https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/27/iran-holds-very-good-talks-with-mecca-pact-nations-on-regions-security https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/27/2026_10_27_181008_1793058755.jpg This handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (center left) shaking hands with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud after a meeting with the Pakistani army chief and the Turkish intelligence chief in Tehran on October 26, 2026. Iran began talks on October 26 with the three countries of the Mecca security pact, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, to discuss regional issues as the months-long Middle East war remains locked in a stalemate, state television reported. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/27/tanker-uses-ship-to-ship-transfer-to-smuggle-ketamine-police-chief https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180969_1792922500.jpg National Police chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto (fifth left), Customs and Excise Director General Djaka Budhi Utama (sixth left), North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution (third left), North Sumatra Police chief Insp. Gen. Sonny Irawan (right) and Bukit Barisan Military Command chief Maj. Gen. Hendy Antariksa (fifth right) display evidence on Friday during the disclosure of a ketamine trafficking case in Belawan, Medan, North Sumatra. The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), the Customs and Excise Directorate General and the National Police's Water and Air Police Directorate jointly uncovered a drug trafficking operation involving the MT Global 168 vessel, arresting six Indonesian nationals and a Taiwanese citizen and seizing 1.16 tonnes of ketamine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/27/fifth-year-and-counting-asean-australia-comprehensive-strategic-partnership https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/03/12/2024_03_12_148229_1710256648.jpg Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (center, rear) is projected onto a giant screen on March 6, 2024, as he addresses a plenary meeting of the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in the capital city of Australia’s southeastern Victoria state. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/27/strengthening-eu-indonesia-dialogue-advancing-human-rights https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180972_1792936736.jpg European Union flags fly at half-mast outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on March 1, 2023, to honor the victims of the Greece train collision on Feb. 28. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/27/concern-for-child-nutrition-inspires-annabelle-to-introduce-nurivo-for-active-young-people https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/27/2026_10_27_181009_1793068847.jpg (Courtesy of Nurivo) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/27/2026_10_27_181011_1793069065.jpg (Courtesy of Nurivo) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/27/2026_10_27_181010_1793069065.jpg (Courtesy of Nurivo) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/27/joint-firefighting-team-evacuates-162-climbers-from-mt-sumbing https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180971_1792930863.jpg Fire razes the slope of Mount Sumbing in Wonosobo regency, Central Java, in this undated picture issued by Wonosobo Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD). Mount Sumbing has been on fire since Monday, affecting 306 hectares of land. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/27/decolonization-and-the-geopolitics-of-legitimacy-from-morocco-to-papua https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/30/2026_09_30_180222_1790771913.jpeg Indonesia exercises its right of reply during the General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in response to statements by representatives of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu regarding the situation on Sept. 28in Papua. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/27/anthropic-points-to-ai-dangers-soaring-sales-in-100b-ipo-filing https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/10/2026_10_10_180516_1791600764.jpg This photograph shows the logo of the US artificial intelligence safety and research company Anthropic displayed on a smartphone's screen in Brussels on June 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/27/indonesias-gas-policy-must-deliver-more-than-energy-sovereignty https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180987_1792978009.jpg The sprawling Plaju refinery of state-owned energy giant Pertamina stands alongside a green space and residential settlement in South Sumatra’s provincial capital Palembang on Oct. 24, 2018. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/27/delays-in-forming-selection-panel-for-election-body-draw-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/11/27/2024_11_27_157746_1732681928.jpg A woman casts her vote in the simultaneous regional elections on Nov. 27, 2024, at a booth in a polling station in Jakarta. Voters in 37 provinces and more than 500 cities and regencies picked regional leaders in the country's biggest simultaneous regional election. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/27/millions-seized-in-hercules-case-spotlights-informal-power-in-land-deals https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179313_1788336082.jpg H. Hercules Rozario Marshall (center), general chairman of the central executive board of Gerakan Rakyat Indonesia Bersatu Jaya (GRIB Jaya), speaks on Aug. 30 about several issues that emerged following chaotic demonstrations in Jakarta on Aug. 27, after attending the regional working meeting of the GRIB Jaya West Java chapter. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/27/redefining-corruption-misses-the-point-of-indonesias-judicial-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/30/2026_06_30_177153_1782823228.jpg Defendant in the alleged corruption case involving the procurement of Chromebooks for the Education Ministry's school digitalization program, Nadiem Anwar Makarim, center, greets Gojek drivers after attending the verdict hearing on June 30 at the Jakarta Corruption Court in Jakarta. The panel of judges sentenced Makarim to 10 years in prison, fined him 1 billion rupiah (about US$61,000), with an alternative of 190 days in jail if unpaid, and ordered him to pay restitution of 809.59 billion rupiah, with an additional five-year prison term if unpaid. