Andreas Harsono

Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, who was hospitalized after Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, talked about the attack and how a group of Palestinians were also attacked during the annual olive harvest www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55s...

In Sacramento, former prosecutors and human rights leaders, who spent decades documenting rights abuses around the world, are launching The Rule of Law Project to restoring criminal accountability for public officials who break the law in the United States ruleoflawproject.org/news/project...

Coordinating Minister Bahlil Lahadalia revealed the plan to cut gas exports to Singapore after a cabinet meeting, saying the govt evaluate contracts with countries that did not “show respect” to Indonesia www.thejakartapost.com/business/202...

For centuries, Jews have called Iran home. A CNN journalist travels across Iran for a rare look inside the Middle East's second-largest Jewish community and the challenges it faces today www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4HX...

Venezuelan leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado returned to her home country Sunday, after nearly a year in exile, greeting supporters at a church in the city of Barquisimeto. "I am here. With you," Machado announced in Spanish on X www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Indonesia would cut natural gas exports to Singapore by 31 billion British thermal units per day. It's framed in Indonesian media reports as part of President Prabowo’s moves to prioritise domestic energy needs amid concerns over energy security www.straitstimes.com/singapore/po...

In 2025 Ukraine was near collapse—short on troops and money and losing ground. A surge of robots, drones and tech has flipped the war, turning Ukraine into a frontline startup military that's now challenging Russia’s larger force www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Gk...

Russian drones are everywhere on the road to Druzhkivka, a Ukrainian frontline city in the Donetsk region. Soldiers sprint between buildings, take cover from attacks, and evacuate wounded comrades — all while trying to avoid Russian FPV drone attacks www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRV2...

Jared Kushner is pushing back after a @VanityFair report claimed that Dutch and Russian spies who hacked his phone found hundreds of millions of dollars in transfers to secret bank accounts in the United Arab Emirates and Israel www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmWd...

The Spanish singer Rosalía continued to defy convention with her fourth album, "Lux," recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, which contains lyrics in 14 languages, telling the stories of female saints and mystics through history www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMw...

Hotel Flamboyan, Baucau in Timor Leste. Survivors and advocates continue to call for a formal apology, meaningful reparations and greater assistance for East Timorese women and children still living with the consequences of Indonesia occupation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Indonesia has spent decades establishing itself as one of the world’s most important emerging markets. With a gross domestic product of about $1.5 trillion, now it risks losing that standing, jeopardizing billions of dollars in foreign investment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was forced out of her role Friday after five days on the job, a rare reversal by the White House that capped a week of upheaval www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

A raid on Ilhan Omar’s house has placed her relatively unknown family in the spotlight as investigators near the end to a long investigation into whether Omar was actually older than 17 when she received US citizenship from her naturalized father www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzku...

Huy Fong Foods, which produces the sriracha hot sauce, has been experiencing a shortage of red jalapeño chili peppers for about three years. Huy Fong Foods' former pepper supplier of 28 years, Underwood Ranches, has a lot more to the story www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYdU...

President Prabowo’s pursuit of political stability through a dominant ruling coalition has turned the House of Representatives into a rubber stamp, undermining their ability to scrutinize govt decisions and represent public interests www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

Israeli settlers, some of them violent, are using sheep farms as part of efforts to take over some West Bank land. They're clashing with Palestinians and also facing off against Israeli peace activists www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8xd...

Serving in public office in the U.S. is dangerous. From state and local government to Congress, an unending river of violent threats is washing through the mailboxes, offices, voice mail and texts. Thousands of public servants are working and campaigning in fear www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...

At least 12 people have been killed and 309 injured in an attack on the international airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Operations at King Khalid International Airport have been suspended after the attack www.bbc.com/news/article...

CNN’s Harry Enten breaks down new polling data revealing historic low approval numbers for Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections. Enten compared the numbers to past presidents and the severe headwinds facing Republicans heading into the election www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQUh...

In Cairo's Manshiyet Nasser district, nearly 120,000 residents process a third of the megacity's waste every day. These informal recycling specialists are now undergoing a dramatic transformation due to tensions in the Strait of Hormuz www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPku...

Elon Musk is a powerful and controversial figures in business, science, tech and politics. He played a central role in the Trump administration. A new documentary is chronicling Musk's rise to power and embrace of right-wing politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwAQ...

Forest fires from Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan islands are causing severe air pollution in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. Singapore has topped global air pollution rankings. In Malaysia, schools in several states have closed due to haze www.youtube.com/watch?v=rup_...

Texas Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton is facing renewed political scrutiny after being photographed traveling to Iceland with Tracy Duhon, who had a longstanding romantic relationship with him while he remains legally married to State Sen. Angela Paxton saobserver.com/who-is-tracy...

Ashley St. Clair was offered $40 million for silence on Elon Musk: My only job after years of propaganda and dishonesty and being involved in MAGA for almost a decade is to be honest and set an example for my kids. My job is not to set a new narrative about myself www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/m...

