Ramadan is a time of togetherness for Muslims, as they fill mosques for hours of prayer and share large, lavish meals with family, friends and neighbors after days of dawn-to-dusk fasting.

New sovereign wealth fund Danantara Indonesia will focus on large-scale projects generating good returns as it prioritises sectors championed by the government to increase economic growth and create jobs,

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a public hall in Banda Aceh. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality since the Islamic law was implemented in 2006.

Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s president, launched Danantara, a sovereign-wealth fund. At his disposal it will immediately be the largest businesses in Indonesia’s sizeable portfolio of state-owned enterprises,

Eni and Malaysia's state energy firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture to oversee some upstream assets in Indonesia and Malaysia, the Italian energy group said on Thursday.

An unusual delay in Indonesia’s reporting of monthly budget data has investors raising questions on the state of government finances after President Prabowo Subianto ordered a radical overhaul of spending and revenue plans to boost growth.

The visit by Russia's Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, looks to discuss "cooperation in other areas of mutual interest,” according to a Russian news agency.

Aceh implemented an expansion of Islamic bylaws and criminal code in 2015 that extended Shariah law to the province’s non-Muslims, who account for about 1% of the population, an

Alexander Clapp’s “Waste Wars” tells the story of how trash from wealthy countries began traveling across borders, aided by shadowy networks of waste traders.

Mr Prabowo launched a cost-cutting drive unlike any the country has seen. He is seeking approximately $19bn in savings from this year’s budget, which comes to about 8.5% of Indonesia’s public-sector spending.

"His friend witnessed the crocodile resurface, maul the victim's body and drag it into the current," police said.