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The Aceh government has honoured dozens of journalists, including three from Indonesia's national news agency ANTARA, for ...
Aceh province court sentences two men, ages 20 and 21, to 80 lashes for acts leading to same-sex relations under Sharia law.
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters Life!) - Banda Aceh, the northwestern tip of Sumatra island ravaged by the Indian Ocean Tsunami five years ago, has bounced back, and is increasingly becoming a ...
Triggered by a massive deep-sea earthquake 80 miles off the coast of Banda Aceh, the wall of water hit at 8 a.m. on Dec. 26, 2004, leaving death and wreckage in its wake.
The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) revealed that this number includes baby and juvenile elephants.
An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's Aceh province sentenced two men to 80 public canings each for engaging in what the court identified as sexual acts, marking the fifth such verdict since 2015.