The quake originated offshore from Sumatra's northeastern tip, authorities said, prompting people to flee outdoors in a region that frequently experiences devastating tremors.

A huge canyon in Pondok Balik village in Aceh has been growing since 2011 and threatens roads and crops due to underground erosion.

A Sumatran elephant found dead in Indonesia’s Central Aceh district in late February was the latest case of electrocution to kill one of Indonesia’s remaining critically endangered elephants, ...

Firman Banurea, 40, who has been living in a makeshift shelter in Aceh Tamiang regency with his wife and three children, said that, in addition to the mud still covering residents’ homes, logs and ...

Primary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu’ti inaugurated six emergency classrooms and distributed school supplies to students in Pidie Jaya ...

In recent years, Indonesia has witnessed a series of regional uprisings that have called into question the country's legitimacy and viability as a multiethnic state. The longest-running and most ...

Ten years ago on Friday, one of the deadliest natural disasters in history hit several Indian Ocean nations, killing as many as 230,000 people and causing untold damage. It was the Boxing Day tsunami, ...

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set a mid-March deadline to complete the remaining 2,418 temporary housing units out of the ...

Today marks 13 years since the government of Indonesia and the armed pro-independence movement, the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), signed a peace agreement in Helsinki. The peace deal ended 29 years of ...