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/27/analysis-pln-leadership-shift-signals-solar-ambitions-challenges-remain https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180993_1793009230.jpg Final tweaks: Technicians check panels on Sept. 29, 2023, at the Cirata floating solar photovoltaic plant, located at the Cirata Reservoir in Purwakarta, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/27/ministers-up-ante-in-ri-singapore-row https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180994_1793023056.JPG Motorcyclists wearing protective masks drive through the Talawang traffic circle as haze from wildfires shrouds the area in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, on Oct. 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/27/another-day-another-warning https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180964_1792906354.jpg A rallygoer holds a poster that reads “Breathing is a right” during a protest on Oct. 23 in front of the Central Kalimantan gubernatorial office in Palangka Raya to urge the central government to declare the widespread forest and peatland fires as a national disaster. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/idx-doubles-down-on-tackling-manipulative-trading https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/10/2026_07_10_177475_1783666362.jpg The logo of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) is seen at the bourse's headquarters in Jakarta on April 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/govt-to-hike-imports-to-meet-subsidized-gasoline-demand https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180689_1792038495.jpg Motorcyclists queue to refuel at a gas station in Denpasar amid a fuel supply shortage in Bali on Oct. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/south-korean-investment-in-batam-reaches-us65-1-million-as-bp-batam-seeks-opportunities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180992_1793008793.jpg A BP Batam delegation, comprising (from left) Annang Setia Budhi, President Director of PT Bandara International Batam (BIB); Kurnia Budi, Director of BP Batam’s Airport Business Entity; Alexander Zulkarnain, Deputy Head of Administration and Finance at BP Batam; and Fary Djemy Francis, Deputy Head of Investment at BP Batam, poses for a photograph with the Deputy Ambassador of the Indonesian Embassy in South Korea and embassy staff during a visit to Seoul. The delegation is seeking to attract further investment from South Korea.(Image courtesy of BP Batam) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/kota-tua-vendors-back-revamp-but-fear-being-sidelined https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180990_1793001735.jpg Musicians perform during the 10th Colours of Culture Festival 2026 in Jakarta’s Kota Tua district on Friday, Oct. 16. The annual cultural festival celebrates Indonesia’s diversity through art, traditional textiles, music and culinary offerings under the theme “Tanda Mata Indonesia” (A Gift from Indonesia). The festival runs through Oct. 18. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180989_1793001730.jpg A mother leads her son, attached with a wrist-leash, in Kota Tua, Jakarta’s old quarter in front of Dutch-style Batavia Gallery and Kafe. Jakarta, Oct. 18. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/ri-tsingshan-discuss-deeper-nickel-downstream-projects-in-morowali-weda-bay https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/09/2026_10_09_180481_1791512805.JPG Nickel processing facilities operate on Oct. 8 at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera regency, North Maluku. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/26/oil-spill-off-uae-widens-prompting-more-beach-closures- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/26/2026_10_26_180991_1793007346.JPG Satellite imagery shows UAE shore before oil spill, off the coast of United Arab Emirates Oct. 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/govt-rolls-out-year-end-travel-discounts-extends-economic-stimulus https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179501_1788781254.JPG Stranded passengers wait on Sept. 7 at the domestic terminal of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport as some flights to Jakarta were canceled due to the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau volcano, in Kuta, Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/singapore-to-explore-new-tech-to-weather-global-resource-nationalism-minister-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2021/10/05/2021_10_05_118139_1633401183.jpg Boats sail past the Shell refinery on Pulau Bukom off Singapore on Nov. 11, 2020. The price of Brent crude oil jumped on Sept. 28, 2021 above 80 USD for the first time in almost three years on expectations for surging demand and concerns about supplies. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/is-a-chinese-implosion-looming https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/09/2026_05_09_175553_1778327589.JPG An employee demonstrates the working of a humanoid robot on April 15 during the China Import and Export Fair, commonly known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/bj-habibies-status-in-indonesian-history https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/06/2026_08_06_178387_1785997939.jpg President B.J. Habibie addresses the House of Representatives on Aug. 15, 1998, where he called for military reform and a new democratic paradigm during the early days of the Reform Era. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/26/netanyahu-warns-iran-may-try-to-disrupt-election https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/25/2026_09_25_180056_1790300334.jpg Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/currency-markets-subdued-ahead-of-pivotal-central-bank-week https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/14/2026_08_14_178646_1786677211.JPG A currency dealer works as an electronic board displays the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), the exchange rate between the US dollar and South Korean won and the Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) at the dealing room of a bank in Seoul on July 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/redefining-corruption-protection-for-economic-power https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/04/06/2025_04_06_161704_1743874252.jpg Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin (front, left) and state energy holding firm Pertamina executive director Simon Aloysius Mantiri (front, right) attend a press briefing to assure the public that Pertamina's current fuel meets standards and is unaffected by the 2018-2023 fuel supply corruption case at Pertamina subsidiaries at the Attorney General's Office building in