At least seven hectares of land were scorched by forest and land fires across Indonesia's Sumatra Island over the weekend, ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto has ruled that four contested islands off the northwestern coast of Sumatra belong to Aceh, putting an end to the province’s long-running dispute ...

Four Indonesian islands returned to Aceh. President Prabowo Subianto announced yesterday that the small atolls will pass from North Sumatra to Aceh, putting an end to a long-standing dispute.

The conflict stemmed from an April ministerial decree by the Home Ministry, transferring ownership of the four islands, geographically closer to North Sumatra, from Aceh Singkil regency in Aceh to ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf has announced that the local government will explore potential oil and gas reserves in four islands previously disputed with North Sumatra. These ...

The islands – Pulau Mangkir Gadang, Pulau Mangkir Ketek, Pulau Lipan, and Pulau Panjang – became the subject of a controversy after the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a decree in April 2025 ...

Fishermen in Aceh had spotted three boats they strongly suspected were carrying Rohingya refugees in waters near Rondo Island, state news agency Antara reported late on Saturday. It was unclear ...

One of the boats took shelter on Sarang Alu island, but the other, with Foote and six other people onboard, carried on with its journey. It was a 30-foot wooden vessel, the agency said.

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