https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/03/indonesia-must-break-out-of-a-crumbling-global-order https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/07/23/2024_07_23_152699_1721712927.jpg Chimneys belch emissions from a nickel smelter on July 7, 2024, at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP) in Lelilef, North Maluku. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/03/think-first https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/26/2026_07_26_178008_1785058997.jpeg Deputy Defense Minister and newly-inaugurated University of the Republic of Indonesia (URI) Governor Donny Ermawan Taufanto (right) talks to journalists on July 22 as Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) professor and URI Deputy Governor Yos Sunitiyoso looks on at the State Palace in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/03/bank-indonesia-finding-a-new-governor-managing-expectations https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/28/2026_05_28_176161_1779959142.jpg A man walks past the Bank Indonesia (BI) headquarters on Sept. 2, 2024, in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/03/critics-lambaste-anti-lgbtq-syllabus-plan-for-religious-schools https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/28/2026_07_28_178061_1785227417.jpg Two people walk past a billboard that reads “Firmly reject LGBT” on July 27, 2026, in Banda Aceh, Aceh. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178191_1785637214.jpg Students of State Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MIN) 11 West Aceh elementary school join junior high school students at Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTsS) Harapan Bangsa on July 28, 2026, to attend a Quran recitation at MTsS Harapan Bangsa in Kuta Padang, Meulaboh, Aceh. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/03/bi-governors-exit-signals-a-shift-from-markets-to-command https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/27/2026_07_27_178027_1785120979.jpg State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi, third right, accompanied by Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governors, speaks on July 27 during a press conference on the resignation of BI Gov. Perry Warjiyo in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/03/more-nuclear-states-may-be-better-more-strategic-ambiguity-never-is https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/25/2025_11_25_169402_1764046080.jpg United States President Donald Trump shakes hands with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman on Nov. 19, 2025, at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/03/pramono-urges-calm-as-fear-of-august-riot-repeat-unnerves-shopping-malls https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178201_1785670598.jpeg High metal fences are seen on Aug. 31 around Kota Kasablanka shopping mall in South Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178203_1785675413.JPG No more fences: A visitor walks past a wall on Sunday at the entrance of Kota Kasablanka shopping mall in South Jakarta. A tall metal fence that had previously been installed in front of the mall’s entrance and exit had been removed, based on observations made at the scene at about 11 a.m. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/03/award-puts-spotlight-on-opinion-polls-role-in-democracy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/19/2025_08_19_165630_1755614691.jpg Police officers stand guard during a rally organized by university students on Aug. 19, 2025, in front of the East Java Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) in Surabaya, East Java. During the rally, protesters called for the government to scrap its controversial national history book project and push for protection of freedom of expression. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/03/analysis-uri-good-intentions-do-not-justify-impulsive-policymaking https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178198_1785652701.jpg Deputy Defense Minister and newly inaugurated University of the Republic of Indonesia (URI) Governor Donny Ermawan Taufanto (right) talks to journalists on Wednesday as Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) professor and URI Deputy Governor Yos Sunitiyoso looks on at the State Palace in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/03/west-java-prepares-18-routes-for-greater-bandung-brt-system https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/26/2026_07_26_177999_1785023980.jpg West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi (left) walks with Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi (right) ahead of the groundbreaking of mass rapid transit station as part of bus rapid transit infrastructure connecting the Greater Bandung area on July 22 at the Leuwipanjang bus terminal in Bandung, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/03/prabowo-draws-flak-over-iran-nuclear-remarks-north-korea-mediation-claim https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178202_1785673236.jpg President Prabowo Subianto gestures on Friday as he speaks during a meeting with Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) members at the State Palace. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/03/bali-financial-hub-plan-sparks-crowding-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/14/2026_04_14_174715_1776181133.jpg Beach walk: Tourists walk on April 8, along Kuta beach near Denpasar, Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/03/bnn-customs-dismantle-malaysian-drug-network-in-batam https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178200_1785670088.jpeg Law enforcement officers gather around a table full of pieces of evidence confiscated from a Malaysian-led drugs syndicate during a joint press conference on July 31 in Sakura Garden, Batu Ampar area in Batam, Riau Islands. A joint operation consisting of officers from the National Narcotics Agency and the Customs and Excise Directorate General raided four locations in Batam and arrested six Indonesians. