Middle powers with rapidly growing economies feel they have more bargaining power than they once did – and some are not afraid to use it.

ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA - President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto accompanied by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources

"Sixteen people were confirmed dead. For injured victims, 10 have been referred to hospitals and the nearest community health centre," Adj. Sr. Comr. Doni Prakoso, police chief in Pekalongan city, told local broadcaster Metro TV.

The two Atlantique 2s will take part in the La Perouse 2025 exercise in the Indonesian archipelago together with the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto believes that Indonesia will soon achieve energy independence or self-sufficiency in the near future.

The Japanese prime minister visited Indonesia and Malaysia, as part of efforts to integrate the Southeast Asian nations into Tokyo’s preparations for a catastrophic US-led war against China.

Japan and Indonesia have pledged to deepen economic and defense ties during a visit by the Japanese prime minister amid heightened global geopolitical tensions.

Indonesian rescuers recovered at least 16 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 Tuesday (January 21, 2025). Nine people were missing.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain on Indonesia's main island of Java has killed at least 16 people with three others missing, disaster officials said Tuesday.

Flash floods triggered landslides, leaving 16 dead and nine others missing in Indonesia. The heavy rainfall battered homes in Pekalongan Regency, Central Java, on January 20. Footage shows houses submerged in water and farmland covered in mud.

This is the dramatic moment a flash flood surged into a home during heavy rain in Indonesia on Monday. CCTV captured the rising water level as muddy torrents filled the property in the Pekalongan Regency of Central Java on January 20.