Rescue operations on Nias and Simeuleu are made difficult by lack of earth-moving equipment to clear roads from rubble. International community is sending aid and pledges economic support. Jakarta ...

Australians Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, Will Teagle and Jordan Short have miraculously been found alive this afternoon after their boat was caught in bad weather off Indonesia on Sunday. They were ...

Two green sea turtles rescued from hunters on June 29, 2024, were released into Banyak Island waters in Aceh Singkil, Aceh, Indonesia on July 19, 2024. (ANTARA/HO-Polsek Pulau Banyak) The protected ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Aceh Singkil administration, in collaboration with the Aceh Culture and Tourism Agency, holds a festival in Banyak Islands on July 24 and 25, 2016, to promote the region’s ...

The situation on the tiny Banyak island group was confused yesterday, with United Nations officials claiming no loss of life and the Indonesian Government saying as many as 300 people had been killed.