Prabowo’s approval rating drops to 51.1%
The approval rating of President Prabowo Subianto (pic) fell to 51.1% in July 2026, a poll showed, with respondents pointing to the state of the country's economy more than a year and a half into his term of office.
Ex-prosecutor held over cash, gold bars at home
authoritieS arrested a former anti-graft prosecutor after seizing millions of dollars and more than 70kg of gold bars from his home and other properties, an official said.
FBI head returns cultural artefacts
President Prabowo Subianto received a collection of cultural artefacts from the country's Papua region that had been illegally taken to the United States, officials said.
Free meal funds slashed
THE nation has further cut the budget of President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meal programme by more than US$2bil (RM8.17bil), officials said, in a move expected to reduce access to the scheme.
Head of baby trafficking ring jailed for seven years
A woman who led a baby trafficking ring in Indonesia was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Mother and son survive sunken boat
Rescuers in the eastern part of the country have found two more survivors – a mother and son – from a passenger boat that sank last week and were searching for 18 others still missing.
Rising costs leaving dogs without homes
JONATHAN spends roughly five to seven million rupiah (RM1,140 to RM1,600) a month to feed and groom his four dogs: two golden retrievers, an Akita and a rescued Karelo-Finnish Laika
Ditching suits for shorts
On a hot, humid day in Tokyo, metropolitan government official Noboru Watanabe overcame embarrassment to come to work in shorts, an unusual choice in a country where formal business attire is still the norm.
Five shipwreck survivors rescued
Five survivors from a passenger boat that sank off eastern Indonesia, including a seven-year-old girl, have been rescued after floating at sea for three days, a rescue official said.
One dead, 24 missing after boat sinks near Sulawesi
A passenger boat sank off an Indonesian island, killing at least one person and leaving 24 others missing, the local search and rescue agency said.
