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In the conservative Muslim province of Aceh in Indonesia, two gay men have been sentenced by an Islamic Shariah court to public caning for having gay sex, the Associated Press reports. The couple ...

Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ...

People in the Indonesian province of Aceh have paid tribute to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan on the 14th anniversary of the disaster. The province has been ...