Authorities initially blocked the refugees from disembarking to prevent them from escaping and because some local residents ...

More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province.

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of ...

Authorities say dozens of Rohingya Muslims have come ashore in Indonesia, on the heels of another group earlier this month.

The mostly Muslim Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar -- their predominantly Buddhist homeland -- and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia ...

Four men were flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Thursday (Jan 30) for engaging in online gambling, local officials said, the first public lashing of the year under the region's ...

JAKARTA, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Floods, triggered by intense rainfall, have affected several provinces in Sumatra, Indonesia, ...

At least 75 Rohingya refugees arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia on yesterday, but were stopped by ...

Dozens of Rohingya refugees who arrived by boat at a tourist beach in western Indonesia have been relocated to a temporary ...

Aceh province, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Credit: AP/Ilyas Indonesia, like nearby Thailand and Malaysia, is not a signatory to the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention and is not obligated ...