https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/22/us-hits-iran-says-war-cost-at-375-billion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177879_1784698048.jpg This screen grab taken from UGC video footage posted on social media on July 18, 2026, shows a plume of black smoke and flames billowing over the town of Mangaf, south of Kuwait City. Kuwait accused Iran on July 18 of targeting civilian sites and vital infrastructure in the country, after reporting attacks on an oil facility and a power and water plant. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/22/forget-crude-war-pushes-refiners-to-the-brink https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/16/2026_07_16_177705_1784208710.jpg Motorists queue to buy Pertalite gasoline on July 16 at a gas station in Medan, North Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/22/purbaya-doubles-down-on-selective-additional-transfers-amid-regional-shortfalls https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/26/2026_04_26_175117_1777215188.jpg Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa speaks to someone off camera on Oct. 24, 2025, as he prepares to deliver his weekly press briefing at the Finance Ministry in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/22/chief-of-troubled-free-meals-agency-resigns-on-health-grounds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/08/2026_06_08_176484_1780922876.JPG In this file photo, Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, head of National Nutrition Agency (BGN), wipes her tears during her inauguration at the State Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 8, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/22/chile-and-indonesia-building-a-pacific-strategic-partnership-for-the-future https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/20/2026_07_20_177819_1784544614.jpg Chile's Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Perez Mackenna delivers a speech during a breakfast organized by the Association of Marketing Executives of Uruguay (ADM) on July 2 in Montevideo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/22/french-parliament-backs-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177874_1784689904.JPG A screen shows the result of a vote on the bill that aims to ban social media access for children under the age of 15, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, July 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/22/tech-lifts-asia-stocks-brent-crude-back-above-92 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177876_1784691498.jpg Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on July 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/22/ai-models-went-rogue-during-testing-triggering-unprecedented-breach-openai 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/2026/07/22/national-unity-a-lesson-from-spains-world-cup-triumph https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/20/2026_07_20_177808_1784519095.jpg Spain's supporters cheer prior the 2026 World Cup final match between Spain and Argentina on July 19 at Colon square's fan zone in Madrid. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/22/rubio-to-hold-talks-with-chinas-wang-yi-as-regional-powers-join-asean-meeting https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177872_1784689014.JPG US Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes an opening statement during the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the US on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila, July 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/22/two-killed-one-missing-after-suspected-gas-leak-blast-in-medan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177855_1784633317.jpg Rescue workers operate heavy equipment during a search for victims following an explosion at the Grand Polonia residential complex in Medan, North Sumatra, on July 21, 2026. According to the Medan Police, the explosion is believed to have been caused by a gas leak. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/22/subsidies-do-not-explain-chinas-competitiveness https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/04/2026_07_04_177275_1783150626.jpg Individual investors visit a securities firm on June 6 in the complex of the West Kowloon rail station in Hong Kong, China. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/22/indonesia-as-a-global-financial-hub-fantasy-or-strategic-opportunity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/04/02/2024_04_02_148944_1712044779.jpg Singapore's financial business district is seen on July 12, 2019, from Marina Bay. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/22/who-gets-what-and-how-in-agos-graft-takeover https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/10/2026_07_10_177494_1783688419.jpg Assistant Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah walks out of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) special crimes division building in south Jakarta on July 10 ahead of a press briefing. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/22/gen-zers-turn-to-ai-for-mental-health-support-despite-validity-privacy-risks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177853_1784632964.jpg This photograph shows a handheld smartphone displaying the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including LLMs, chatbots and generative AI, in Saint-Mande, east of Paris, on July 15, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177854_1784632964.jpg A man opens the Jateng Ngopeni Nglakoni application by the Central Java administration in his smartphone to access a free psychological consultation services in Semarang, Central Java on July 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/22/wildfires-spread-across-country-as-dry-season-takes-hold https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/17/2026_03_17_173762_1773712539.jpg This undated photo released by Antara March 16, 2026, shows Manggala Agni firefighters attempting to extinguish a forest fire in Pelalawan regency, Riau province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/22/analysis-the-anti-lgbtq-push-and-the-securitization-of-identity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177852_1784623987.jpg Residents sign a white banner during an anti-LGBT rally on June 21 in Padang, West Sumatra. The event, organized by the West Sumatra administration, the West Sumatra Police and the Minangkabau Traditional Council (LKAAM), invited participants to sign a one-kilometer-long white banner as part of a declaration opposing the LGBT community. Organizers also pledged to take action against LGBT individuals through customary law and called for them to be “eradicated” or expelled from Minangkabau land. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/22/cooperatives-religious-groups-to-keep-receiving-mining-concessions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/02/18/2025_02_18_160340_1739872951.jpg Piles of coal are seen on barges on Aug. 16, 2022, in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/22/national-solar-push-lags-far-behind-target https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/25/2026_03_25_173996_1774438260.jpg The sun glints off water surrounding the Cirata Floating Photovoltaic Plant on Sept. 26, 2023, on the Citarum River in Purwakarta regency, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/22/indonesia-urges-asean-to-deliver-promises-as-middle-east-crisis-looms https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177856_1784640268.JPG (From left to right) Myanmar's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hau Khan Sum, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, Thailand's Vice Foreign Minister Vijavat Isarabhakdi, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Brunei's Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Mateen Bolkiah, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Foreign Minister Sugiono, Laos' Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane and ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, on July 21, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177857_1784640268.JPG ASEAN Chair and Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro (center) hosts an informal consultation during the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, on July 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/22/potential-risks-of-b50 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/17/2026_07_17_177724_1784257669.jpg A driver watches a pump while filling his bus with B50 fuel containing 50 percent palm oil biodiesel on July 9, 2026, at a gas station in Karawang, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/22/indonesia-repatriates-90-citizens-held-in-malaysia-over-immigration-violations https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/19/2026_07_19_177785_1784464373.jpeg A police officer (right) registers Indonesians deported from Malaysia for various immigration violations on July 17 at Batam Center Ferry Terminal in Batam city, Riau Islands. The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru facilitated the repatriation of 90 Indonesians ahead of Independence Day on Aug. 17. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/21/pfii-bill-passed-just-weeks-after-conception https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/04/25/2022_04_25_125047_1650872852.jpeg The Gelora Bung Karno stadium is seen next to Jakarta's Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) on Aug.18, 2018. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/21/no-party-members-in-free-meals-program-pdi-p https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/19/2025_08_19_165638_1755615769.jpg Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri (left) sits down after greeting party secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto (right) during the party congress at the Bali nusa Dua Convention Center in Nusa Dua, Bali on Aug. 2, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/21/truck-driver-named-suspect-in-north-sumatra-pileup-killing-four https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/19/2026_07_19_177783_1784458745.jpg Police officers move a vehicle involved in a pileup on Friday on Jl. Jamin Ginting Km 45-44 in Suka Makmur village, Sibolangit district in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. The accident happened after a truck carrying 5-gallon water jugs lost its braking system, hitting eight other vehicles, killing four people and injuring eight. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/21/asean-top-diplomats-meet-voice-serious-concern-over-middle-east-hostilities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177848_1784618444.jpg ASEAN Chair and Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro delivers an opening statement during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila on July 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/21/crime-gangs-snare-more-than-88-billion-in-scams-in-asia-pacific-un-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177849_1784619677.JPG Computer monitors are kept on desks inside a workstation at a compound in O'Smach that the Thai military said was used for scam operations, at the Chong Chom-O'Smach border crossing, after clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in December 2025, in Samraong, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, March 6, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/21/biometric-sim-registration-hit-9-3-million-as-govt-cracks-down-on-misuse https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/03/02/2018_03_02_41594_1519983706.jpg Prepaid SIM cards now can still be registered through text message, internet or nearby cellular operator outlet. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/21/court-sentences-leader-of-baby-trafficking-ring-to-7-years-jail https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177851_1784622432.jpg A defendant speaks to her lawyers during a trial in a baby trafficking case at the Bandung District Court in Bandung, West Java, on July 21, 2026. A woman who led a baby trafficking ring in Indonesia was sentenced July 21 to seven years in prison, a judge said. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/21/japan-bond-jitters-overshadow-takaichis-first-economic-policy-roadmap https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/30/2026_06_30_177133_1782789963.JPG A man walks out of the Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Tokyo on April 6, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/21/danantara-will-have-shut-down-250-soes-by-end-of-july-prabowo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/29/2026_06_29_177112_1782716682.jpg The Wisma Danantara Indonesia building, which houses state asset fund Danantara, is pictured on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman in Jakarta on July 8, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/21/china-summons-philippine-ambassador-over-clash-in-disputed-waters https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/04/02/2024_04_02_148964_1712070902.jpg A China Coast Guard vessel (back right) sails on March 5, 2024, near the Philippine military-chartered Unaizah May 4 (left) during its supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/21/new-pm-andy-burnham-sets-out-first-steps-to-reshape-britain https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177847_1784616919.JPG Britain's newly appointed Prime Minister Andy Burnham gives thumbs-up as he walks outside 10 Downing Street following his speech after taking office, in London, Britain, July 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/21/tax-office-denies-military-role-in-monitoring-taxpayers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/24/2026_06_24_176989_1782297648.jpg Civil servant participants in the first wave of the 2026 Reserve Component (Komcad) basic military training program chant slogans after a graduation ceremony at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta on June 5, 2026. A total of 1,758 participants completed the training and were inducted into the national reserve force. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/21/indonesia-passes-bill-to-set-up-international-financial-center https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/17/2026_07_17_177731_1784273352.jpg Skyscrapers are seen from the observation deck of the National Monument (Monas), a 132-meter landmark commemorating Indonesia's independence, in Jakarta on June 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/21/indonesias-investment-crossroads-time-to-upgrade-the-playbook https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/19/2025_12_19_170524_1766159611.jpg Investment and Downstream Minister Rosan Roeslani, who is also CEO of state asset fund Danantara, addresses a press conference on Dec. 17, 2025, at the Presidential Palace Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/21/ge-aerospace-unveils-breakthrough-in-hybrid-electric-flight https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177842_1784611702.jpg A SAAB 340 commuter airplane is shown with a GE Aerospace hybrid-electric engine on the starboard side in this undated picture. GE Aerospace announced on Monday, July 20, 2026, at the Farnborough International Airshow an industry first to advance the future of flight, demonstrating the viability of more electric aircraft engine systems for aviation. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/21/the-missing-link-in-the-blue-carbon-agenda-the-workforce https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/07/2025_11_07_168715_1762507217.jpg An aerial photo taken on Oct. 28, 2025 shows a plot of mangrove forest in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/21/bali-school-collapse-renews-concerns-of-government-education-spending https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/20/2026_07_20_177817_1784539403.jpg The collapsed roof of a classroom at SDN 1 Anturan is seen on Monday in Anturan village, Buleleng district, Buleleng regency, Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/21/indonesia-must-leverage-russia-india-for-its-spacefront-blueprint https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/10/04/2023_10_04_142928_1696393148.jpg A Falcon-9 rocket belonging to SpaceX carrying Indonesian satellite SATRIA-1 takes off on June 18, 2023, at Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida, the United States.