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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
F ormer rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ...
BANDA ACEH: The Malaysian Red Crescent is shocked at the derelict state of the orphanage it built in Pidie here after the 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Its national executive board member James Kon ...
KUALA LUMPUR: Mercy Malaysia’s Norazam Abu Samah spent four years in Aceh after the 2004 tsunami helping in the rebuilding effort. Upon hearing that a 6.5-magnitude earthquake had struck Aceh ...
The tsunami ravaged Sumatra's Banda Aceh only a half hour after the quake, and any tsunamis generated by quakes off the Aleutian islands could hit nearby Alaskan communities within 15 minutes.
ASEAN must step forward to guide the recovery in Myanmar, potentially building on the model of the Tripartite Core Group, ...
JAKARTA, March 30 (Bernama) -- Authorities have urged both the local government and the public to remain vigilant for potential aftershocks following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Banda Aceh ...
There have been no reports of casualties or damage caused by the earthquake, nor has there been a tsunami warning.
Earthquake in Indonesia: An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's western Aceh province early ... BMKG confirmed that no tsunami warning has been issued so far, as ...