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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, right, greets Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Bill Gates meets Indonesian leader to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives
Bill Gates is in Indonesia to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives with the leader of the world’s fourth most populous country.
 
Amnesty says Indonesia suppresses free speech with crackdowns on public protests
Amnesty International has criticized Indonesia’s government, saying it suppresses free speech with crackdowns on public protests, targets journalists and rights activists and uses spyware against dissidents.
 
Indonesia says 17 people slain by Papua rebels were gold miners
Indonesian authorities have denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.
 
Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Declining Eid travel and spending in Indonesia and discrimination in India dampen holiday spirit
The usual festive mood of Eid al-Fitr holiday to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has been subdued in Indonesia this year as people grapple with soaring prices for food, clothing and essential goods.
 
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, right, shakes hands with France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot during their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
France and Indonesia vow to boost safety in Indo-Pacific as tensions between EU and Beijing persist
France and Indonesia’s top diplomats have inked a new maritime security project aiming “to ensure peace and safety” at sea in the Indo-Pacific region.
 
Protesters tear down the fence at parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 20, 2025, during a rally against the passing of a controversial revision of a military law that will allow military officers to serve in more government posts without resigning from the armed forces. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Why Indonesia’s new military law is alarming pro-democracy activists and rights groups
Indonesia’s Parliament has unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law that will expand the armed forces’ role in civilian affairs despite growing opposition from pro-democracy and rights groups who see it as a threat to the country’s young democracy.
 
Sri Indrayati, 52, removes the tattoo of the name of her first daughter that she got shortly after she gave birth to her at the age of 22, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Muslims with tattoo regrets flock to a free removal service during Ramadan
A growing number of people in Indonesia’s capital have signed up for free tattoo removal services offered by an Islamic charity organization during Ramadan to give practicing Muslims an opportunity to “repent.”
 
People break their Ramadan fast at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
AP PHOTOS: Mass iftar brings together thousands of Muslims at Jakarta’s Istiqlal mosque
For millions of Muslims, the ritual of fasting from dusk to dawn brings forth increased worship and religious reflection.
 
Indonesian Muslims pray an evening prayer called 'tarawih' to mark the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Millions of Muslims in Indonesia mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan
Muslims in Indonesia are shopping for sweets and new clothes and taking part in traditional festivities as millions observe the holy month of Ramadan. The Muslim holy month started on Saturday.
 
Indonesia nationals who had worked at scam centers in eastern Myanmar sit in a waiting room upon arrival from Thailand, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
84 Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrive home
Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar have arrived in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.
 
Samsul Anwar prepares for a torch parade ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Tangerang, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
AP PHOTOS: Muslims in Indonesia welcome the holy month of Ramadan
In Indonesia, where nearly 90% of population (282 million) practice Islam, celebrations range from colorful torchlight parades to cleaning family graves, to preparing food for pre-dawn breakfasts and elaborate post-sundown meals known as “iftars.” Each region in the vast archipelago nation of 17,000
 
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, right, and Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin attend a wreath laying ceremony prior to their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Russia and Indonesia hold talks to strengthen ties on defense and security
A top Russian security official and Indonesia’s defense minister have held talks in Jakarta as Moscow’s war on Ukraine entered its fourth year.
 
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, left, walks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they inspect honor guard during a welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting at Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Leaders of Indonesia and Turkey hold talks on defense and economic ties
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday for talks aimed at strengthening economic and defense ties between the two Muslim-majority nations.
 
A sign saying the land is owned by MNC Land is put up on a farming field at the planned development site of a tourism project affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump, near Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park in Bogor, West java, Indonesia, on March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Indonesia orders the halting of tourism projects linked to Trump over environmental issues
Officials say Indonesian authorities have ordered the halting of development of a tourism project affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump over water management and environment issues.
 
Serge Atlaoui, center, an ailing French national who has spent almost 20 years on death row in Indonesia for drug offenses, is escorted by security officers as he attends a news conference ahead of his return to France, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia sends home an ailing French national on death row
Indonesian authorities are sending home an ailing French national who has been on death row in the Southeast Asian country, following a transfer agreement between Paris and Jakarta.
 
