Gay sex is outlawed in Aceh, which imposes a version of sharia, the Islamic legal code, but it is not illegal elsewhere in ...

John Martinkus made his name reporting on conflict. He was one of the first journalists to cover East Timor’s brutal struggle ...

Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia's conservative province of Aceh on Tuesday, August 26, after a Sharia court found them guilty of engaging in gay sex. Each man received 76 lashes with a ...

Gay sex is not a crime in most of Indonesia - but Aceh is the exception. Two men were publicly flogged in Banda Aceh this ...

Viral footage of a tactical van crashing into a young delivery driver in Indonesia’s capital before rolling over his body has sparked renewed anger against a police force long known for its ...

Banda Aceh, Indonesia — Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province were among a group of people publicly caned on Tuesday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law ...

Major brands including Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever have launched the Aceh Sustainable Palm Oil Working Group to align with a new road map for deforestation-free palm oil in the Indonesian province.

JAKARTA (Bernama): Indonesia’s Aceh is set to launch a new direct ferry link from Krueng Geukueh Port in Muara Satu to Penang, Malaysia - a move expected to boost trade, tourism and cross-border ...

On August 18, Hamas accepted a new cease-fire proposal for the war in Gaza. The deal, which had just been presented by Egypt and Qatar and closely echoed earlier proposals shaped by the United States ...

Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province were among a group of people publicly caned on Tuesday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by hugging and kissing, ...

Former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has raised concern over the proliferation of insurgent groups in Africa, putting their number at more than 1,000. Gambari spoke in Abuja on ...

A UNFPA community center led by Rohingya women in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. March 2025. Credit: Crisis Group/Margarite Clarey Eight years after a violent crackdown by the ...