that sparked the Middle East war, with Tehran targeting US assets but also civilian infrastructure.

The slowdown followed an unusually strong start to the year rather than a more fundamental shift in investor appetite.

The economy of Batam continued to show strong momentum toward the end of 2025, with economic growth reaching 7.49 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the fourth quarter (Q4), the highest among regions in Riau Islands province.

Micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) loans contracted by 0.53 percent year-on-year (yoy) in January to Rp 1,482.9 trillion, amid “global and domestic economic dynamics” and a slower post-pandemic recovery.

South Korea's transport ministry cut construction costs and approved improper airport safety structures for more than two decades, the state auditor said in a report on aviation safety management after a Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people.

Iran was the only nation missing from a FIFA planning summit for World Cup participants held last week in Atlanta, deepening questions over whether the country's soccer team will compete on US soil this summer amid an escalating regional war.

Thailand and Vietnam have encouraged public employees to work from home and take up other energy-saving measures as the Middle East war disrupted oil supplies and sent fuel prices swinging.

Australian police helped two more members of the Iranian women's soccer delegation slip their minders to claim asylum, but one has changed her mind and decided to go back to Iran, the country's interior minister said on Wednesday.

The conflict has engulfed the Middle East and roiled energy markets since the February 28 US-Israeli strikes that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered the war, with Tehran on Tuesday vowing no crude exports would leave the Gulf if the bombardment continued.

The sudden and acute disruption to Middle East oil supplies caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran is forcing buyers to tap every available barrel, rapidly dismantling forecasts of an oil glut this year.

Handling nearly 8,000 tonnes of waste generated daily in Jakarta, the Bantar Gebang landfill now holds 80 million tonnes of waste, some 30 million tonnes more than its maximum capacity.