Emirati investigators said that the co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight last week had intended to carry out a Sept-11-inspired suicide mission, crashing the airliner into Israel’s biggest airport. He had extreme Islamist views over several years. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/w...

Law enforcement authorities in India took extraordinary measures to prevent protesters from assembling in the capital, ordering the cancellation of trains bound for Delhi. They also effectively put several would-be protesters under house arrest www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/w...

Indonesia produces more nickel than any other country, supplying over 60 percent of the world’s nickel. But women living near or downstream from Indonesia's polluting nickel industry are facing some of the greatest burdens to their health, well-being, and livelihoods cri.org/indonesia-ni...

Near Colorado River, @billyidolfeed.bsky.social had a performance in Hoover water dam. He sang "Eyes Without a Face" with this spectacular background www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLgN...

President Prabowo invited 800 generals to the palace, calling for improvements to the recruitment of military and police personnel, saying future warfare would increasingly rely on drones and require greater intellectual capabilities www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his investigations into Donald Trump, “I stand by my decisions as special counsel,” including to bring charges against Trump, and his actions were based on the facts and law rather than Trump’s 2024 candidacy www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6qm...

In Idaho, traditional Republicans and newer hardline-right politicians are tussling for power. Idaho has become a bellwether for the fight over what a post-Trump Republican Party could become with some of the U.S.’s most conservative legislation www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-Y...

Indonesia's Constitutional Court dismissed a petition challenging Vice President Gibran’s election win over a lack of educational qualifications when he ran for office in 2024, saying the petitioners had no legal standing to pursue the case www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

Indonesia’s forestry ministry has posted a notice saying it will use a controversial internet law to prosecute anyone who downloads geospatial data without its written permission, threatening prison terms of up to nine years news.mongabay.com/2026/10/indo...

Mecca Alliance, which includes Turkiye and Pakistan, agreed to support Saudi Arabia in fighting against the Houthis in Yemen with military deployment www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...

Lecture in Canberra with Marcus Mietzner: Thinking about political elites in Indonesia and beyond bellschool.anu.edu.au/event/thinki...

Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Yemeni government attacked the Iranian-backed Houthi militia on Monday to try to reclaim territory along the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a choke point at the southern tip of the Red Sea www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/w...

Senator Bernie Sanders talks about A.I. executives acknowledging they don’t know where the technology is headed as well as uncontrolled A.I. could be a disaster for China, the U.S. and the rest of the world www.youtube.com/watch?v=K42d...

John Mearsheimer explains why a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the next decade is unlikely. China's lack of combat experience is a factor especially with the U.S. possible drones and involvement. The one caveat: Taiwanese independence www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ALI...

Martina Navratilova was a high-profile force on the tennis court in the 1970s and 80s with 59 Grand Slam titles. She remains a big presence in the tennis world, commentating and mentoring www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF1r...

Police promise Pattaya is one of the safest cities in Thailand. But the shocking killing of a teenage girl earlier this year exposed the dark underbelly of city’s sex industry www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJTK...

Russia has warned in a letter that it could use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad, if NATO takes steps to cut off the exclave. It's a Russian territory located between Poland and Lithuania. Europe sees a military build-up among NATO members and Russia www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSiZ...

British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discussed his new book, "The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East," which breaks down conflict in the Middle East and how it impacts today's geopolitics www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh0G...

As Evan Gershkovich writes in his enthralling memoir, “This Cursed Beautiful Land,” the United States, like Russia, has a long and sordid history of deploying spies posing as foreign correspondents, and leaning on actual reporters to gather intelligence www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...

Haji Isam is a representative of the new generation of tycoons, displacing the old 'dragons' from the stage such as Low Tuck Kwong, the owners of Bayan. Kwong is one of Indonesian businessmen of Chinese descent with whom Soeharto surrounded himself archive.ph/KQpBy#select...

In Washington DC, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu argues the White House ballroom is about more than architecture, “It’s Trump seeking to remake the institution itself.” Any ballroom should “look like it belongs to Americans, ordinary Americans, and not to oligarchs” www.youtube.com/shorts/uV1Jw...

AI experts Daniel Kokotajlo, Geoffrey Hinton and Alex Turner talk about the risks inherent in artificial intelligence teaching itself to become smarter, and how recent developments set off alarms about AI bots going rogue www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW2G...

America has 11 aircraft carriers. So why is the U.S. Navy struggling to deploy more than three at once? Is it showing the decline of the U.S. military power? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTpr...

Indonesian government ask people to conserve water, use it wisely and prepare emergency reserves. In Banten, Java Island, local authorities promised to construct a water pipeline system that reaches Gunung Batur, despite its rugged terrain www.reportingasean.net/indonesias-d...

One of the world's most valuable rice varieties comes from a region now divided by a border. India and Pakistan both claim basmati, but the European Union has yet to decide who can claim the name youtu.be/j78I68Ya9U0?...