On December 26, 2004, at 7:58 a.m. Western Indonesian Time, the world was struck by one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history,the Aceh Tsunami. What began as an ordinary day for ...

Muhammad Takdir, Indonesia’s deputy ambassador to the EU, said the law — which has already been delayed until the end of this year — should be further postponed to 2028 to allow more time to prepare, ...

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province.

More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Local police chief Nova Suryandaru said a wooden boat carrying 40 men ...

On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest fault length of any recorded earthquake.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia-Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Mr Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster strikes again, his ...

Traumatized by the tsunami 20 years ago, Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster strikes again, Aceh will be ready.

There remains a widely held view among Aceh’s deeply religious Muslim population that God sent the tsunami as a sign to end the separatist conflict.

Many Rohingyas make perilous journeys and end up on the shores of Aceh but this place which was once welcoming is increasingly pushing back against their arrival.

Acehnese rebels and the Indonesian government signed a peace agreement in August 2005 aimed at ending nearly 26 years of a bitter separatist campaign, which has left nearly 15,000 people, mainly ...

Aceh offers visitors encounters with orangutans without the crowds, great coffee and now even ATMs to draw cash from, two decades after devastation visited Indonesia’s strict Islamic province.