Anies Baswedan fuels speculation he plans tilt at the presidency by speaking at a rally by the 212 Islamist group that helped orchestrate the fall of his Christian predecessor Ahok.

Proposed constitutional changes would empower upper house of parliament to elect the country’s leader, echoing the system of the Suharto era.

Ma’ruf Amin, a senior Muslim cleric, is seen as a figure who has the Islamic credentials to take on the country’s hardliners.

Malaysia’s home affairs minister says Islamic State may move operations after the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with foreign fighters seeking forged or stolen passports to return home.

Indonesian police have arrested 85 Chinese on suspicion of running a ‘fake cop’ scam in the latest of a string of cases in the region.

The US has seen a rise of Isis-inspired plans, including suicide blasts, in the region, says the US State Department’s top counterterrorism official.

Sophisticated operation in Cyberjaya duped victims in China offering fast returns on investments made via WeChat Pay or Chinese banks.

The United States will be ‘very concerned’ at the release of Yazid Sufaat, who served a string of jail sentences for work with both Islamic State and al-Qaeda, expert says.

Investigators found Ika Puspitasari, who is serving jail time, met the wife of the suspected bomber, but had no other involvement in the blast that injured six.

Indonesia plans to shift its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan on Borneo island, home to two Malaysian territories, creating potential complications.

While there were no details on whether they were involved in the blast, their arrests raised fresh concerns over the threat posed by returnees from Syria

One ministry has banned staff from wearing the full-face veil to work and another will scrap schoolbooks deemed to contain extremist material, as the world’s most populous Muslim nation combats intolerance and the spread of hardline ideology.

The case of a woman who gave birth in secret and then hid her son in a washing machine has thrown a spotlight on the stigma faced by unwed mothers in Indonesia.

The former special forces general Prabowo Subianto is barred from the US due to claims he was involved in rights abuses during the Suharto era. But with China and Russia ready to do business with him, the US may need to rethink.

Tito Karnavian has been a leading figure in the country’s fight against terrorism for almost two decades, but analysts are confident Indonesia has the right systems and personnel in place to handle terror threats.

Security agencies in the region are bracing for possible retaliatory attacks following the US’ killing of the terror group leader, and say the threat will remain as long as the ideology keeps spreading.

The president raised eyebrows by naming his rival as defence minister, but he has also appointed Fachrul Razi – who dismissed Prabowo from the army 21 years ago – as religious affairs minister. Analysts say this is also part of an bid to curb rising radicalism in the world’s most populous Muslim country.

President Joko Widodo vowed to develop the country’s human resources, overhaul the inefficient bureaucracy and move out of the middle-income trap by 2045.

The terror network is shifting its focus to fake news as a cheap and easy method of undermining trust in the region’s secular governments.

At least 36 suspected militants have been arrested ahead of President Joko Widodo’s inauguration on Sunday, including two former policewomen, one of whom was thought to be planning a suicide bomb attack.

Amid Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, some Indonesia Isis militants and their families are believed to have escaped prison, a counterterrorism source says.

Kurdish rebels have been guarding 12,000 Islamic State prisoners captured in Syria, but Trump’s troop withdrawal could offer hundreds of Southeast Asian jihadists a chance to flee, regroup and re-energise.

Ex-constitutional court chief justice Mahfud MD, who is now a government adviser, revealed the seriousness of Wiranto’s injuries after he was stabbed by an IS sympathiser this week. The attacker had recently bought a set of ‘Ninja-style’ knives online.

The stabbing has prompted President Joko Widodo to consider plans to step up security for all senior ministers.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to reveal a new cabinet, but with just days before his inauguration, political machinations continue over whether his government can accommodate key opposition politicians.

Authorities initially believed plotters were using petrol bombs but upon investigation, found the devices were filled with gunpowder and nails.

Achmad Fadil Muzakki Syah, who told reporters he and his wives ‘regularly sleep together in one bed’, aims to showcase his family as an example of polygamy done right.

Puan Maharani, the daughter of former president Megawati Sukarnoputri and granddaughter of founding president Sukarno, was unanimously elected as speaker, while a number of celebrities were also sworn in as MPs.

Two men give statements on camera saying they were paid to provoke raids on Chinese stores as Indonesia reels from its worst unrest since 1998.

Fear of the Chinese is deep-rooted in the region, but the plethora of misinformation has reached a crescendo, and policymakers now face a choice: crack down or educate.