Aceh is also the only Indonesian province that ... bloody conflict. "It was likely the war would have continued," said Muharram. "But we believe that the tsunami was arranged by the Almighty.

The province of Aceh on the northern end of Sumatra suffered ... that brought a peaceful end to three decades of war. I will never forget what a former village chief, who lost his wife and five ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster ...

Indonesia's Aceh province bore the brunt of the tsunami, as a powerful 9-magnitude earthquake rocked the west coast of Sumatra and brought along giant waves that wiped out entire villages in minutes.

Several beauty salons in Aceh province were raided over the weekend and transgender women working there taken to the local police station. The transgender women, who were also forced to wear men's ...