https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/02/ukraine-claims-another-indonesian-recruited-to-russian-military-killed https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181157_1793497706.jpg A Russian serviceman secures a polling station on Sept. 18 in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, as people vote in Russia's parliamentary election amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181158_1793497706.jpg This handout photograph taken on Tuesday by the press service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces shows a local resident walking among damaged residential buildings in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/why-investors-should-not-walk-away-from-indonesia-now https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/14/2025_08_14_165394_1755136195.jpg Rows of containers are stacked on July 24, 2025, in an industrial area at the Batang Industropolis, a special economic zone in Batang regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/02/tesla-samsung-oppose-new-us-tariffs-on-vietnam-as-probe-deadline-nears https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181183_1793583099.jpg A man riding an electric motorbike past the logo of Samsung Electronics on a billboard in Bac Ninh province, on April 8, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/can-bi-support-growth-without-sacrificing-the-rupiah https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180143_1790582247.jpg A teller places a bundle of rupiah banknotes into a currency counter machine on June 4, 2026, at a money changer in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/timor-leste-indonesia-and-the-meaning-of-asean-membership https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/30/2025_12_30_170849_1767060334.jpg An attendant adjusts the flag for Timor-Leste after the country formally joined the ASEAN the ASEAN Summit on Oct. 26, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/two-more-companies-named-suspects-in-wildfire-probes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181166_1793533341.jpg A child looks out of a classroom window on Wednesday before students at the elementary school were sent home early because of thick smoke from a land fire behind their school at Alalak village in Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/student-protests-gain-momentum-amid-little-response-from-govt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181088_1793245514.jpg Students stage a protest against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires causing toxic haze that has sickened thousands on Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Oct. 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/analysis-the-prabowo-gibran-government-is-clearly-falling-short https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181168_1793534931.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right), sits with coordinating ministers and cabinet ministers on Monday during a plenary cabinet meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta. ( Presidential Secretariat/Laily Rachev) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/02/supreme-court-ruling-renews-calls-for-gibran-to-step-down https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181160_1793518109.jpg Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks on before President Prabowo Subianto's speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta, on May 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/02/budget-pressure-building https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179711_1789360401.jpg Motorcyclists queue to refuel on Sept. 10 at a gas station in Makassar, South Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/01/prabowo-asks-kadin-to-be-govts-strategic-partner https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181169_1793537531.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto shakes hands with Kadin member and Lippo Group Chairman James Riady on Saturday at the President’s Hambalang residence in Bogor, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/01/indonesia-calls-for-g20-unity-against-global-crises-in-foreign-ministers-meeting https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181165_1793532079.jpeg Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir attends a plenary session at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Atlanta, the United States, on Oct. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/01/vendors-musicians-boycott-rans-carnival-amid-backlash-over-youth-pledge-event https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/10/25/2024_10_25_156561_1729830579.jpg Special Presidential Envoy for Youth and Arts Workers Development Raffi Ahmad gives a salute during the inauguration ceremony of Supreme Court chief justice, heads of state institutions and presidential special envoys and advisors led by President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace in Jakarta on Oct. 22, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/01/danantara-claims-time-tie-up-is-nonfinancial-despite-logo-appearance https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181161_1793526908.jpg The logo of state asset fund Danantara appears on the backdrop as Mati Amin (left) and Shabana Basij-Rasikh, co-founder of Afghan online education platform SOLAx, pose for a photo at the 2026 TIME100 Next Gala at Current at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Oct. 29, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/01/wto-chief-urges-indonesia-to-join-interim-mechanism-insists-priority-reform https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181094_1793258095.jpg The engraved logo of the World Trade Organization is seen on Oct. 29, 2026, on one of the twin columns at the entrance to the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181095_1793258294.jpg World Trade Organization director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks to reporters during a roundtable interview at the WTO’s Geneva headquarters in Switzerland on Oct. 27, ahead of the 2026 Global Review of Aid for Trade from Oct. 29 to 30. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/01/clashes-break-out-as-hundreds-of-thousands-protest-in-france https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181156_1793495650.jpg Protesters wearing Halloween costumes pose in front of the French national flag during a demonstration in Lyon, central-eastern France on October 31, 2026, part of nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organized by Yellow Vest movement, labor unions and high school and university students. “Exceptional“ security deployment with 70,000 police officers and gendarmes mobilized and an alarmist tone: for Act III of the protests against the high cost of living, right in the middle of Halloween festivities, the authorities fear a repeat of the October 17 nightmare. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/01/german-rioters-loot-shops-as-gen-z-demos-turn-ugly https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181155_1793494749.jpg Protesters light smoke flares after a demonstration organized by “GenZ regelt!“ (Gen Z has got this!) in Berlin on October 31, 2026. The German demonstrations have been inspired by similar movements across Europe, including in France and Italy, which have seen young protesters voice anger at political elites whom they accuse of ignoring their concerns. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/01/indo-pacific-quad-ministers-work-on-supply-chains-denounce-arbitrary-export-restrictions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/01/2026_11_01_181154_1793494135.JPG Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong (from left to right) pose for photographs at the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, US, October 31, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/01/ecological-crisis-in-spotlight-ahead-of-un-climate-summit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181132_1793360780.jpg A boy walks on a dried-out rice paddy in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi, on Oct. 13, 2026. The local authorities have recorded 75,000 hectares of rice fields across the province affected by droughts caused by an El Niño-induced prolonged dry season. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181131_1793360779.JPG Activists hold placards during a rally outside the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta on Oct. 30, 2026, urging the government to take more action to address the climate crisis and forest and land fires across the country, https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/31/chinas-factory-activity-returns-to-contraction-in-october https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/12/2026_09_12_179666_1789188131.JPG Employees work on the production line at a factory of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on April 2, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/31/jakartas-accessibility-gap-limits-mobility-for-the-disabled https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/12/03/2018_12_03_59987_1543850410.gif People with disabilities try out recently built pedestrian facilities on Dec. 3, 20218 along Jl. Sudirman, Jakarta. The activity was organized by the Institute for Transportation and Development (ITDP) to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls every Dec. 3. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/31/crypto-exchanges-call-for-quick-moves-to-bolster-defenses-after-binance-heist https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/31/2026_10_31_181153_1793411098.JPG Binance logo and hacker code are seen in this illustration taken on Oct. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/31/gen-z-protests-reach-germany-as-over-160000-expected-at-halloween-rallies https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/31/2026_10_31_181152_1793410689.JPG A worker secures a Versace store with wooden boards ahead of expected protests by the youth movement “Gen Z regelt“ in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/31/rare-javan-banteng-calf-born-at-conservation-center-in-west-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181126_1793346446.png A female Javan banteng (Bos javanicus javanicus) interacts with its newborn calf at the Pangandaran Javan Banteng Reintroduction Center in Pananjung Nature Reserve, Pangandaran regency, West Java, on July 27, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/31/medan-man-arrested-for-allegedly-insulting-jesus-during-tiktok-livestream https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/06/10/2020_06_10_97356_1591760177.jpg Illustration of blasphemy. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/31/rubio-urges-g20-cooperation-amid-rifts-over-wars-in-ukraine-middle-east https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/31/2026_10_31_181151_1793410398.JPG United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting Welcome Reception at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, the US, on Oct. 30, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/31/two-years-in-prabowo-exhausts-indonesias-state-capacity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180867_1792588650.jpg President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech on Oct. 21, 2026, during a plenary cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace Complex in Central Jakarta, where over 100 officials from his Red and White Cabinet gathered to mark the second anniversary of his presidency. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/31/analysis-two-years-of-prabowo-the-cost-of-presidential-ambition https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181129_1793351741.jpg President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech during a ceremony on June 1 at the Foreign Ministry’s Pancasila building to celebrate the birth of Pancasila 81 years ago, in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/31/rhizomaticmovements-help-youth-voice-political-messages https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181133_1793365306.jpg Concertgoers dance during punk band Dongker's performance at Plaza Kalibaru in Cilincing, North Jakarta on Oct. 10, 2026. For the performance, the band charged attendants 2 kilograms of rice and a book. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181134_1793365306.JPG Protesters shout slogans during a protest against President Prabowo Subianto’s policies as well as his administration's handling of forest fires at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, on Oct. 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/31/china-indonesia-arrest-18-in-international-drug-trafficking-crackdown https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181117_1793323733.png Authorities raided a suspected methamphetamine laboratory in Pidie regency, Aceh, on Oct. 21, 2026, over alleged links to an international drug trafficking network. Police arrested 11 people during the operation, including two Chinese nationals. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/31/hybrid-cars-could-sway-buyers-if-the-incentives-add-up https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/04/2025_08_04_165087_1754289566.jpg Visitors crowd the 2025 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) in BSD City, Tangerang, Banten, in this undated photo. The event drew a total of 485,569 visitors over its 11-day run from July 24 to Aug. 3. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/31/election-panel-delay-sparks-interference-fears https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/10/18/2024_10_18_156233_1729233665.jpg An election official moves a ballot box on Feb. 28, 2020, from the Ciamis Regional Elections (Pilkada) logistics warehouse in Ciamis regency, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/31/no-resting-on-fleeting-rain https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181099_1793267939.jpg Indonesian soldiers, tasked with fighting forest and land fires, celebrate as it rains on Oct. 28 in Banjar Baru, South Kalimantan, following months of forest and peatland fires. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/30/idx-index-on-brink-of-5000-after-bruising-week https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/29/2026_10_29_181116_1793290853.jpg An electronic display board inside the main hall of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in South Jakarta shows an overall downward movement across most stocks during the lunch break on Jan. 29, when the IDX Composite index fell 6.3 percent after global index provider MSCI raised concerns about Indonesia's stock market. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/30/netanyahu-bloc-finishes-ahead-in-israel-vote-but-well-short-of-majority https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181130_1793354475.jpg This combination of pictures created on October 28, 2026, shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaking to the media after voting in Jerusalem on October 27, 2026, and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot addressing his supporters at the election night rally in Tel Aviv early on October 28, 2026. The camp of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ahead of his rival's opposition bloc but still short of a majority on October 28 after 50 percent of votes were counted in Israel's pivotal general election. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/30/hashim-urges-stronger-tax-collection-warns-of-capital-flight-risks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180637_1791909300.jpg Special Presidential Envoy on Energy and Climate Change Hashim Djojohadikusumo (left) slices a 'tumpeng' (rice cone) on Nov. 10 during the opening ceremony of the Indonesian Pavilion at the United Nations climate change conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/30/mangroves-are-more-than-trees-they-are-water-infrastructure https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/15/2026_04_15_174766_1776272250.jpg People clear plastic on April 15, 2026, at a mangrove area as part of a cleaning campaign in Serangan village, Denpasar, Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/30/the-two-faces-of-eisenkot-who-could-be-israels-pm https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/28/2026_10_28_181052_1793160019.jpg A road sign stands in front of a large billboard featuring Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) of the Likud party and former military chief and leader of the centrist Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot, in Ramat Gan on Oct. 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/30/bank-of-japan-says-inflation-hit-2-target-after-13-years https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/30/2026_10_30_181118_1793332509.jpg The Japanese national flag is seen at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) headquarters in Tokyo on September 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/30/indonesias-shaky-myanmar-rapprochement https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180164_1790645482.jpg A Rohingya refugee living in Malaysia holds his son while others prepare to slaughter cows during the Idul Adha festival in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2022.