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Indonesia reports a record 21,095 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 9,271 of which are from Jakarta, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.09 million.
2021-06-26

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan issues a gubernatorial instruction and decree that requires anyone leaving and entering the city from tomorrow until January 8 to have a negative rapid antigen test result. The order also limits the capacity of offices to 50% and requires cafés, restaurants and tourist attractions to close at 7:00 p.m. local time from December 24 to 27 and December 31 to January 2.
2020-12-17

It is announced that the Indonesian capital Jakarta will restart its "transitional" eased large-scale social restrictions effective tomorrow, after a pace of infections has slowed within two weeks, according to a statement from the governor Anies Baswedan.
2020-10-11

Failed suicide bomber Kurnia Widodo tells a court in Jakarta he believes imprisoned cleric Aman Abdurrahman is ISIL's Indonesian leader.
2018-04-3

Approximately 200,000 Muslims protest in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against the Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for alleged blasphemy. This is the second mass protest in a month against the minority Christian governor.
2016-12-2

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the current governor of Jakarta, faces charges of blasphemy for allegedly insulting Islam.
2016-11-30

Bomb blasts and gunfire are reported in the centre of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. At least seven deaths have been reported.
2016-01-14

Umar Patek, a key suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings, faces trial on terrorism charges in Jakarta after being extradicted from Pakistan to Indonesia.
2011-08-11

Demonstrators outside the Saudi embassy in Jakarta demand justice for migrant workers after a Saudi Arabian employer kills an Indonesian maid and another maid was severely beaten by her Saudi employer; the Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa summons the Saudi Arabian ambassador to protest.
2010-11-19

At least three security officers are killed after riots in north Jakarta, Indonesia, over plans to bulldoze a cemetery containing a memorial to a revered Muslim scholar.
2010-04-15