https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/09/30/cape-verde-ghana-and-nigeria-crash-in-afcon-qualifying https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/20/2026_06_20_176859_1781919464.JPG Cape Verde's Vozinha celebrates after the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group H match between Spain and Cape Verde at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta, the United States on June 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/30/textile-industry-urges-govt-to-refocus-support https://img.jakpost.net/c/2018/01/13/2018_01_13_38854_1515835110.jpg Yarns are dried prior to being woven in a textile factory in this undated file photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/30/malaysias-ex-pm-mahathir-in-hospital-for-observation https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/10/30/2020_10_30_106582_1604001470.jpg Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, speaks at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on August 7, 2020. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/30/us-led-coalition-ends-mission-in-iraq https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180217_1790759336.jpg A giant Iraqi flag hangs off the reconstructed 12th century “Hadba“ leaning minaret at the historic Great Mosque of al-Nuri in the old city of Mosul on September 29, 2026 as Iraq marks the withdrawal of the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition forces from the country. After more than a decade, the US-led coalition is ending its mission in Iraq, having helped save the country from jihadists but causing persistent friction in the country. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi declared that October 1, the day following the coalition's departure, should be celebrated as Sovereignty Day. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/30/bonds-set-for-bruising-september-but-stocks-little-fazed 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/indonesia/2026/09/30/whisky-big-screen-tv-seized-from-prison-villas-in-west-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180139_1790575065.jpg Officials show a room raided by the Indonesian Ombudsman at the Cibinong Penitentiary in Bogor, West Java, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. West Java Corrections directorate head Yudi Suseno said the 11 official residences were provided for several prison officials, including the Cibinong penitentiary head. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/30/morocco-names-fatima-ezzahra-el-mansouri-first-woman-pm https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180216_1790755243.jpg Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Morocco's newly appointed head of government, arrives for a meeting in Rabat on September 29, 2026. The king of Morocco on September 29, named Marrakesh mayor Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri the country's first woman prime minister, the royal cabinet announced, after her party won last week's parliamentary elections. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/30/danantara-reportedly-looking-to-set-up-hong-kong-branch-office https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/06/2026_08_06_178376_1785994136.jpg A logo sign for Danantara adorns the brick edifice of Wisma Danantara Indonesia, the state asset fund’s Central Jakarta headquarters, on July 8, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/30/govt-suspends-bdx-data-center-project-in-west-java-amid-environmental-concern https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179960_1790058342.jpg West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi (center), BDx Indonesia chief executive officer Agus Hartono Wijaya and BDx Data Centers CEO Mayank Srivastava attend the groundbreaking ceremony on July 28, 2026, for the CGK4 campus in Jatiluhur, Purwakarta, West Java, alongside local leaders and community representatives. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/30/bp-batam-requires-data-centers-to-construct-desalination-plants-after-water-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/02/01/2019_02_01_64495_1548990804.JPG Nongsa Digital Park's main building in Batam, Riau Islands in December 2018. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/09/30/man-city-guilty-of-using-sham-deals-to-distort-finances-premier-league-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180208_1790734702.JPG A general view of the Etihad Stadium before the UEFA Champions League football match between Manchester City and Napoli in Manchester, Britain on September 18, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/30/hsbc-forecasts-slower-gdp-growth-next-year-despite-renewed-capital-inflows https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180180_1790670843.jpeg HSBC’s Herald van der Linde (left), head of equity strategy for Asia-Pacific, and Frederic Neumann, chief Asia economist and cohead global investment research Asia, address a media briefing for the HSBC Indonesia Summit 2026 in Jakarta on Sept. 29. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/30/women-fight-fires-sexism-in-kalimantan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180206_1790733606.jpg Members of the all-women The Power of Mama (TPoM) volunteer firefighting team spray water onto smoldering peatland in Mensubuk Lama, Tanjungpura Village, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan on September 26, 2026. Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180207_1790733606.jpg Members of the all-women The Power of Mama (TPoM) volunteer firefighting team and Indonesian soldiers carry buckets of water toward a fire location in Mensubuk Lama, Tanjungpura Village, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan on September 27, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180205_1790733606.jpg Members of the all-women The Power of Mama (TPoM) volunteer firefighting team ride motorcycles as they patrol for flare-ups in the Benipis area between Tanjungpura and Ulak Medang villages in Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan on September 27, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/30/eu-proposes-climate-rules-delay-warning-of-challenging-winter-ahead https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180203_1790732379.jpg This photograph shows European flags outside the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 6, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/30/five-whales-whale-sharks-die-in-separate-strandings-across-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/01/2026_05_01_175251_1777598274.jpg This handout photo by Jonathan Irish for Conservation International taken on March 19, 2023, and released on April 29, 2026, shows a whale shark in the waters off Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua. A decade-long study tracking dozens of whale sharks off Indonesia's coast has revealed the secrets of their migrations and two hot spots where they gather year-round. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/30/qatari-mediators-press-peace-deal-between-us-iran https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180204_1790732381.JPG US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House on the South Lawn in Washington, DC, US, September 27, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/30/home-sweet-loan-the-musical-puts-the-sandwich-generation-on-stage https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180144_1790585674.jpg Home on stage: An official poster for Home Sweet Loan The Musical, a new stage adaptation of Almira Bastari’s best-selling novel about the pressures facing Indonesia’s sandwich generation. The production runs at Graha Bhakti Budaya, Taman Ismail Marzuki, in Central Jakarta from Wednesday through Oct. 18, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180145_1790585674.jpg Finding the rhythm: Kalya Islamadina (center) and the cast of Home Sweet Loan The Musical perform a song following a press conference on Aug. 6, 2026, at Galeri Indonesia Kaya in Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180146_1790585674.jpg Moving the story: Choreographer El Haq Latief explains how he developed the choreography for Home Sweet Loan The Musical during a press conference on Aug. 6, 2026, at Galeri Indonesia Kaya in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/30/time-to-stop-scaring-the-nation-with-the-communist-boogeyman https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180188_1790694642.jpg Communist resurgence?: Police officers display a symbol of the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) alongside Molotov cocktails seized from a group of protestors following their rally in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Sept. 2, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/30/trump-ai-ceos-sign-voluntary-safety-pact-back-data-center-expansion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180202_1790729320.jpg US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 29, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/30/presidential-candidacy-proposals-raise-alarm-over-potential-court-ruling-violations https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/02/08/2024_02_08_147209_1707380626.jpg A General Elections Commission (KPU) official checks a presidential election ballot on Feb. 5, 2024, at logistics warehouse at the Cempaka Putih Sports Hall in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/30/govt-to-audit-haj-fund-management-to-curb-frauds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180186_1790686764.jpg Members of ground staff escort a woman upon her arrival at Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport in Blang Bintang, Aceh on July 10, 2024, after performing the annual haj. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180184_1790686764.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (center) listens to Deputy Haj and Umrah Minister Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak (left) and Minister Mochamad Irfan Yusuf (second left), as State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi (second right) and Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya (right) look, during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Sept. 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/30/analysis-indonesias-tax-revenue-mirage-or-miracle https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180176_1790662755.jpg An officer (right) helps a woman file her annual tax return on March 27, 2026, via the new Coretax platform of the Finance Ministry’s Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) at the Meulaboh Tax Office in West Aceh regency, Aceh. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/30/government-shores-up-bpjs-kesehatan-as-gaps-persist https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/22/2026_04_22_174986_1776847304.jpg An official from the national health insurance provider BPJS Kesehatan helps a customer on May 14, 2024, at a South Jakarta office. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/30/prabowo-meets-megawati-offers-condolences-over-guruhs-death https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180183_1790674904.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (right) listens to former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri during a private meeting between the two politicians at the latter's residence in Central Jakarta on Sept. 28, 2026. During the meeting, the President offered condolences on the passing of Megawati's brother and artist, Guruh Soekarnoputra. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180182_1790674904.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (right) listens to former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri during a private meeting between the two politicians at the latter's residence in Central Jakarta on Sept. 28, 2026. Also attending the meeting were (from left to right) PDI-P politician Said Abdullah, Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad of Gerindra and House Speaker Puan Maharani of the PDI-P. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/30/lets-win-the-who-race https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/08/2026_05_08_175510_1778225959.jpg Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin speaks on April 20, 2026, during a meeting with House of Representatives Commission IX overseeing health and social welfare at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/30/central-java-seeks-more-power-over-free-meals-program-after-string-of-mass-poisonings https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180040_1790253952.jpg House of Representatives lawmaker Yoyok Riyo Sudibyo (top, left) of the NasDem Party and Batang regent Faiz Kurniawan (bottom, left) visit a patient on Thursday at the Kalisari Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in Batang regency, Central Java who was hospitalized after suffering from food poisoning from eating a meal package distributed under the free nutritious meal program. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/29/external-pressure-fiscal-risks-weigh-on-rupiah https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/28/2026_09_28_180142_1790582095.jpg An officer displays Indonesian rupiah banknotes on Sept. 7 at BNI’s Pasar Baru branch in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/29/tokyo-suffers-longest-streak-of-rainy-days-on-record https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180181_1790672170.jpg Pedestrians with umbrellas walk on a crossing as rain falls in Tokyo's Shibuya district on September 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/29/police-charge-train-driver-over-crash-that-killed-16-women-in-bekasi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/29/2026_04_29_175210_1777459433.jpg Workers clear debris at the train collision site after the locomotive of a passenger train pierced through the rear car of a commuter train at Bekasi Timur Station in Bekasi, West Java on April 28, 2026. President Prabowo Subianto ordered an investigation on April 28 after a long-distance train smashed into a stationary commuter train overnight, killing 15 people and injuring dozens. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/29/trump-denies-offering-to-sell-arms-to-xi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/24/2026_09_24_180029_1790225436.jpg US President Donald Trump reacts after a B1 bomber flew past during the national anthems while he greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/29/myanmar-airstrike-death-toll-rises-to-50 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/05/20/2025_05_20_162875_1747728855.jpg People assess damage in destroyed buildings following Myanmar military airstrikes in Kyauktaw town in Myanmar's western Rakhine State on May 15, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/29/thai-businesses-tap-indonesian-market-as-domestic-opportunities-shrink https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/03/2026_08_03_178286_1785761112.JPG Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (left) applauds next to Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto as they are greeted by elementary school children waving Thai and Indonesian flags, during a welcome ceremony in Jakarta, on Aug. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/29/the-shortening-life-of-food-trends https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/18/2025_12_18_170461_1766060482.jpg Modern way: A barista prepares a matcha latte with strawberry jam on Dec. 13, 2025, at Moku Matcha Honten in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/29/why-asean-and-china-should-join-hands-on-global-governance https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/13/2026_08_13_178600_1786595557.jpg Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi poses for a group photo with ASEAN foreign ministers on July 22 during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/29/house-passes-2027-state-budget-bill-into-law https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/30/2025_09_30_167078_1759207985.jpg Some lawmakers of the House of Representatives attend the plenary meeting on the endorsement for 2019 state budget implementation bill (P2APBN) in the House's complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta while others joined the meeting virtually on Sept. 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/29/cnn-ms-now-politico-ask-judge-to-extend-block-on-white-house-ban https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180173_1790661065.JPG A reporter from Real America's Voice News, after the White House has blocked CNN from traveling with President Donald Trump on Air Force One for a trip on Saturday to Tennessee, and other media members stand next to Air Force One with a US military transport helicopter seen in the background at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, September 26, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/29/govt-to-inject-rp-20-trillion-into-bpjs-kesehatan-to-cover-cash-flow-deficit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/24/2026_04_24_175061_1777012089.jpg A BPJS Kesehatan official helps a customer on May 14, 2024, at the agency's South Jakarta office. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/29/in-the-age-of-ai-purpose-is-becoming-a-business-strategy https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179954_1790037094.jpg A person is silhouetted next to the logo of the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance on July 6 in Geneva, Switzerland. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/29/twenty-one-years-on-acehs-peace-faces-new-strains https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/15/2026_08_15_178713_1786796990.jpg A man (top, left) climbs a flagpole as he attempts to raise a Free Aceh Movement flag alongside the Indonesian national flag during a rally outside the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh, on Aug 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/29/stocks-drop-and-oil-rises-as-hormuz-hopes-fade https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/08/2026_06_08_176478_1780906471.jpg A man walks past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in Tokyo on June 8, 2026.