Protesters throw eggs during a demonstration in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, following a fatal shooting of an Indonesian migrant worker in neighboring waters. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Protesters pelt Malaysian embassy with eggs over Indonesian migrant worker shooting
 
France's Ambassador to Indonesia Fabien Penone, right, talks with Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Affairs Yusril Ihza Mahendra during a press conference on a deal to send home Serge Atlaoui, an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia agrees to repatriate ailing French national who has spent almost 20 years on death row
Indonesia has signed a deal to send home an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses. Serge Atlaoui, 61, has spent almost 20 years in an Indonesian prison.
 
Indonesia showcases returned artifacts it had sought for decades from the Netherlands
Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelries repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on display at Indonesia’s National Museum, providing a glimpse into the country’s rich heritage that the government had struggled to retrieve.
 
Rescuers search for victims near the wreckages of vehicles in an area affected by a landslide following a flash flood that killed multiple people in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Janaki DM)
Death toll in deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia rises to 21
Indonesian rescuers have retrieved four more bodies as they resumed their search for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 21.
 
In this photo released by Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), rescuers carry the body of a victim of flash flood in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (BNPB via AP)
Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Java island leave 17 dead and 8 missing
Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java. Eight people were reported missing.
 
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, right, and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attend a joint press conference after their meeting at Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesia and Japan promise deeper defense and economic ties as regional tensions spike
Japan and Indonesia have pledged to deepen economic and defense ties during a visit by the Japanese prime minister.
 
Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, right, is shown the the way by his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin as they inspect honor guards during a welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Indonesia and Japan agree to resume stalled talks on transfer of defense equipment
Indonesia’s government says it has agreed with Japan to resume talks on the joint development of naval vessels that have stalled in recent years. Indonesia’s Defense Ministry says visiting Japanese Defense Minister Gen.
 
Students have their meals during the kick off of President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious free meal program to feed children and pregnant women nationwide despite critics saying that its required logistics could hurt Indonesia's state finances and economy, at an elementary school in Depok, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Indonesia launches free meals program to feed children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition
Indonesia’s new government has begun an ambitious project to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women that is expected to cost $28 billion through 2029, although critics question whether the program is affordable.
 
Drug suspect Serge Areski Atloui of France, center, sits on the defendant's chair accompanied by an interpreter during his trial at a district court in Tangerang, Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2006. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Ailing French man on death row pleads to return home as Indonesia to pardon 44,000 prisoners
Indonesian authorities say an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a last-ditch plea to be returned home. Serge Atlaoui has spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prison.
 
Mary Jane Veloso, center, a Filipino woman who spent almost 15 years in an Indonesian prison for drug trafficking and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, waves as she is reunited with her family at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong, Philippines on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad seeks clemency
A Filipino woman who spent years on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, said Wednesday she’s happy to be back in the Philippines but still counting on its president to get out of jail.
 
Mary Jane Veloso, center, a Filipino woman who spent almost 15 years in an Indonesian prison for drug trafficking and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, is reunited with her family as she arrives at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong, Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad returns home
Indonesian authorities have returned a Filipina woman to the Philippines who had been on death row and nearly executed by firing squad in Indonesia in 2015, after a longstanding request from her home country.
 
Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso gestures to the media as she leaves Yogyakarta Women's Prison for her transfer to the capital city of Jakarta in preparation for her repatriation to the Philippines, in Gunung Kidul, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from Indonesian firing squad prepares to fly home
A Filipina who was on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015 will return home this week under an arrangement between the countries.
 
Rescuers clear up rubble from damaged houses at a neighborhood affected by a landslide in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rangga Firmansyah)
Landslides and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Java island, leaving 10 dead and 2 missing
Indonesian rescuers have recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java. Officials said Monday that two people are still missing.
 
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Affairs Yusril Ihza Mahendra, left, and Philippine's Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez show the document during the signing ceremony of a deal to send home Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino death-row drug convict, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia agrees to repatriate Filipino woman who spent years on death row over drug trafficking
“It is a fitting gift that affirms the good relationship between the two countries,” said Vasquez. “We do understand and we respect the Indonesian court decision with respect to the sentence.. and we will endeavor to let her serve her sentence.”
 
An Environment Ministry official shows pangolin scales confiscated from suspected smugglers during a press conference in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Indonesia seizes more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales said to be meant for Chinese clients
Indonesian authorities say they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales worth over a million dollars.
 
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