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.
Two people killed in Oman after drones fall on Sohar province
Two people have died after two drones crashed into Oman's Sohar province, the state media confirmed on Friday.
Afghanistan's Taliban say Pakistani air strikes kill six, wound 12
Pakistan bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan's airport of Kandahar, the ruling Taliban said on Friday.
Israel strikes bridge over Litani River in Lebanon
The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike on a bridge in southern Lebanon on Friday, in what appeared to be the first time in the current campaign against Hezbollah that it acknowledged attacking civilian infrastructure.
US carrying out rescue effort after losing aircraft in Iraq
A US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident US Central Command said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.
One French soldier killed, 6 injured in Iraq after drone attack
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday has condemned an attack in northern Iraq that killed one officer and wounded several soldiers in the Erbil region.
The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) has announced early on Friday that air defence systems are responding to missile threats.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and King of Jordan, Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, have underscored the need to work towards an immediate halt to military actions during a phone call.
Authorities have confirmed on Friday that debris from an interception had caused a minor incident on the façade of a building in central Dubai.
