A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Aceh province on Friday. The quake occurred at a depth of 29 kilometers and poses no tsunami threat, according to the country's geophysics agency. The incident was shared on the social media platform X,
A magnitude 6.2 quake hit off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province on Friday, the country's geophysics agency said on social media platform X.
Aceh, Rohingya and Indonesia
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province, triggering panic among residents still traumatized by the 2004 tsunami.
Dozens of Rohingya refugees who arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia have been relocated to a temporary shelter after locals allowed their landing, an official said on Thursday. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar,
Four men were flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Thursday for engaging in online gambling, local officials said, the first public lashing of the year under the region's strict Islamic law.
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province in northern Sumatra on Friday evening, shaking buildings and triggering panic among residents still traumatized by the devastating tsunami 20 years ago.
For years Rohingya have been leaving Myanmar, where they are generally viewed as foreign interlopers from South Asia, denied citizenship and subjected to abuse.
Over 70 Rohingya refugees have landed in Indonesia's Aceh province after facing initial rejection from local residents. The group arrived on a damaged boat and were eventually taken to temporary shelters.
More than 70 Rohingya came ashore in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said on Thursday, the latest wave of Rohingyas who often faced rejection from Indonesia's regional communities.
The Chinese zodiac corresponds to various years people were born, and each animal is believed to influence the lives of people born in that year. The Year of the Snake is seen as one of renewal and regeneration and aligns with people born in 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 and 2025.
Octopus fishermen in Indonesia's Aceh are facing increasing challenges as rising fuel costs and declining catches force them to venture further into deeper waters. Muzirin, 43 and Mawardi, 52, fishermen of Ujong Pancu village in Aceh Besar,