Crowds gathered outside as family members sought news of their loved ones, including Baryalai Amiri, a 38-year-old mechanic, whose brother was admitted as a patient about 25 days ago.

The regional war has also steadily pulled Iraq further into the fighting, after the country has long been a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran.

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, has urged Indonesia to prioritize the growth of more productive, higher-value businesses through regulatory reforms.  

The President's brother, who heads the public housing task force, says he has temporarily allayed Prabowo's concerns by pointing to the relatively recent existence of the housing ministry as a stand-alone institution.

The threat of online child exploitation continues to loom despite the government’s plan to restrict children’s access to certain digital platforms, as experts warn that predators can easily move across multiple online spaces where young users interact.

Australia's central bank raised its cash rate for a second straight month on Tuesday, saying higher borrowing costs were needed to contain inflation, though a very tight vote suggested further tightening is far from certain.

We are honored that many citizens and friends of Ireland will commemorate St Patrick's Day across Indonesia’s vast archipelago.

In its efforts to accelerate the energy transition while addressing the growing challenge of urban waste, the government has tapped PT Danantara Investment Management (DIM) to seek capable partners in developing waste-to-energy (WtE) power plant projects, locally known as Pengolahan Sampah Menjadi Energi Listrik (PSEL).

Prilly Latuconsina spent a decade protecting a role most actresses would have left behind. 'Danur: The Last Chapter' is her reward and her goodbye.

During the holy month of Ramadan, Barito Pacific Group, together with its subsidiaries and philanthropic foundation Yayasan Bakti Barito, carried out a series of community outreach initiatives to support thousands of families across Indonesia.

The two suspects worked as an excavator operator and a mechanic handling a gold sluice box at the illegal gold mine. 

For waqf to play a meaningful role in post-disaster recovery, governance must be strengthened through clear asset mapping, professional management, transparency and integration with broader development and disaster-risk strategies.

International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said Monday more strategic oil stocks could be released if necessary to limit the fallout of from the near complete blockage of supplies through the Strait of Hormuz owing to the war on Iran.

True police reform is more than a change in regulation; it is a living social contract where legitimacy is earned daily and security is co-produced by the police and the public.

According to satellite imagery analysis by the Forestry Ministry, forest and land fires in Riau burned around 4,400 ha of land between January and February 2026, with about 94 percent of the affected area located on peatland.

When the "warmth" of the Idul Fitri living room becomes a cold interrogation, a woman’s Ivy League degree and global achievements are often reduced to a single, stinging metric: her marital status.

When a state uses acid to silence its critics, it ceases to be a protector and becomes a perpetrator of terrorism.

As questions arise over President Prabowo Subianto’s delayed and muted response to the United States-Israeli war on Iran, some former presidents and vice presidents have taken an active role in voicing their concerns over the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

An alliance of leading media in Asia, the Asia News Network, has announced that applications are now open for its 2026-2028 journalism fellowship program that aims at building a Malay news network.

The pulse of Indonesian democracy has moved to three arenas of contention: the asphalt of the streets, the viral volatility of social media and the high-stakes theater of the courtroom.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the escalating Middle East war has disrupted global oil and gas shipments, driving up prices and exposing Indonesia to serious energy and financial risks. Around 25 percent of the country's oil imports originate from the Middle East and pass through the strait, while domestic fuel reserves can only last for around 20 days. With oil prices recently surpassing US$100 per barrel and the rupiah weakening to around Rp 17,000 per United States dollar, Indonesia now faces an additional layer of economic and energy security risk. The administration of President Prabowo Subianto is therefore under pressure to secure alternative supplies and stabilize domestic markets.

Vehicle lines leading to the port stretched up to 36 kilometers on Sunday and 15 km on Monday, forcing many travelers to wait up to 20 hours to cross the strait, with some even spending the night inside their cars.

Nearly half of the country’s daily fuel use is met through imports as consumption climbed to 232,417 kiloliters per day in 2025.

The ban can shield young people from being exposed to pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud and most of all, addictions, but at the expense of their freedom of expression.

A civil society coalition has urged police to investigate the acid attack on rights activist Andrie Yunus of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) as a premeditated murder attempt, as authorities begin probing the case under provisions related to severe abuse.

The Players, which began on March 12, certainly boasts the strongest field of any tournament albeit some missing LIV Golf stars, and offers the richest prize purse for an individual competition.

The government has emphasized that lifting the fiscal deficit cap, which sits at 3 percent of GDP, could only happen in a crisis, and that it is focusing instead on slashing government spending.