Indonesia names fourth wiretapping suspect as political intrigue deepens
Scandal is driving divisions between President Prabowo Subianto and predecessor Joko Widodo.
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Scandal is driving divisions between President Prabowo Subianto and predecessor Joko Widodo.
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ASEAN’s consensus-driven approach and a lack of enforcement mechanisms make legal action difficult, experts say.

Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports on the ‘Badr’ Memorandum of Understanding.
Experts say conflicts and uncertainty are accelerating efforts to strengthen regional military capacity.

Students and activists protested across Indonesia over forest fires linked to land clearing for palm oil plantations.
Cheap land clearing imposes costs across borders. ASEAN must change the incentives that keep the fires burning.

Indonesia battles worst forest fires and toxic haze in 11 years
The deaths come as Jakarta says it will accept foreign help to tackle its worst forest fires in more than a decade.

An orange haze is blanketing Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan as wildfires rage across the province.

Eight endangered orangutans were released into a protected forest in Indonesia after wildfires destroyed their habitat.

Drivers in Bali face hours-long queues amid shortages of Indonesia’s subsidised Pertalite fuel.