https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/when-pm-wong-forgot-to-bring-much-awaited-oleh-oleh-to-prabowo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2017/05/18/2017_05_18_27153_1495110744.jpg Under investigation: Sandipala Arthaputra president director Paulus Tannos (on the screen) gives a testimony on May 18 during the e-ID hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/27/france-spain-battle-monster-wildfires-with-more-heat-on-the-way https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/27/2026_07_27_178031_1785131710.jpg Firefighters battle a forest fire in Saint-Jean-d'Illac, some 30km from Bordeaux, on July 26, 2026 as a wildfire has been ravaging the forest north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde). https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/27/2026_07_27_178030_1785131709.jpg Water-bombing helicopter, Airbus Helicopter H125, drops water over a burning area during a wildfire in front of Barjols, southeastern France on July 26, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/27/iran-says-it-will-halt-strikes-as-long-as-us-bombing-pause-holds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/27/2026_07_27_178029_1785130967.jpg The Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier vessel Manta Ursula is pictured moored in Muscat on July 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/many-scuba-divers-dont-realize-they-damage-reefs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/28/2025_12_28_170780_1766936666.jpg Tourists free dive at a coral reef on Dec. 28, 2025, at the Oluhuta Paradise tourist attraction in Bone Bolango regency, Gorontalo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/27/government-repairs-central-java-school-after-striking-image 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. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/27/2026_07_27_178023_1785116785.jpg Fifth-grade pupils attend class in a prayer room used as a temporary classroom at SD Tanggirejo state elementary school in Tegowanu, Grobogan, Central Java, on July 21, 2026, after the roof of their school building collapsed. According to the school, the roof first gave way in January and sustained further damage in April, forcing classes to rotate between the remaining usable classrooms, partitioned learning spaces and the prayer room to ensure pupils' safety. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/27/changing-global-order-puts-aseans-relevance-to-the-test https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/01/30/2024_01_30_146858_1706573256.jpeg A worker adjusts an ASEAN flag at a meeting hall in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 28, 2021. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/ibsa-offers-indonesia-a-stronger-global-south-role https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/07/2026_07_07_177359_1783403082.JPG Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by President Prabowo Subianto, waves to students during a welcoming ceremony on July 7 upon their meeting at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/27/oil-prices-sink-as-us-iran-pause-fuels-fresh-hormuz-hopes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/26/2026_07_26_178001_1785039237.jpg Vessels transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of southern Yemen on July 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/nudging-can-strengthen-jakartas-clean-air-policy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177846_1784612475.jpg Skyscrapers in Jakarta are shrouded in haze on July 20 in East Jakarta. Jakarta's Air Quality Index (AQI) averaged between 120 and 168 in mid-July 2026, placing the city's air quality in the unhealthy category. Jakarta also hosts the headquarters of the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control (ACC THPC) in Kebon Nanas, East Jakarta, which facilitates coordination among member states in addressing the impact of regional haze pollution. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/27/press-unions-demand-apology-from-prabowo-for-denigrating-comments https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/24/2026_07_24_177961_1784870374.jpg President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech on July 23 during the 28th anniversary celebration of the National Awakening Party (PKB) in Jakarta. Held under the theme “A New Direction for the Constitutional Economic Mandate“, the event reaffirmed the party's commitment to supporting the government in strengthening Indonesia's economy. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/the-primacy-of-security-logic-over-indigenous-rights-the-wanam-case https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/05/2026_04_05_174346_1775356719.jpg Demonstrators hold a banner reading “Papua is not vacant land” on Oct. 7, 2025, during a rally in front of the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry office in South Jakarta against a plan to release forest areas in South Papua for national strategic projects (PSN) on food, energy and defense. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/27/west-java-governor-slammed-for-proposing-bounty-on-begal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/24/2024_08_24_153923_1724484930.jpg A stock illustration of law enforcement 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) on Wednesday ahead of the groundbreaking for a bus rapid transit project connecting the Greater Bandung area, at the Leuwipanjang bus terminal in Bandung, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/27/breaking-bi-governor-perry-warjiyo-resigns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/02/26/2025_02_26_160616_1740551086.jpg Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/megawati-and-her-struggle-for-democracy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/07/28/2022_07_28_128381_1659007583.jpg Posters featuring ousted Indonesian Democracy Party (PDI) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri adorn a desk on July 31, 1996, in the sacked PDI headquarters. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/27/despite-arrest-doubts-persist-over-ago-probe-into-own-prosecutor https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/25/2026_07_25_177988_1784942486.jpg Former assistant attorney general for special crimes Febrie Adriansyah (right) arrives at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention center in Jakarta on Friday. