Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ago ...

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s Bustanussalatin city park. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned ...

BANDA ACEH: The Malaysian Red Crescent is shocked at the derelict state of the orphanage it built in Pidie here after the 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Its national executive board member James Kon ...

People in the Indonesian province of Aceh have paid tribute to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan on the 14th anniversary of the disaster. The province has been ...

The Syattariyah Sufi order uses a different method to determine the date of Eid al-Fitr from what is commonly used by Muslims ...

JAKARTA (Bernama): Indonesian police have arrested nine individuals in Aceh, including three local citizens acting as coordinators and six Rohingya refugees attempting to leave the temporary ...

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia''s western Aceh province early Tuesday without triggering large waves, according to the country''s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency.

BMKG has recorded dozens of aftershock earthquakes from the M5.2 earthquake in Aceh Besar that occurred last Sunday. The ...

JAKARTA, March 30 (Bernama) -- Authorities have urged both the local government and the public to remain vigilant for potential aftershocks following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Banda Aceh, ...