Newly arrived Rohingya refugees return to a boat after the local community decided to temporarily allow them to land for water and food in Ulee Madon, Aceh province, Indonesia.

By Hans Nicholas Jong JAKARTA — Indonesia has launched a sweeping and militarized crackdown on illegal forest use, reclaiming ...

JAKARTA: An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's western Aceh province earlier ...

Today Aceh enjoys special autonomy and is uniquely governed by an indigenous political party which safeguards Acehnese ...

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The Indonesian government allowed Aceh province to implement Sharia, or Islamic law, in 2001 as part of limited self-rule to pacify clamor for independence. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images) ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook part of Indonesia’s Aceh province Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The U.S ...

The December Tsunami took more than 126,000 lives in Indonesia's Aceh province. But it may also have helped bring an end to the decades-long conflict between Acehnese separatists the government.

A boat carrying 69 Rohingya Muslims landed in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said, the latest in a wave of arrivals as hundreds flee desperate ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities in Indonesia’s conservative Muslim province of Aceh have caned four gamblers inside a mosque’s compound. Hundreds of onlookers watched after Friday ...

Authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh province publicly caned six people accused of breaching Islamic law, including two men who received 77 lashes for having a same sex relationship, in a punishment ...

ANDREA SEABROOK, host: Voters go to the polls in Indonesia's Aceh province tomorrow. It's the first election since the 2004 tsunami that left at least 177,000 dead or missing.