https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/05/us-china-gear-up-for-mid-september-ai-safety-talks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/29/2026_04_29_175200_1777433666.JPG A message reading “AI artificial intelligence,“ a keyboard and robot hands are seen in this illustration created on Jan. 27, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/05/doubts-cast-over-police-probe-into-jakarta-unrest https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179432_1788527702.jpg Jakarta Police general crimes director Sr. Comr. Iman Imanuddin (left) and spokesperson Sr. Comr. Budi Hermanto (right) shows face sketches of alleged perpetrators of unrest that led to the killing of 60-year-old mirror vendor Bambang Setiyawan in Pejompongan during a press briefing at the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Sept. 2, 2026. The police also named 47 suspects allegedly involved in the damaging of public facilities and other violent acts during the unrest. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179431_1788527702.jpg Journalists take pictures of pieces of evidence seized by the police during the unrest in Jakarta during a press briefing at the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Sept. 2, 2026. During the unrest that followed a protest in front of the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 27, the police arrested 322 people allegedly involved in violent acts and damaging of public facilities. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/05/sydney-sweats-in-spring-hot-spell-faces-extreme-bushfire-risk https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/05/2026_09_05_179449_1788579066.JPG A man walks through a park with the Sydney Opera House in the background on the first day of spring in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/05/us-midterms-begin-with-chaos-over-mail-voting-crackdown https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/05/2026_09_05_179448_1788578882.jpg Signage directs voters at a polling place in the Tamarack Nature Center on Aug. 11, 2026 in White Bear Township, Minnesota, the United States, with Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) are vying for Minnesota's Democratic nomination for US Senate in the primary election. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/05/israel-emptying-west-bank-refugee-camps-could-be-crime-against-humanity-un https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/05/2026_09_05_179447_1788571521.jpg Israeli army soldiers carry out a military operation at the Askar camp for Palestinian refugees, east of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sept. 4, 2026. Violence has surged in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, since the start of the war in Gaza sparked by Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/05/army-deployed-as-mt-sinabungs-activity-increases https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179381_1788409307.JPG A motorcyclist rides through Kutarayat village, Karo, North Sumatra, as Mount Sinabung volcano erupts in the background on Sept. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/05/names-in-our-veins-two-generations-one-inherited-history https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179394_1788439594.jpg Writing through darkness: A combination of images shows "Writing in the Dark Rain" (2025), a single-channel video work by FX Harsono in which the artist writes against a dark backdrop streaked with paint. The work is part of Names in Our Veins, on display from Sept. 3 to Jan. 3, 2027, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in the Netherlands. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179395_1788439595.jpg Layered memories: An installation view shows Vincent Ruijters’ "Kuburan" (2026), flanked by FX Harsono’s video works "Writing in the Rain" (2011) and "Writing in the Dark Rain" (2025), in this undated photo. The works are part of Names in Our Veins, on display at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/05/one-orangutan-dies-more-rescued-as-wildfire-rages https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179415_1788504102.JPG Sempurna, an adult male Bornean orangutan, receives emergency treatment after being rescued at an oil palm plantation near an area affected by wildfires in Kuala Satong village, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan on Aug. 30, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179428_1788521495.jpg Smoke from wildfires blankets Lanjak village in Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, on Sept. 4, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/05/analysis-external-debt-rises-current-account-deficit-widens https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179413_1788503424.jpg Containers are loaded onto ships at the Belawan New Container Terminal (BNCT) in Medan, North Sumatra, located in the Malacca Strait. BNCT has been developed and operated through a partnership between the INA, Pelindo and DP World. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/05/mass-poisonings-cast-doubt-on-free-meals-reforms https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179302_1788325175.JPG Students rest while receiving treatment for food poisoning at the regional general hospital after eating government-sponsored free school meals in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, September 2, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178574_1786519021.jpg Workers transport containers of the free nutritious meals program by cart for distribution to schools in Sangkurio, Mamuju, West Sulawesi, on Aug. 11, 2026. The West Sulawesi Regional Office of the Directorate General of Treasury (DJPb) said the province had allocated Rp220 trillion (US$13.7 million) in state funds for the program by mid-2026, reaching 375,922 beneficiaries and supported by 169 Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPGs) out of a target of 189. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/05/rp-3-million-not-enough-to-make-bikers-go-electric https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/04/2026_05_04_175340_1777864720.jpg An electric motorcycle user charges it on April 20, 2026, at a public charging station operated by PLN in Surakarta, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/05/water-bombing-used-on-surakartas-putri-cempo-landfill-fire https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179416_1788506868.jpg An NBO-105 light, multirole, twin-engine helicopter from the Yogyakarta Police drops 9,000 liters of water to extinguish a fire on Friday at the Putri Cempo landfill in Surakarta, Central Java. The fire has been burning some 6 hectares of Blocks B, C and D of the landfill since Wednesday. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/05/pricier-driving-better-livability https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177846_1784612475.jpg The setting sun hangs in thick haze above downtown Jakarta on July 20, 2026, as viewed from a shopping mall parking lot in East Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/wildfires-spread-near-new-capital-nusantara https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/15/2026_05_15_175743_1778818358.jpg The Presidential Palace is seen before a ceremony marking Indonesia's 80th Independence Day at the Ceremonial Plaza in Nusantara Capital City (IKN) in East Kalimantan on Aug. 17, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/04/volkswagen-says-cutting-100000-jobs-by-end-of-decade https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/10/04/2024_10_04_155558_1728017258.JPG Employees work on an electric vehicle (EV) production line at a Volkswagen Anhui factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on Sept. 25, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/navy-intercepts-eight-indonesians-eight-bangladeshis-arriving-from-malaysia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/09/2026_01_09_171229_1767938288.jpg Personnel from a joint team (background) talk to five migrant workers at Wisma Amira hotel in Dumai, Riau, on Dec. 12, 2025, preventing their illegal departures. A human trafficking syndicate was going to send the migrant workers to work in Cambodia through Malaysia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/04/two-trapped-tunnel-workers-rescued-in-nepal-miracle https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179421_1788515478.jpg This handout photograph taken and released by the Nepal Army on September 4, 2026 shows army personnel carrying a worker who was trapped inside a tunnel, during a rescue operation at Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project in Nepal's Rasuwa district. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/komnas-ham-calls-for-police-to-probe-food-poisoning-of-more-than-2000-students https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/11/2025_12_11_170157_1765440470.jpg Jakarta Transportation Agency officers inspect a free-meals delivery vehicle that struck students and a teacher at SDN Kalibaru 01 Pagi state elementary school in Cilincing, North Jakarta, on Dec. 11, 2025. The incident left 20 students and a teacher injured and requiring treatment at nearby hospitals. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/04/iee-series-energy-week-reflects-growing-ecosystem-seeking-connections https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179417_1788511699.jpg (Images courtesy of Pamerindo Indonesia) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179418_1788511700.jpg (Images courtesy of Pamerindo Indonesia) https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/04/sarawak-declares-emergency-in-serian-district-due-to-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/indonesia/2026/09/04/villagers-ignore-warning-still-working-in-sinabungs-danger-zones https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179382_1788409307.jpg Mount Sinabung spews ash and thick smoke early on Wednesday as seen from Karo, North Sumatra province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/riau-islands-guarantees-investment-despite-large-scale-drug-smuggling https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179303_1788325177.jpg Armed officers stand guard on Tuesday near a pile of evidence during a news conference on a drug smuggling case at the Riau Islands Police headquarters in Batam, Riau Islands. 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 foiled an attempt to smuggle 800 kilograms of ketamine in Riau Islands waters by an international syndicate and named a Taiwanese national, identified by the initials WLC, a suspect accused of acting as the syndicate's controller. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/why-do-dayak-recruits-get-a-special-military-pathway https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/30/2026_07_30_178128_1785412817.jpg Soldiers of the Indonesian Military's (TNI) 613th Infantry Battalion/Raja Alam chant during a homecoming ceremony at Semayang Port in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, on July 22, 2026, after returning from a 12-month border security deployment along the Indonesia–Papua New Guinea frontier. A total of 450 personnel took part in the mission. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/04/indonesia-russia-ink-fertilizer-investment-deal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179386_1788418245.jpg In this photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, President Prabowo Subianto and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/04/j-p-morgan-sees-idx-at-7000-this-year-flags-hurdles-to-6-gdp-growth https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179393_1788436422.png Gioshia Ralie, CEO of J.P. Morgan Indonesia (left) and Benny Kurniawan, head of equity research at J.P. Morgan Indonesia (right), speak on Thursday in a media briefing in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/the-river-does-not-forget https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179383_1788412554.jpg Bride Lhiane Galang (center) walks down the aisle at the St. John the Baptist Parish church during her wedding ceremony in a flooded church in Hagonoy town, Bulacan, the Philippines, on Sept. 1, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/breaking-into-navigating-aseans-consumer-market https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/06/2024_08_06_153232_1722943529.jpg A customer picks a bottled beverage from a refrigerated display on July 5, 2024, at a supermarket in South Tangerang, Banten. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/industrial-estates-need-a-new-measure-of-success https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/05/18/2025_05_18_162825_1747575022.jpeg Guests visit the Marunda Flow Center during its launch ceremony at KBN Marunda Industrial Estate in North Jakarta, on May 13, 2025. Supply chain specialist APL Logistics operates the 32,000 square meters distribution facility. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/04/asian-stocks-rally-as-traders-pare-rate-bets-ahead-of-jobs-data https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/30/2026_01_30_172011_1769744397.jpg Stock traders monitor the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) in South Tangerang, Banten, on April 8, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/04/sunken-graves-in-indramayu-even-death-has-lost-its-space https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179410_1788488472.jpg Graves beneath water: A row of gravestones is partially submerged in Eretan Wetan, Indramayu, West Java, in this undated photo. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179411_1788488474.jpg Washed-away kitchen: A resident’s kitchen has been washed away by tidal flooding in Eretan Wetan, Indramayu, West Java, in this undated photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/04/indonesia-backs-indias-brics-chairship https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179409_1788488117.JPG A man walks past a board featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept. 3, 2026, ahead of the upcoming BRICS Summit in New Delhi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/american-gtterdmmerung https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179209_1788238590.JPG United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh attend a plenary session on Aug. 31, 2026, as finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 countries meet in North Carolina, the US. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/malaysia-must-not-breathe-indonesias-governance-failure https://img.jakpost.net/c/2016/04/08/2016_04_08_2685_1460106196.jpg Haze from forest fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia blankets Papar district, in Sabah, Malaysia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/04/purbaya-reasserts-budget-for-cooperatives-debt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/31/2026_07_31_178164_1785485050.jpg A soldier sweeps the entrance to a Red and White Cooperatives building on July 22 in Suka Damai village, Muaro Jambi regency, Jambi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/civil-groups-seek-better-recognition-for-indigenous-peoples-in-new-bill https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/19/2025_10_19_167835_1760848247.jpg Gelar Alam ethnic people carry bundles of rice stalks on Oct. 5, 2025, during a Seren Taun harvest festival procession in Sukabumi, West Java. The annual ceremony expresses gratitude for the year's harvest and seeks blessings for harmony with nature and ancestors. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/03/indonesias-data-center-push-gains-ground-but-faces-execution-test https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/18/2026_06_18_176799_1781767530.jpg The construction of Digital Edge Indonesia data center in Cikarang, West Java is underway in this undated picture. State power producer PT PLN is set to supply 2x725 megavolts of electricity to support the operation of the country’s largest data center. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/rowing-between-two-reefs-why-indonesia-wont-pick-a-side https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/09/01/2023_09_01_141945_1693570121.jpg Indonesian, Australian, Singaporean and United States military personnel attend the opening ceremony of the Super Garuda Shield 2023 joint military exercise in Situbondo, East Java on Aug. 31, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/04/analysis-indonesias-solar-energy-bet-cautious-optimism https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179377_1788407892.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center) presses a button during the launch and groundbreaking ceremony for the solar power plant programs in Gilimanuk, Jembrana, Bali, on Aug. 25, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/04/prabowo-pitches-eurasia-southeast-asia-economic-bridge https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/03/2026_09_03_179385_1788418244.jpg Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto hold a meeting on Sept. 3 on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/04/jakarta-transit-grows-but-greater-jakarta-stays-disconnected https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/05/15/2025_05_15_162756_1747301375.jpg A Transjakarta bus leaves the Flavor Bliss shelter in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten after the launching of Transjabodetabek bus service's new route between Alam Sutera township and Blok M, South Jakarta on April 24, 2025. The Jakarta administration worked with the Banten administration to open the Alam Sutera-Blok M route for Transjabodetabek in a bid to tackle the city's perennial traffic problem. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/02/2025_09_02_166096_1756812635.jpg Wallet slam: Motorists are stuck in traffic on Jl. KH Guru Amin, Jakarta, on Aug. 28, 2025. Jakarta Deputy Governor Rano Karno said that the impact of traffic congestion in the capital and surrounding areas goes beyond disrupting mobility, causing economic losses of up to Rp 100 trillion (US$6 billion) annually.