Tens of millions of Indonesians head to the polls Wednesday to vote for a new president.
The single-day election will see incumbent President Joko Widodo pitted against longtime rival and former army general Prabowo Subianto.
The polling is scheduled to close at 06:00 GMT and a series of "quick counts" are expected to give preliminary results within hours.
The final result will be announced by the election commission in May.
Death toll mounts, more than 1,000 missing in Nepal and China after Himalayan flood
Rescuers searched for survivors in the debris-strewn valleys and hillsides of Nepal on Thursday while more than 1,000 people remained missing there and in neighbouring China after a wall of ice, mud and rock collapsed into a mountain river, triggering a catastrophic flash flood.
Ratko Mladic, former general convicted of Bosnia genocide, dies
Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for his role in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia has died, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Car rams into pedestrians in France, kills 1, injures 10
A car deliberately rammed into a group of pedestrians who were standing in front of the train station of Caen, in northern France, on Wednesday evening killing one and injuring 10, local authorities said.
Brazil sues Discord for $97 million over alleged failures to protect children
The Brazilian government said on Wednesday it has sued chat platform Discord, seeking 500 million reais ($97 million) through a civil collective moral damages lawsuit as it accuses the firm of failing to comply with laws protecting children and teens.
Indonesia tightens security as students rally one year after deadly protests
Indonesia stepped up security around parliament in the capital Jakarta and in other major cities on Thursday as demonstrators gathered for rallies, a year after a wave of violent anti-government protests erupted across the country.