Jakarta on March 6, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/across-boundaries-how-riaus-communities-are-joining-forces-against-fire https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180939_1792767770.jpg Zulkatab (left) engages with Tambak village residents to raise awareness of forest and land fire prevention. (Courtesy of Asian Agri) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180938_1792767770.jpg Asian Agri’s fire team gathers for a briefing as part of its efforts to strengthen fire prevention and response in Riau. (Courtesy of Asian Agri) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180937_1792767770.jpg Asian Agri’s fire team helps extinguish a fire in an area near Tambak village, Riau. (Courtesy of Asian Agri) https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/26/lula-defies-odds-to-clinch-poll-victory-against-bolsonaros-son https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/05/2026_10_05_180349_1791171846.jpg This combination of pictures created on October 4, 2026, shows Brazil's President and re-election candidate for the Workers' Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (right) speaks to the media after casting his vote during the presidential election at a polling station in Sao Bernardo do Campo, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 4, 2026; and Brazil's right-wing senator and presidential candidate for the Liberal Party (PL) Flavio Bolsonaro gives thumbs up in front of Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial candidate Douglas Ruas (C, back), as he leaves a polling station after voting during the presidential election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 4, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/jakarta-should-not-lower-the-bar-for-myanmar https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/03/18/2025_03_18_161297_1742294997.jpg Indonesian nationals who had worked at scam centres in Myanmar are greeted by officials upon arrival from Thailand, at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten near Jakarta on March 18, 2025. Indonesia on March 18 began repatriating more than 500 of its nationals freed from online scam centres in Myanmar, officials said, bringing them home from grim holding camps in Thailand where many have languished for weeks. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/asean-should-press-its-plus-three-partners-on-denuclearization https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/19/2026_04_19_174857_1776572724.jpg People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on April 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/pks-seeks-house-talks-on-gibrans-fate-after-court-ruling https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/28/2025_11_28_169523_1764295877.JPG Rare appearance: Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka arrives for the second day of the Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit on Nov. 23, 2025, at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/govts-defiance-over-wildfire-disaster-status-faces-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180965_1792906354.jpg Motorists drive on Saturday through the haze-shrouded Jl. Tjilik Riwut in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. Toxic pollution from the forest and peatland fires has obscured sunlight and dropped visibility to 100 meters in Palangka Raya, according to the local Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) office. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180964_1792906354.jpg A protester holds a poster that reads “Breathing is a rights“ on Friday during a protest in front of the Central Kalimantan gubernatorial office in Palangka Raya to urge the central government to declare the widespread forest and peatland fires a national disaster. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/indonesia-sees-rule-of-law-weaken-under-prabowo https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/07/12/2023_07_12_140220_1689155272.jpg This undated illustration picture shows a gavel in a courtroom. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180968_1792911432.jpg University students hold a banner reading “Two years is enough“ while shooting slogans on Thursday during an anti-government protest a few days after the second anniversary of President Prabowo Subianto's inauguration in Surabaya, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/indonesias-gas-export-cuts-a-costly-blow-to-trust-and-regional-leadership https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/12/2024_08_12_153443_1723476316.jpg Workers wait for the cargo ship Towuti, carrying 119,000 cubic meters of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Tangguh, West Papua, to moor on Jan. 19, 2015, at the Arun storage and regasification facility in Lhokseumawe, Aceh. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/analysis-prabowos-security-shuffles-lining-up-loyalists-pre-2029 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180986_1792947303.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (left) shakes hands with Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto as newly appointed National Police chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto salutes the President on Wednesday before Prabowo briefed 800 high-ranking TNI and National Police officers at the Presidential Palace complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/26/proposal-to-narrow-definition-of-corruption-draws-flak https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/10/2026_07_10_177492_1783688270.JPG A protester from a coalition of university students holds a banner reading, “Fully Investigate Money Laundering and Coal Corruption,“ during a demonstration on July 10 outside the House of Representatives complex in Jakarta. The protesters called for curbing corruption in the coal industry. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/26/local-content-rules-incentives-in-focus-as-indonesias-ev-edge-fades https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179499_1788778496.jpg Automated machines paint a vehicle frame at BYD’s first new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturing facility at Subang Smartpolitan, an industrial estate in Subang regency, West Java, in this undated handout photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/26/ending-impunity-for-good https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/29/2026_04_29_175202_1777445834.png Military prosecutors charged four Indonesian Military (TNI) officers on April 29, 2025, for their alleged involvement in an acid attack on rights activist Andrie Yunus.