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/03/police-investigate-oil-well-fire-at-historic-north-sumatra-oil-field https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178199_1785663542.jpg A worker pours crude oil using traditiona equipment on May 31, 20215, in Telaga Said village, Sei Lepan in Langkat regency, North Sumatra. The village has about 100 old oil wells previously operated by state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/02/five-dead-41-missing-after-ferry-catches-fire-off-east-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178204_1785678915.jpg This screen grab from a handout video taken and released on August 2, 2026, by the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), shows the passenger ship Mutiara Sentosa 2 catching fire in the waters off Madura island, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/02/regional-leaders-anxious-over-transfer-cuts-revenue-share-delays https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/02/26/2025_02_26_160614_1740544341.jpg Regional leaders are seen on Feb. 25, 2025, during a week-long mountain glamping retreat at a military academy in Magelang, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/08/02/teater-koma-revives-rumah-sakit-jiwa-for-an-unsettled-world https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178196_1785644475.JPG Members of Teater Koma portray mental health patients in a scene from the troupe's latest production, ‘Rumah Sakit Jiwa’ (Mental Hospital), during a press conference in South Jakarta on July 10, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178197_1785644475.jpeg Ratna Riantiarno (third right), Teater Koma director and producer of 'Rumah Sakit Jiwa’ (Mental Hospital), an original production first staged in 1991, reprises her role as Dr. Rogusta's mother during a press conference in South Jakarta on July 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/02/us-embassies-urge-citizens-to-consider-departing-middle-east https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/17/2026_03_17_173806_1773766343.jpg Risky landing: An Emirates Boeing 777 aircraft prepares for landing on Monday as a smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai. Flights were gradually resuming at Dubai airport on Monday, March 16, 2026, previously the world’s busiest for international flights, the airport operator said. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/02/south-korea-records-its-highest-ever-temperature-of-425c https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/12/2026_07_12_177535_1783844044.jpg A woman uses a fan to shelter from the sun on a street in Seoul on July 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/02/citilink-expands-fleet-to-43-aircraft-thanks-to-danantaras-support https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/28/2026_05_28_176160_1779956676.jpg A plane bearing the livery of low-cost airline Citilink taxis down a runway on Jan. 10, 2025, as a plane operated by ultralow-cost carrier Super Air Jet lands on a runway at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/08/02/uefa-concacaf-target-infantino-after-fifa-shelve-world-cup-private-investment-plan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178195_1785644101.jpg FIFA president Gianni Infantino looks on during a meeting with the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on November 17, 2025. Infantino has lost the “confidence“ of the UEFA, European football's governing body, it said in a statement on August 1, 2026, after his plan to allow private investment in the World Cup was withdrawn following a global backlash. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/02/firefighters-in-greece-pushed-to-the-limit-as-winds-rage https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178194_1785643323.jpg Greek firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in the area of Porto Germeno, some 70 kilometers northwest of Athens in the region of Viotia, on August 1, 2026. Hundreds of firefighters in Greece battle to save a popular coastal resort northwest of Athens as violent winds continue to lash the country, hampering operations. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/02/trump-says-he-will-hold-off-on-fresh-iran-attack-in-hope-of-quick-deal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178193_1785641792.jpg US President Donald Trump flashes a thumbs up while stepping off Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on July 31, 2026. President Trump arrived in New Jersey to spend the weekend at his National Golf Club in Bedminster, following a cabinet meeting in Camp David, Maryland. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/02/wildberries-russias-amazon-targeted-by-ukraine https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/02/2026_08_02_178192_1785637698.jpg Bystanders watch as smoke rises from a fire at the Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries' logistics complexes in the town of Elektrostal outside Moscow on July 18, 2026. A Ukrainian drone attack on two logistics centres in Russia killed eight people and injured 24, officials said on July 18, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/01/oil-giants-report-blowout-profits-on-war-say-gas-prices-could-stay-high https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/01/2026_08_01_178190_1785596144.jpg The logos of ExxonMobil and Chevron are displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on July 24, 2026, in New York City, United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/01/social-media-rumours-economic-hardship-fuel-migrant-surge-into-ceuta https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/01/2026_08_01_178188_1785556949.JPG Migrants rest at a roundabout while waiting for a chance to cross to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the Moroccan side of the border in Fnideq, Morocco, on July 31, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/01/2026_08_01_178189_1785556950.JPG Spanish Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) boat docks by a border fence, as people attempt to cross into Spain by sea amid mass crossings of migrants from Morocco into Spanish territory in Ceuta, Spain, on July 31, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/01/google-rolls-back-new-satellite-image-ai-tool-after-backlash https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/30/2025_10_30_168336_1761794466.jpg Google's Mexico headquarters are pictured in Mexico City on Sept. 23, 2025 as the tech giant celebrated 20 years of business in the country. