The blast severely damaged the four-story building and several surrounding structures. The building’s front facade collapsed, the front canopy was torn down and windows on both sides were shattered.

This aggressive stance comes as tax revenues have reached only 54.7 percent of the annual target in August and contracted 5.1 percent year-on-year.

Consumer views on their current income situation and plans to buy durable goods weakened, while perceptions of job availability dropped deeper into pessimistic territory.

A top official within Hamas said Israel will release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners: 250 among those serving life sentences and 1,700 others detained since the start of the war.

The agreement, to be signed Thursday, also calls for Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as well as prompt a surge of aid into Gaza after more than two years of war started by Hamas's unprecedented October 2023 attack on Israel. 

"On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops. While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly checkup," Leavitt said Wednesday.

The Association of Indonesian Provincial Governments (APPSI) has inaugurated its board of directors for the 2025–2029 term, followed by an Indonesia-wide governors’ meeting that included discussions on their work program for 2026 onwards.

The FIFA disciplinary committee said this week it had found evidence indicating that Malaysian authorities may have relied on forged documents to naturalise the mixed-heritage players Gabriel Palmero, Facundo Garces, Rodrigo Holgado, Imanol Machuca, Joao Figueiredo, Jon Irazabal and Hector Hevel. 

To strengthen the implementation of Phase II of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) development, the IKN Authority has signed six contracts and held an integrated pre-construction meeting (PCM) at the Coordinating Ministry Office 4 on Nov. 10.

Singaporean nationalism assumes heterosexuality as the default familial norm, which can lead to excluding people who do not fit that baseline, beyond sexual orientation.

Will the cybercrime convention be an epiphany for those who seek effective legal measures?

Jakarta’s apartments are increasingly making space, and even amenities, for furry tenants.  

The global economy is doing better than expected, even as it faces prolonged uncertainty and underwhelming medium-term growth prospects, the head of the IMF said Wednesday. 

Indonesia's defense ties with France is built on shared interests and a decade-long partnership, and while cooperation might appear to have lagged in recent years, the issue at hand is one of mutuality as Prabowo aims to achieve 100 percent of the OEF goals by 2029.

The highly anticipated Mariah Carey-The Celebration of Mimi concert at the Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor, West Java, was an awe-inspiring jubilee for music lovers and the legendary diva’s enormous number of Indonesian fans.

Sanae Takaichi marks a new era in Japanese politics with a firmer approach to  security and foreign policy. 

President Prabowo Subianto has announced the creation of the Executive Committee for the Acceleration of Papua Development, naming several key officials who will support the implementation of development programs in the region during a mini Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday.

The state has resorted to intimidation, arbitrary arrests and systemic silencing of dissent.

A meeting on Saturday between President Prabowo Subianto and his predecessor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo seems to indicate a shift in the dynamic between the two, analysts say, suggesting that Jokowi might be seeking reassurance as political pressure mounts on both him and his family.

Still, if President Prabowo acts decisively, ensuring the presidential committee serves as the principal reform actor, the collaboration could become a true engine of change

Public demand for police reform necessitates the replacement of National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, who bears ultimate responsibility for the recent wave of bloody demonstrations. Otherwise, it would be yet another example of institutional failure, with the police under Listyo’s leadership remaining entangled in serious abuses of power, a lack of accountability and persistent public distrust.

Hidden behind toll road projects and container trucks to the capital’s north, a 17-century colonial structure stands in quiet decay, its walls overgrown with moss and tree roots, its history fading beneath Jakarta’s relentless modernization.

Radioactive and carcinogenic contamination has prompted foreign buyers to become more cautious, tightening inspections or even delaying contracts with local suppliers, industry players claimed.

The origin of the leopard remains unclear, but there is a growing suspicion that it may be the same animal that escaped from Lembang Zoo last month. The zoo is located just five kilometers from the Anugerah Hotel.

The regulations about importing waste for raw industrial materials are still lenient, making Indonesia a recipient of waste materials that are not suitable for further processing.

Managed by the Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry, the initiative aims to prepare students for admission to the world’s top universities.

According to research from the World Bank, one out of seven young Indonesians may find themselves out of work.