https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/03/malaysia-starts-cloud-seeding-to-help-clear-toxic-haze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179225_1788259756.jpg An aerial view shows haze shrouding the area around the Sarawak Legislative Assembly building (top) in Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak state, Malaysia on September 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/indonesias-global-commodities-price-setting-ambition-risks-backfiring https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/08/2026_06_08_176469_1780854737.jpg Heavy equipment is operated at a coal mine in East Kalimantan owned by PT Berau Coal in this undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/new-bi-governor-puts-stability-as-top-agenda https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179356_1788347337.JPG Destry Damayanti, Indonesia’s newly appointed central bank governor, speaks during a press conference after her inauguration on Sept. 2 at the Supreme Court building in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/03/el-nino-to-be-very-strong-last-until-february-un-warns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179387_1788418440.jpg A villager collects water from a remaining natural spring as the area is hit by a prolonged dry season at Wening Galih village in Bogor, West Java on August 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/authorities-intercept-800-kg-of-ketamine-in-anambas-waters https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179303_1788325177.jpg Armed officers stand guard near a pile of evidence during a news conference on a drug smuggling case at the Riau Islands Police headquarters in Batam, Riau Islands, on Sept. 1, 2026. A joint team from the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), the National Police Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim Polri), the Directorate General of Customs and Excise and the Riau Islands Police intercepted 800 kilograms of ketamine in Riau Islands waters, and named a Taiwanese national, identified by the initials BNC, as a suspect accused of acting as the syndicate's controller. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/energy-subsidy-bill-seen-to-soar-by-rp-300t-without-renewables-push https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178991_1787662439.jpg Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia (center), Bali Governor Wayan Koster (left) and PLN president director Darmawan Prasodjo (right) inspect the construction site of the 100-gigawatt-peak (GWp) Gilimanuk solar power plant in Jembrana, Bali, on Aug. 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/clear-business-climate-dealmaker-amid-rising-protectionism-usabc-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179175_1788177904.jpg US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) president and CEO Brian McFeeters poses in an undated picture. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/03/iran-attacks-us-targets-despite-trump-threats https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179384_1788413397.jpg A large screen displays a verse from the Koran reading “My Lord, make this city secure,“ alongside the Kuwaiti flag and the landmark Kuwait Towers, on a skyscraper in Kuwait City on September 2, 2026. Iran launched a wave of attacks on US sites across the Middle East on September 2. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/the-americas-oil-bonanza-will-outlast-the-iran-conflict https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179282_1788322379.jpg Smoke drifts from an oil refinery on May 5, 2026, from a Syncrude joint venture site in Alberta's Wood Buffalo, Canada. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/nurturing-a-culture-to-protect-humanity-in-wartime https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/29/2025_10_29_168289_1761712266.jpg Graves are seen after the commemoration ceremony of the cessation of World War II in Asia at the Menteng Pulo Dutch war cemetery in Jakarta on Aug. 15, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2026/09/03/the-long-pli https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179308_1788330253.png https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/mount-semeru-fires-spreading-as-e-java-experiences-extreme-drought https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/11/2026_08_11_178530_1786436199.jpg Wildfire flames and smoke rise above a forest on Aug. 10 in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park near Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/stocks-rise-yields-ease-as-oil-slips-on-trump-hint-at-short-bombing-campaign https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179376_1788405864.jpg US President Donald Trump leaves the podium after speaking as he hosts a dinner in the Rose Garden at the White House on Sept. 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-should-align-on-ai https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/29/2026_07_29_178082_1785295865.jpg Humanoid robots controlled by a remote control by Unitree Robotics take part in a fight on July 18 during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/03/burning-inside-out-gerds-quiet-toll-on-young-women https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179373_1788396081.jpeg Finding balance: Women work on their laptops on Nov. 11, 2024, at Morning Mama cafe in Banda Aceh, Aceh, as demanding routines can blur the lines between work, sleep, meals and moments of rest. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179374_1788396082.jpg Noah Jefferson Permana, physician. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/analysis-can-icomex-make-indonesia-a-commodity-price-maker https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179375_1788398044.jpg Workers unload fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from an open-back truck at a collector in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, on Oct. 29, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/growth-income-disparities-and-national-cohesion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/15/2026_08_15_178713_1786796990.jpg A man climbs a flagpole (left) as he attempts to raise a Free Aceh Movement (GAM) flag alongside the Red and White national flag on Aug. 15, 2026, during a rally to mark the 21st anniversary of the Helsinki Agreement outside the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/calls-mount-for-house-transparency-on-asset-forfeiture-bill https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/18/2026_02_18_172713_1771397498.jpg Lawmakers attend a House of Representatives plenary session on July 1, 2025, at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/03/house-moves-on-agrarian-reform-legislation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179358_1788349692.jpg Farmers joined under the Kawulo Alit Mandiri Farmers Group hold a banner that reads “Land for The People“ during a rally to protest against the criminalization of local farmers in Semarang, Central Java, on Aug. 3, 2026. The protesters demanded the Central Java Police stop the investigation into two local farmers, who were reported by a company for allegedly illegally taking control of a 16-hectare plot in Dayunan in Kendal regency. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179357_1788349692.jpg Lawmakers of the House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) hold a meeting with government representatives about the 2026 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) priority bills at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/thousands-of-miles-apart-two-governors-one-north-star-problem https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179221_1788240082.jpeg Newly appointed Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Destry Damayanti gestures during the 4th plenary session of the House of Representatives on Sept. 1, 2026, flanked by her new senior deputy governor Aida S. Budiman (left) and deputy governor Solikin M. Juhro at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/03/prabowo-in-russia-for-fourth-visit-in-less-than-two-years https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/13/2026_04_13_174662_1776089718.JPG Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) greets President Prabowo Subianto during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/lpg-subsidy-surge-tests-targeting-import-curb-pledge https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/01/01/2024_01_01_145946_1704122288.jpg A motorized tricycle taxi running on compressed natural gas (CNG) conveys a passenger on Jl. Kyai Haji Moh. Syafi'i Hadzami in South Jakarta on Dec. 20, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/03/haze-besieges-southeast-asia-as-indonesias-wildfires-blaze-away https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179223_1788241774.JPG A thick haze shrouds Metro Manila in this drone picture taken in Quezon City, the Philippines on Sept. 1, 2026, due to smoke from ongoing forest and land fires in Indonesia's Kalimantan. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179359_1788354076.jpg A firefighter from Banjar Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) attempts to put out a wildfire in peatland in Banjar regency, South Kalimantan, on Sept. 2, 2026. The government has deployed 12,880 joint personnel to West, Central and South Kalimantan to contain the widespread forest and land fires in the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/03/to-build-nu-anew https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/31/2026_08_31_179178_1788179250.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) closes the 35th Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Congress as newly elected Rais Aam KH Miftahul Akhyar (center) and newly elected chairman of the NU Central Executive Board (PBNU) KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, also known as Gus Kikin, look on at Bahrul Ulum Islamic Boarding School in Tambakberas, Jombang, East Java, on Aug. 31, 2026. The 35th NU Congress elected KH Miftachul Akhyar as Rais Aam and KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, or Gus Kikin, as chairman of the PBNU for the 2026-2031 term. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/02/hercules-return-spotlights-prabowos-informal-power-network https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179313_1788336082.jpg In this screen grab, Hercules or Rosario de Marshal (central) of United Indonesian People’s Movement (GRIB) Jaya, speaks on Aug. 30 about several issues that emerged following chaotic demonstrations on Aug. 27 in Jakarta, after attending the regional working meeting of the GRIB Jaya West Java chapter, which also marked the first anniversary of the GRIB Jaya branch in Palabuhanratu, Sukabumi regency, West Java. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179061_1787828335.jpg Protesters deliver speeches and put up posters and banners on a gate during a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corruptors outside the Legislative complex in Jakarta on August 27, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/ri-factory-activity-contracts-as-asean-peers-gain https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/26/2026_05_26_176123_1779770164.jpg Quality control: A worker inspects the quality of product on Oct. 4, 2019, at a steel factory in the Cikarang industrial estate in Bekasi, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/dollar-hits-two-week-high-with-middle-east-conflict-in-focus https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/11/2026_06_11_176567_1781148087.jpg A man looks at electronic bulletin boards displaying the Nikkei 225 average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (left) and the foreign exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the US dollar along a street in Tokyo on June 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/john-ternus-takes-over-as-apple-enters-era-of-ai-foldable-phones https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179307_1788329984.jpg Apple’s John Ternus introduces the new MacBook Pro during an online event unveiling new products at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on October 18, 2021. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/02/us-aircraft-carrier-arrives-in-thailand-after-months-at-sea https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179306_1788329361.jpg Aircrafts are seen on the flight deck of US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it heads towards Laem Chabang Port, near the city of Pattaya on September 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/danantara-partners-up-with-bakrie-group-to-boost-commercial-ev-ecosystem https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/09/2026_04_09_174511_1775723197.jpg President Prabowo Subianto gestures as he stands in front of an electric bus during the inauguration of the country’s first commercial electric vehicle assembly plant operated by PT VKTR Sakti Industries in Magelang, Central Java, on April 9, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/batams-investment-surge-puts-southeast-asias-industrial-gateway-on-stronger-growth-path https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179309_1788331582.jpg BP Batam head Amsakar Achmad (right) and BP Batam deputy head Claudia Chandra (center) attended a hearing on Aug. 31 with Commission VI of the House of Representatives in Central Jakarta in Jakarta. (Images courtesy of BP Batam https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179310_1788331806.jpg BP Batam head Amsakar Achmad (third from right) and BP Batam Li deputy head Claudia Chandra (fourth from right), accompanied by their staff, attended a hearing on Aug. 31 with Commission VI of the House of Representatives in Central Jakarta. ( Images courtesy of BP Batam) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/bond-selloff-deepens-as-inflation-risks-oil-prices-jolt-markets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/16/2026_02_16_172643_1771208389.JPG A woman walks past an electronic board displaying the Nikkei share average, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the level of Japan's 10-year government bonds and the exchange rate between the US dollar and Japanese yen, outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/02/global-temperature-rises-to-exceed-15-celsius-within-a-few-years-un-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178783_1787040910.jpg A helicopter drops water on burning forests and land in the Petuk Katimpun area, Palangka Raya, in Central Kalimantan, on August 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/02/the-2027-state-budget-path-toward-a-narrower-deficit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179055_1787804033.jpg President Prabowo Subianto looks on as he arrives on Aug. 14 at the Senayan legislative complex in Central Jakarta for the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting, in which he delivered the State of the Nation address and the 2027 state budget proposal. (Reuters/Stringer) https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/02/checkpoints-for-kim-trump-summit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/02/28/2019_02_28_66601_1551339681.jpg United States President Donald Trump (right) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet on Feb. 28, 2019, during the second US-North Korea summit at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/02/g20-finance-leaders-close-talks-marked-by-us-welcoming-russia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178983_1787620724.jpg US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent takes questions from reporters as he speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC on August 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/02/us-australia-commit-580-million-in-support-for-pacific-islands https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179295_1788323301.JPG Pacific leaders attend the Leaders Plenary during the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, September 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/09/02/bilal-hasan-marks-ufc-debut-with-second-round-ko https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179296_1788324063.jpg Knockout debut: Indonesian flyweight Bilal “The IndoNinja” Hasan walks away as the referee begins the count on Aug. 29 2026, during his UFC Fight Night bout against Peru's Nilson Rojas at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/02/prevention-matters-keeping-cataracts-and-glaucoma-at-bay https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179297_1788324064.jpeg Early detection: A student takes a free eye examination on Aug. 29, 2026, during a social service event to detect vision problems early at the SLB Negeri Meulaboh special education school in Johan Pahlawan district, West Aceh, Aceh. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179299_1788324064.jpg Saving vision: Low Jin Rong, a consultant ophthalmologist, delivers a presentation on July 24, 2026, during a health talk in Menteng, Central Jakarta, showing that blindness affects around 3 percent of Indonesians aged 50 and above, primarily from untreated cataracts. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179298_1788324064.jpeg Eye on prevention: A health worker examines a woman’s eyes on Aug. 24, 2026, during a free tuberculosis screening and health check in Palembang, South Sumatra. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/02/us-iran-exchange-attacks-as-lull-in-war-appears-over https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179285_1788322617.JPG US Navy sailors work on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington as it transits the Arabian Sea to support US military operations in the war with Iran August 20, 2026.