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/01/mixed-marriage-families-seek-priority-in-dual-citizenship-plan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/05/05/2024_05_05_150108_1714888498.jpg A stock illustration of Indonesian passport. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/01/openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment-as-it-widens-hacking-probe https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/29/2026_04_29_175200_1777433666.JPG A message reading “AI artificial intelligence,“ a keyboard and robot hands are seen in this illustration created on Jan. 27, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/01/chinas-clean-technology-dominance-reshapes-global-net-zero-transition https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/02/02/2025_02_02_159857_1738473995.jpg A worker produces photovoltaic (PV) modules for solar panels on Jan. 23, 2025, in a factory in Suqian, in China's Jiangsu province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/01/australia-defends-teen-social-media-ban-after-study-shows-most-still-online https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/01/2026_08_01_178187_1785554860.JPG A 15-year-old girl poses while holding a mobile phone in Sydney, Australia, on July 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/01/at-least-25-missing-after-series-of-boat-accidents-in-east-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/23/2025_12_23_170624_1766427927.jpg Fishing fleet: A worker walks past a row of fishing boats on Dec. 22, 2025, at the shipyard of boat maker PT Siagan Boats in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The South Sulawesi provincial administration, through its Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency, provided over 20 fishing boats with 5 tonnes capacity as part of efforts to boost fishing yields and fishermen’s incomes in the province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/01/the-die-hard-duterte-supporters-phenomenon-abroad https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/24/2026_02_24_172962_1771948145.jpg A protester holds a life-size cardboard cutout of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte during a demonstration on Feb. 23 in support of him outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, where he is on trial on charges of crimes against humanity. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/01/riau-governor-abdul-wahid-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-for-graft https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/06/2025_11_06_168635_1762397623.jpg Cleaning house: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chair Johanis Tanak (front right) and the commission’s acting deputy for enforcement and execution, Asep Guntur Rahayu (front left), give a statement on the detention of Riau Governor Abdul Wahid (back, center) and two other graft suspects on Nov. 5, 2025, in a press briefing at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/01/baliology-and-the-spirit-of-scholarship https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/17/2026_06_17_176771_1781702446.jpg Balinese Hindus pray during Galungan celebrations at Jagatnatha Temple in Denpasar, Bali, on June 17, 2026. Hindus across Bali gather at temples to mark Galungan, a religious holiday celebrating the victory of good (Dharma) over evil (Adharma). https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/08/01/fifa-scraps-world-cup-sell-off-plan-after-resistance-from-members https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/01/2026_08_01_178186_1785552542.JPG FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a FIFA reception at Trump Tower in New York City, the United States, on July 17, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/01/trumps-new-tariffs-are-an-opportunity-to-fight-back https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/31/2026_07_31_178162_1785480442.jpg United States President Donald Trump gestures on July 22, 2026, as he arrives onstage to speak at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/01/floods-strike-north-sumatra-despite-intensifying-dry-season-across-the-country https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/24/2025_12_24_170678_1766510375.jpg Residents affected by flash floods and landslides walk on Dec. 23, 2025, in the area of HKBP Ressort Tuka Church in Hutanabolon, Tukka District, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra. Despite the recent disasters, the church continued to hold services ahead of Christmas. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/01/beyond-kitchens-building-a-homegrown-school-meals-program https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/17/2026_07_17_177736_1784287826.jpg A member of the Cimahi Clown Community presents a slice of watermelon to a student on July 14, 2026, during an orientation program it organized for new students at SDN Cibeber elementary school in Cimahi, West Java, combining entertainment, motivational activities and education while promoting the government's free nutritious meal program. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/01/court-ruling-shift-focus-back-to-schools-teacher-welfare https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/27/2026_07_27_178025_1785116884.jpg Pupils carry free nutritious meal packages past a classroom with a collapsed roof at SD Tanggirejo state elementary school in Tegowanu, Grobogan, Central Java, on July 21, 2026. According to the school, the classroom roof first collapsed in January and sustained further damage in April, forcing classes to rotate between the remaining usable classrooms, partitioned learning spaces and a prayer room converted into a temporary classroom to ensure pupils' safety.