Three people were killed Tuesday when a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said. The quake struck deep underground shortly after midnight around 400 kilometres (250 ...

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, ...

Banda Aceh leads Indonesia with the cleanest air (score 11) as of Nov 10, 2025, 4 PM WIB. Madiun and Kutai Barat follow. KLHK classifies air quality from good (0-50) to hazardous (300+), with all top ...

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) looks after 5,000 orphans who were left an orphan due to tsunami disaster in 2004. BANDA ACEH (AA) - August 16, 2012 - Organization of Islamic Cooperation ...

BANDA ACEH – One thing people invariably recall about the Indian Ocean tsunami is the terrifying sound the tidal wave made as it surged towards shore. Rahmadullah, 31, remembered “a sound like a ...

Banda Aceh has the cleanest air quality in Indonesia, scoring 11 on the KLHK index as of Nov 11, 2025, 4 PM WIB. Madiun and Nabire Regencies follow. All listed cities have good air quality.

The Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR) has recommended 2,680 victims of past human rights violations to the Aceh ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – Indonesia’s westernmost province, is famous for many things: its rhythmic fast-paced Saman dance, beautiful beaches, majestic forests, and, importantly, food. The province ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – Ten years after a tsunami hit this city Dec. 26, 2004, killing 167,000 people, roads and bridges have been rebuilt, there are houses on the beach, trees have grown back, and ...

The devastating tsunami of December 2004 left Banda Aceh a wasteland, a hellish landscape of debris. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives. But fast-forward nine years and the city is ...

It is late afternoon; the light is softening and young people have gathered at the harbour in Banda Aceh to play music, buy an ice cream and just hang out. Suddenly the tranquillity of the scene is ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Clambering over a decommissioned, rusting 3,500-tonne floating power station would not usually be high on my holiday ...