The Latest Breaking News from Aceh

Millions uprooted across South and Southeast Asia as rare cyclones and monsoon rains unleash deadly devastation

Floods in East Aceh’s Idi Town have caused major damage to roads and public facilities, leaving residents without electricity, water and internet while emergency aid remains limited.

On 4 June 2025, a young couple in Aceh, Indonesia, were publicly flogged 100 times after being found guilty of engaging in sex outside of marriage—a punishment carried out under local Sharia law. Aceh remains the only province in Indonesia that enforces Sharia-based criminal legislation, a policy that continues to…

Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having gay sex

The men were caught by vigilantes who broke into their room

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unrest in Myanmar

Under the shade of trees at a mass grave in Indonesia's Aceh province, survivors and mourners recited Islamic prayers, commemorating the deaths of tens of thousands killed when a tsunami decimated the area two decades ago.

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, survivors in Aceh and Thailand remember the devastating impact and ongoing recovery ef...

A rise in the number of remarriages and a baby boom in the years since 2004 gave hope to survivors and helped them cope with the tragedy