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Woman and man accused of sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol faced what is likely to be one of the severest punishments since Aceh province adopted sharia law Sharia police have caned a couple ...

Banda Aceh, Indonesia — Sharia police caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such ...

As Hamdaniyah Surbakti, a 62-year-old resident of Aceh province, began to pick up the pieces of her house that was destroyed by last month’s severe floods, she inevitably thought about the 2004 ...

MEDAN – Aceh residents are urging the government to allow the entry of 500 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Malaysia, as survivors continue to struggle nearly three weeks after devastating floods hit ...

ACEH: Residents of Indonesia’s Aceh province have put up white flags to signal they can no longer cope with conditions three weeks after Cyclone Senyar battered three provinces in Sumatra. More than 1 ...

ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region around Aceh Tamiang are grappling with worsening diseases and a lack of medical care as workers struggled to ...

'Everything Destroyed' as Indonesia's Aceh Grapples With Disease After Floods By Ajeng Ulfiana and Yudhistira ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region ...

Soar above the northern tip of Sumatra with this breathtaking drone video of Aceh, Indonesia. Witness the resilience and profound history of the region, gliding over the reconstructed capital, Banda ...

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