Two teenagers were whipped in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday after they were caught cuddling in public -- a crime under the conservative region's Islamic law.
Wildlife activists clear animal traps from Lauser National Park in Aceh
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2019
Wildlife activist display illegal wildlife traps made from metal sling and rope confiscated from the Lauser National Park in Aceh, Indonesia on Wednesday.
Up in smoke: Indonesia burns mountain of marijuana
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018
Banda Aceh, Indonesia - A towering stack of marijuana that weighed a hefty 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) went up in smoke Thursday as Indonesian police lit up the pungent contraband.
A tsunami hit Aceh in 2004, affecting well over 200,000 people. Fourteen years later, Aceh has recovered and has built museums and monuments to remember the extraordinary natural disaster.
Dozens hospitalised in Indonesia as thick haze spreads
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2017
MEULABOH, Indonesia - Young children lie in hospital in Aceh province, Indonesia, as thick smoke caused by forest fires forces dozens of people to be treated for lung infections.
Indonesian quake displaces more than 43,000 people
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2016
The number of people displaced by an earthquake that devastated parts of Indonesia's Aceh province has jumped to more than 43,000, an official said Saturday.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo flew straight to Aceh after his two-day visit to Bali on Thursday to ensure an effective emergency response to Wednesday’s powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck three regencies in the province and which claimed at least 102 lives.
Indonesia quake toll jumps to 97 as more bodies found in rubble
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2016
MEUREUDU, Indonesia - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia Wednesday has nearly doubled to 97, the military said, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of scores of shattered buildings.
At least 25 dead in Indonesian earthquake: officials
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2016
MEUREUDU, Indonesia - At least 25 people died and hundreds were injured after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, local officials said.