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) transferred Febrie, a money laundering suspect, to the KPK detention facility. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/when-the-powerless-defenseless-are-declared-a-threat https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/04/03/2024_04_03_149024_1712161793.webp Transgender members of the Sanggar Seroja community prepare for a fashion show on December 17, 2023, during Trans Super Heroes Carnival event at Duri traditional market, Jakarta. Fifteen models paraded in costumes made of recycled plastic waste organized to reflect the artist's concerns about waste and climate change issues. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/analysis-keeping-elites-out-of-high-stakes-corruption-case https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/24/2026_07_24_177964_1784881536.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 ahead of a press briefing on July 10, 2026. Febrie denied allegations of his involvement in a corruption case pertaining to the coal supply to PLN. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/27/questions-remain-over-prabowos-new-university 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 Wednesday as Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) professor and URI Deputy Governor Yos Sunitiyoso looks on at the State Palace in Central Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/26/2026_07_26_178007_1785058997.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (left) watches as Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) professor Yos Sunitiyoso signs a document on Wednesday at the State Palace in Central Jakarta. Prabowo inaugurated Deputy Defense Minister Donny Ermawan Taufanto and Yos as governor and deputy governor of the University of the Republic of Indonesia (URI), respectively. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/27/crop-failures-threaten-indonesia-as-dry-season-drags-on https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/16/2026_07_16_177700_1784204697.jpg A farmer walks through an rice field fed by the Cimulu tributary that has dried up on July 16 in Ciwasmandi hamlet, Sukajaya village, Purbaratu district, Tasikmalaya, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/07/27/aseans-flash-point https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177895_1784724558.JPG ASEAN foreign ministers (from left) Prak Sokhonn of Cambodia, Prince Abdul Maseen Bolkiah of Brunei, Sugiono of Indonesia, Thongsavanh Phomvihane of Laos, Mohamad Hasan of Malaysia and Hau Khan Sum of Myanmar, along with ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, react as United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio (right) he arrives for a group photo during the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the US on July 22, 2026, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) in Manila. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/26/hydrogen-vehicle-push-risks-hitting-early-roadblock-over-costs https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/01/17/2024_01_17_146453_1705467215.jpeg The sign for a hydrogen refueling station (HRS) stands against clear skies in Senayan Central Jakarta, in this undated handout photo from state electricity firm PLN. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/26/indonesian-navys-operations-concept-does-not-recognize-carriers-former-officer 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 military operation and military operation other than war missions. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/12/2025_10_12_167570_1760255970.jpg Italian Navy light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi is seen in this undated picture at an unknown location. The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has approved a foreign loan limit of US$450 million for the Indonesian Navy to acquire the carrier. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/26/rupiah-depreciation-squeezes-japanese-manufacturers-profit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/25/2026_02_25_173003_1772009645.jpg Workers assemble truck parts at a factory in East Karawang, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/26/strong-winds-rain-lash-china-after-typhoon-noul-makes-landfall https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/26/2026_07_26_178003_1785048145.JPG Fallen construction hoarding lies on the ground after strong winds from Typhoon Noul, in Hong Kong, July 26, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/26/2026_07_26_178004_1785048175.jpg A trike is seen overturned on a beach path by strong winds from Typhoon Noul which passed close to Hong Kong on July 26, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/26/iran-war-spreads-to-red-sea-and-caspian-gulf-quiet-as-us-forgoes-strikes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/26/2026_07_26_178001_1785039237.jpg Vessels transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of southern Yemen on July 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/26/indonesia-to-get-leonardo-m-346-f-jet-trainers-via-defense-broker-ess https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/24/2026_07_24_177973_1784905228.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (center), flanked by Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin (third left) and Italian Ambassador to Indonesia Jakarta Roberto Colamine (third right), poses during a signing ceremony at the State Palace in Central Jakarta, in this undated photo provided by Leonardo on July 21, 2026. Also attending the ceremony were (from left) Italian Defense Attache in Jakarta navy Capt. Giovanni Marilli, Italian aerospace company Leonardo CEO Lorenzo Mariani, Indonesian Air Force chief of staff Air Chief Marshal M. Tonny Harjono and PT E-System Solutions Indonesia president director Habib Boukharouba. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/08/2026_02_08_172346_1770553436.jpg A Leonardo M-346 F Block 20 is seen in this undated picture issued on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Indonesia signed a Letter of Intent to procure the Italian-made jet trainers during the Singapore Airshow. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/26/vehicle-mows-down-crowd-at-berlin-pride-festival-killing-one https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/26/2026_07_26_178000_1785038772.jpg Emergency personnel and police work near the scene where one person was killed and around 15 injured after a car is believed to have hit the crowd on the outskirts of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin, on July 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/26/south-korean-chipmakers-to-supply-us-tech-firms-in-950b-deals https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/11/2026_07_11_177514_1783703065.JPG Employees of the semiconductor and memory chip company SK Hynix attend the company's opening bell ceremony at the Nasdaq market on the day of their IPO in New York City, the United States, on July 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/07/25/the-odyssey-sparks-imax-stampede--and-a-backlash https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/25/2026_07_25_177994_1784950911.jpg Producer Emma Thomas (left) and director Christopher Nolan attend 'The Odyssey' New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on July 14, 2026 in New York City, the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/25/elon-musks-boring-company-seeks-funding-at-20b-valuation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/12/19/2018_12_19_61197_1545206259.JPG Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk speaks at the unveiling event by 'The Boring Company' for the test tunnel of a proposed underground transportation network across Los Angeles County, in Hawthorne, California, U.S. December 18, 2018. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/25/beneath-the-coal-dust-muara-maung-villagers-pay-the-price-of-mining-expansion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/24/2026_07_24_177968_1784887735.jpg A Muara Maung resident in Lahat regency, South Sumatra, walks across a bridge to her farm on Oct. 19, 2025, as emissions from a nearby coal-fired power plant cloud the sky. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/25/us-missiles-hit-iran-as-path-towards-de-escalation-uncertain https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/25/2026_07_25_177995_1784954526.JPG Smoke rises from an explosion at an unknown location, during what the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says are strikes on Iranian military targets, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on July 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/25/south-korea-president-lee-hosts-us-tech-summit-calls-for-new-ai-era https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/25/2026_07_25_177993_1784949623.JPG South Korean President Lee Jae Myung attends an agreement-signing event at Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome, Italy, on June 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/25/trump-mixes-jokes-with-barbs-at-press-freedom-dinner https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/25/2026_07_25_177992_1784948745.JPG United States President Donald Trump (center) looks on next to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (left) as mentalist Oz Pearlman performs at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, D.C., the US, on July 24, 2026. The gala dinner was rescheduled from April after it was interrupted when a man tried to force his way through security and fired a shotgun, https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/07/25/trump-says-eu-to-pay-very-big-price-for-google-fine https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/12/2026_05_12_175644_1778562468.JPG US President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, May 11, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/25/army-said-recruit-died-of-suicide-n-sumatra-family-demands-investigation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/24/2026_07_24_177969_1784890437.jpg Two Indonesian Military police personnel stand near a hearse for the body of Genial Gavensi Gulo from Dr. Djasamen Saragih Regional Hospital in Pematangsiantar city, North Sumatra, on July 21, 2026. Genial allegedly committed suicide during enlisted basic training on July 20, at the Military Command (Kodam) I/Bukit Barisan’s Main Regiment (Rindam) in Pematangsiantar. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/07/25/166000-evacuated-as-wildfires-spin-out-of-control-in-france-spain https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/25/2026_07_25_177990_1784948429.jpg A beach goer stands in lake Lacanau, also called Etang de Lacanau (Lacanau Pond) from the beach of Moutchic in Lacanau, southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from a wildfire. The fire raging in the northern part of the Arcachon Basin in Gironde, southwest France, has swept through more than 3,400 hectares, according to the latest figures released by the prefecture. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/25/2026_07_25_177991_1784948429.jpg This handout photo taken and released on July 24, 2026 by the Diputacion de Avila shows Spain's King Felipe VI attending by videocall the CECOPI (integrated operative coordination center) at the advanced command post for the Burgohondo wildfire, in Navaluenga, near Avila, Spain, as wildfires rage west of Madrid. At least 19,000 people in the Madrid region have been evacuated or ordered to remain indoors due to the wildfires that authorities say are the worst the region has known. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/25/bali-cracks-down-on-foreign-owned-small-businesses-amid-concerns-over-local-economy 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/opinion/2026/07/25/leaving-indonesia-loving-indonesia-a-path-for-diaspora https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/27/2026_05_27_176140_1779882511.jpg Members of the Indonesian diaspora interact with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on May 27 during Eid al-Adha celebrations at the Indonesian Residence in Paris. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/07/25/pramonos-pkb-appearance-fuels-early-2029-speculations https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/24/2026_07_24_177971_1784898102.jpeg Jakarta Governor and senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) member Pramono Anung (left) joins National Awakening Party (PKB) chairman Muhaimin Iskandar during the inauguration of PKB local branch leaders on July 22 at Fatahillah Square in Jakarta.