Former 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 ago ...
JAKARTA: (Bernama-Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday (March 30), Xinhua reported, citing the country's Meteorology ...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other.
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BANDA ACEH, (Indonesia): Four men were flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Thursday (Jan 30) for engaging in online gambling, local officials said, the first public lashing of the ...
A man convicted of having same sex relationship is publicly caned by a Sharia Law official in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Riska Munawarah While homosexuality is frowned upon in ...