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Topic: Indonesia

Indonesia denies visas to Israeli gymnasts ahead of World Artistic Gymnastics Championship

The Israeli team was set to participate in World Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Indonesia, world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, with no formal diplomatic ties with Israel.

38 feared trapped as Islamic boarding school building collapses in Indonesia

1 person was killed & 102 evacuated in Monday’s incident at the Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo town when the unstable building collapsed during construction.

Over 1,000 sick in Indonesia from school meals in fresh food poisoning outbreaks

Latest cases follow poisoning of 800 students last week in West Java & Central Sulawesi provinces. NGOs call for suspension of president's multi-billion-dollar free meals programme.

Indonesia police fire tear gas at protesting students near university campuses in Bandung

Protests that began in Jakarta over govt spending & lawmakers’ perks have spread nationwide, with riots & looting after a police vehicle fatally hit a motorcycle taxi driver. 8 have died so far.

Indonesia to scrap tariffs on 99% of US goods in major trade deal

Trump hailed the deal Thursday as a 'huge win' for US automakers, tech, workers & farmers, as threatened tariffs on Indonesian goods drop to 19% from 32%.

World news of the day: 16 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from around the world.

Indonesian authorities bust baby trafficking ring; 5 of 6 infants were to be sold in Singapore

The 12 suspects arrested in the trafficking syndicate played roles ranging from recruiting and caregiving to couriering babies to clients, according to the Police department.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hits Indonesia’s Tanimbar islands

Indonesia straddles the Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone. There were no immediate reports of damage.

PV Sindhu advances to second round, Sen bows out of Indonesia Open

Sindhu overcame long-time rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 22-20, 21-23, 21-15 in an absorbing one-hour and 19-minute clash in the women’s singles.

Indonesian parliament passes contentious amendments to military law, people call it return of ‘New Order’

Rights groups have criticised the increased military involvement because they fear it may lead to abuses of power, human rights violations, and impunity from consequences for actions.

On Camera

America imagines Asim Munir is the cure to jihadism. He is the disease

Less than an hour earlier, William Putscher had been lunching on a hot dog by the poolside, in the congenial environment of the American...

Paul John Whisky, Malhar Gin win top honours at Soho India Wine & Spirits Awards 2025

Goa: Creators of the Paul John Indian Single Malt Whisky and Malhar India Craft Gin, John Distilleries registered yet another stellar showing at the...

Munir threatens India, again; accuses Delhi of ‘using’ TTP, asks Afghan Taliban to ‘rein in proxies’

Speaking at Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad’s Kakul, Field Marshal Munir said it is ‘disconcerting that Afghan soil is being used for terrorism in Pakistan’.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.