https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/indonesia-doing-everything-but-struggling-to-curb-fires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179936_1789984495.jpg Firefighters extinguish forest and land fires in Banjar, South Kalimantan, on September 21, 2026. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/21/dutch-firm-frieslandcampina-to-control-ultrajaya-after-822m-merger-deal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179931_1789974182.jpg Products of publicly listed PT Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Company https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/21/govt-settles-remaining-blbi-related-debt-from-1998-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/19/2026_09_19_179883_1789834391.JPG Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara speaks at the APBN Kita press conference on Sept. 19 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/xi-to-visit-us-this-week-for-trump-talks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/30/2025_10_30_168359_1761825236.jpg United States President Donald Trump (left) talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping as they shake hands after their talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea on Oct. 30, 2025. Trump and Xi opened on Oct. 30 their first face-to-face meeting in six years, seeking a truce to end a trade war that has roiled the world economy. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/21/ministry-awards-oil-and-gas-blocks-to-prabowos-brother-sinopec-others https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/24/2025_10_24_168108_1761296834.jpg Arsari Group president commissioner Hashim Djojohadikusumo (left) and president director Aryo Djojohadikusumo stand on the stage at the launch seremony of Envirotin on Oct. 15, 2025, at the Coal and Mineral Resources Convention Expo (Minerba Convex) 2025 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/australia-warns-of-risks-from-aging-population-falling-birth-rates https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179919_1789966067.JPG People cross the street near Pitt Street Mall in Sydney, Australia, September 17, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/regional-haze-casts-pall-on-aseans-influence https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179031_1787751594.jpg Haze shrouds the Kuala Lumpur skyline on Aug. 26 amid high levels of air pollution from regional wildfires. Indonesia has for weeks battled wildfires that have led to school closures and thousands of people requiring medical treatment, with smoke also reaching neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179031_1787751594.jpg Haze shrouds the Kuala Lumpur skyline on Aug. 26 amid high levels of air pollution from regional wildfires. Indonesia has for weeks battled wildfires that have led to school closures and thousands of people requiring medical treatment, with smoke also reaching neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/iran-us-trade-threats-after-houthi-attacks-escalate-regional-conflict https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179917_1789963643.JPG Members of Iranian militia forces (Basij) attend a military march in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-typhoon-dujuan-nears-japan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179918_1789964214.jpg Pedestrians with umbrellas walk on a crossing as rain falls in Tokyo's Shibuya district on September 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/cross-border-crises-test-indonesias-regional-credibility https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179223_1788241774.JPG A thick haze shrouds Manila on Sept. 1 in smoke from fires in Kalimantan in this photo taken in Quezon City, the Philippines. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/germanys-merz-under-pressure-after-bruising-state-election-losses https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179916_1789963047.JPG German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a statement after first exit polls of the Berlin and Mecklenburg Western Pomerania state elections, at the CDU headquarters in Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/mobilizing-middle-powers-in-a-multi-directional-world https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178985_1787648519.jpg The United Nations (UN) logo is seen on a gate outside the UN headquarters ahead of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Sept. 21, 2025, in New York, the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/when-ai-stops-asking-permission https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179896_1789891249.jpg Humanoid and quadruped robots participate in a demonstration calling for the regulation of artificial intelligence on Sept. 7 in Warsaw. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/prabowos-latest-swipe-at-experts-draws-backlash https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179897_1789895648.jpg President Prabowo Subianto gestures on Friday while speaking at the 28th anniversary event of National Mandate Party (PAN) in Jakarta. PAN is a member of Prabowo’s ruling coalition. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/21/bessent-proposes-us-china-ai-safety-notifications-in-talks-with-chinese-vice-premier 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/opinion/2026/09/21/what-if-young-people-create-not-just-seek-jobs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178971_1787567113.jpg Jobseekers wait in line on June 8 during the opening of the 2026 Bogor Job Fair at Plaza Jambu Dua in Bogor, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/russias-ruling-party-on-track-to-win-wartime-election-after-drones-strike-moscow https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179914_1789952402.JPG People stand in front of online voting machines at a polling station on the final day of Russia's three-day parliamentary election in Moscow, Russia, September 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/us-china-conflict-raises-questions-on-new-world-orders-shape https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179900_1789901685.jpg Members of the United States military honor guard carry US and Chinese flags on Saturday as they rehearse ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to the White House in Washington, DC. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/14/2026_05_14_175708_1778725490.JPG United States President Donald Trump inspects an honor guard during a welcome ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on May 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/the-american-shield-is-cracking https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/12/2026_09_12_179662_1789183911.JPG A satellite image shows black smoke rising from the Saudi Arabian East-West oil pipeline south of Medina in the Hejaz Region, on Sept. 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/analysis-purbayas-contentious-tenure-ends-in-internal-clash https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/19/2026_09_19_179869_1789778072.jpg Indonesia's newly appointed Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara reacts as outgoing Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa signs a document, during a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry in Jakarta, September 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/indonesia-prepares-for-new-era-of-naval-power https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/18/2026_09_18_179844_1789721762.jpg Former Italian Navy aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi docks on Sept. 18 upon its arrival from Italy at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta ahead of its handover to the Indonesian Navy. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/12/2025_10_12_167571_1760256462.jpeg Indonesian Navy chief of staff Muhammad Ali (second right) vists the bridge of Italian light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi on May 29, 2024, during his visit to Italy. Ali said the navy could use the carrier for both war and rescue missions. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/indigenous-kalimantan-people-sue-govt-over-wildfire-negligence https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/18/2026_09_18_179852_1789733468.JPG A staff member of the Regional Disaster Agency (BPBD) sprays water on a fire in a peatland area burned by wildfires, on Tuesday in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/world-leaders-return-to-un-amid-wars-in-middle-east-ukraine https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179899_1789901181.JPG In this file photo, US President Donald Trump meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City on September 23, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/recentralization-concerns-in-fiscal-education-heighten https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179893_1789883986.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (center) presides over a limited cabinet meeting on Sept. 1 with several cabinet ministers on his administration's housing program at his private residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/02/20/2025_02_20_160415_1740051100.jpg Governors-elect, regents-elect and their deputies attend a gathering on Feb. 20, 2025, in Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta, prior to marching together to the State Palace to attend the first-ever mass inauguration ceremony where President Prabowo Subianto installed 961 regional heads. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/batam-nabs-singaporean-over-smuggling-drug-filled-vape-cartridges https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179894_1789884413.jpg WSB (center), a Singaporean national who has been detained for attempting to smuggle 40 vape cartridges containing the illicit drug etomidate, is presented alongside 14 other narcotics suspects on Sept. 17, 2026, at the Batam, Rempang and Galang (Barelang) Police headquarters in Batam, the Riau Islands. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/prosecutor-defendants-file-appeals-against-inalum-graft-verdicts https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/11/28/2023_11_28_144778_1701145794.jpg Workers of state-owned aluminum producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) prepare aluminum bars after molding at the factory. PT Inalum can produce 225,000 tonnes of aluminum bars every year. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/safeguarding-indonesias-ai-future 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, on July 15 in Saint-Mande, France. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/20/3-deficit-cap-revision-puts-indonesias-fiscal-credibility-at-risk https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/04/2026_08_04_178310_1785843426.jpg President Prabowo Subianto looks on before delivering a speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers on May 20 at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/20/australian-pm-seeks-big-tech-backing-for-internet-safety-ai-rules https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179898_1789900753.jpg This handout photo taken on September 19, 2026 in the US Pacific Time Zone and released September 20 by the Australian Prime Minister's Office shows Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) meeting with former Apple CEO Tim Cook in Cupertino, California. Albanese said he was seeking big tech backing for his country's child online safety laws and greater AI regulation, after meeting Cook. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/20/us-treasurys-bessent-chinas-he-to-launch-talks-on-ai-trade-critical-minerals https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179895_1789887703.JPG Members of a US military honor guard rehearse on Sept. 16, 2026 an arrival ceremony with a Chinese flag and US flag ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/20/trump-says-he-will-create-ai-force-name-ai-czar https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179892_1789871249.jpg Protesters during a “Stop the AI Race“ demonstration calling for a slowdown in the development of advanced artificial intelligence systems outside City Hall in San Francisco, California, on September 17, 2026. The world's biggest AI companies are working on creating a standards body, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said on September 15, as fears rise about the dangers of AI and pressure is on to create a safer version of the technology. US President Donald Trump has dismissed warnings about the risks of AI as “hoaxes“. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/20/un-peacekeeping-chief-in-lebanon-says-smooth-transition-is-critical-before-pull-out https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/26/2026_04_26_175115_1777209227.JPG United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers arrive at the site of an Israeli strike that severed the last remaining bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon on April 16, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/20/state-revenue-hits-65-in-august-suahasil-vows-budget-credibility https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/19/2026_09_19_179883_1789834391.JPG Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara speaks on Sept. 19, 2026, at the ministry’s monthly APBN Kita (Our state budget) press conference in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/20/white-house-turns-away-cnn-ms-now-politico-reporters-after-trumps-ban https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179891_1789867781.JPG CNN correspondent Betsy Klein reports from the sidewalk outside the White House after US President Donald Trump banned three major news outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, from the White House in Washington, D.C., on September 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/20/denmark-hails-binding-greenland-deal-with-trump https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179888_1789860135.jpg Residents wait for the polling station to open in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 24, 2026 during the parliamentary election in Denmark. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/20/saudi-led-coalition-says-houthis-fired-ballistic-missile-at-riyadh https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179890_1789866837.JPG Large plume of black smoke rises from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/20/rescuers-extend-search-for-dozens-still-missing-in-java-sea-ferry-accident https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179887_1789859554.jpg Indonesian Navy personnel maneuver their boats on Sept. 17, 2026 directly above the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship which capsized in the Java Sea waters. The Virgo Transport 8 carried 213 passengers and 30 crew when it lost contact with its shipping company after departing from Surabaya, East Java to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan on Sept. 13. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/20/court-decision-tightens-house-oversight-on-free-meals-funding https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/18/2026_09_18_179855_1789736246.jpg Students carry meal packages disbursed through the free nutritious meal program on Sept. 4 at SDN Jati Asih X state elementary school in Bekasi, West Java. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/18/2026_09_18_179854_1789736246.jpg Constitutional Court Chief Justice Suhartoyo (center) sits between Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra (left) and Justice Enny Nurbaningsih during a hearing to read rulings for 18 judicial review petitions on Sept. 16 at the court's building in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/20/asean-to-roll-out-upgraded-trade-pact-ahead-of-schedule https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179889_1789861657.jpg Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong delivers a speech during the Nikkei Forum 30th Future of Asia in Tokyo on May 29 , 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/09/20/asian-games-open-in-nagoya-with-glitzy-ceremony-after-troubled-buildup https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179885_1789858981.JPG General view as kabuki dancers Nakamura Kankuro VI, Nakamura Kantaro III and Nakamura Chozaburo II perform during the opening ceremony of the the 20th Nagoya-Aichi Asian Games at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya, Japan, on Sept. 19, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/20/2026_09_20_179886_1789858981.JPG Athletes of Indonesia march and wave the Red and White Flags in the athletes' parade during the 20th Nagoya-Aichi Asian Games' opening ceremony at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya, Japan, on Sept. 19, 2026.