Indonesia's Aceh Province Publicly Canes Two Men for Same-Sex Relationship BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) -Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens of ...

manhunt is underway for around 50 inmates who escaped from the Kutacane Penitentiary in Southeast Aceh Regency, Aceh, on Monday afternoon after breaking through security doors and climbing the ...

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday (February 24, 2025) sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. The couple, aged 24 and 18, were arrested ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A total of 51 inmates of Class II B Kutacane Penitentiary in Southeast Aceh Regency, Aceh Province, escaped on Monday afternoon, March 10, 2025. The Public Relations Officer of the ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. The couple, aged 24 and 18 ...

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 ...

Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Thursday after they were found guilty of sexual relations by a court operating under strict Islamic law. While gay sex is ...

And in 2004, a magnitude-9.1 quake struck Aceh province, causing a tsunami and killing more than 170,000 people in Indonesia.

CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s a time of ...