A woman subjected to public caning as punishment had to be carried away after losing consciousness. The unnamed woman endured ...

Thu, May 21, 2026 A woman had to be carried away after she and her partner were lashed 100 times each in punishment for having sex outside of marriage. The woman, who has not been named, was caned in ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters Life!) - Banda Aceh, the northwestern tip of Sumatra island ravaged by the Indian Ocean Tsunami five years ago, has bounced back, and is increasingly becoming a tourist ...

A woman has passed out after she and her partner were each flogged 100 times in public for engaging in sex outside marriage under strict Sharia laws in Indonesia’s Aceh province.The woman, whose ...

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, ...

Massive blackout across Sumatra disrupts traffic, businesses and public services after a major failure hit the island’s power ...

Pity the poor tourism officials of Aceh. Their job — promoting the beaches, jungles and rich culture of an unspoiled and underexplored Indonesian province — should be easy. But just as Aceh recovered ...

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 ...

The woman and her partner were publicly caned in Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra where Sharia law is enforced ...