Indonesia's Aceh is set to launch a new direct ferry link from Krueng Geukueh Port in Muara Satu to Penang, Malaysia - a move ...

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's Aceh province sentenced two men to public caning for engaging in what was ...

Some of the world’s biggest consumer brands are banding together to tackle deforestation in one of Earth’s richest ...

Aceh continues to rank among Indonesia’s poorest provinces, despite its vast natural resources and a multi-billion-dollar ...

JAKARTA: "If you run, you are shot. If you don't, you are beaten," a 20-year-old Acehnese man said about life in the region, ...

An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning for what the court deemed ...

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province sentences 2 men to public caning for having gay sex ...

Monday’s verdict was the fifth time that Aceh has sentenced people to public caning for homosexuality since the Islamic law was implemented in 2015 as a concession made by the government to end a long ...

A sharia court in Indonesia has sentenced to men to public caning 80 times each after they were caught kissing. Their trial at the Islamic Shariah District Court in Banda Aceh, the capital of ...

On August 24, 2025, a magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck Sinabang, Aceh, capturing the attention of local residents and authorities alike. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the earthquake ...

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 ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—Devastated a decade ago by the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Indonesian province of Aceh has turned in its recovery to religion and strict Shariah law.