Residents of Indonesia's Aceh province in the northern tip of Sumatra Island paid tribute on Thursday to relatives, family members, and friends who lost their lives during the tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004 ...

Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a ...

Aceh’s Sharia Police and local authorities prepare to patrol on New Year’s Eve to prevent celebrations deemed against Islamic ...

The province of Aceh on the northern end of Sumatra suffered the heaviest damage, with more than 160,000 people killed. Six years after the Boxing Day Tsunami—or the Asian Tsunami as the disaste ...

And about seven hours later, the waves hit as far as Mauritius and the east coast of Africa. The US National Oceanic and ...

The plan is extensive. The road will stretch 2,998 km and cost an estimated £2.59 billion. It was also estimated for a decade ...

The 2004 Asian tsunami, which struck exactly 20 years ago today, was one of the most destructive natural disasters in recorded history and the worst in the 21st Century.

But Indonesia’s Aceh province, located closest to the earthquake’s epicenter and with 18 of 23 districts and cities located in the coastal line in the Northern side of Sumatra, bore the brunt ...

People visit areas of mass graves in Banda Aceh, offer prayers for victims of deadly disaster that struck 20 years ago - ...