JAKARTA, June 17 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has confirmed that the four islands, which have been the subject of a territorial dispute between two Indonesian provinces, belong to Aceh, said Minister of State Secretariat Prasetyo Hadi today.

JAKARTA, Dec 27 — Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies yesterday to mark the disaster that killed some 230,000 people.

BANDA ACEH, Dec 23 — In front of Saudah's house on Indonesia's Sumatra island lie two damaged coast guard ships, washed ashore by a tsunami 20 years ago and a daily reminder that her youngest son has yet to come home.

GEORGE TOWN, Dec 23 — Two fishermen who were reported missing after their bot drifted in the waters off Kerachut, Kuala Sungai Pinang near here a week ago described the ordeal as like being dead before they were found in the waters of Aceh, Indonesia, yesterday.

JAKARTA, Dec 1 — Over 110 Rohingya refugees came ashore in Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday after their boat nearly sank, officials from the United Nations (UN) refugee agency and local government said, as growing numbers arrive by sea in the Southeast Asian country.

JAKARTA, Oct 29 — The Indonesian authorities have crushed an organised human smuggling network in South Aceh that was involved in the illegal transportation of both Rohingya refugees and Acehnese into neighbouring countries.

JAKARTA, March 23 — More than 70 Rohingya are "presumed dead or missing" after a boat they were on capsized off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, while 75 have been rescued.

JAKARTA, Feb 1 — Over 130 Rohingya landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, an official at the United Nations' refugee agency said, the latest in a series of such arrivals which have drawn controversy in the Southeast Asian country.

PIDIE, Dec 12 — Myanmar's Rohingya face a wave of hostility and rejection in Indonesia, where regional communities say they are fed up with a spike in the numbers of boats carrying the persecuted ethnic minority to their shores.

JAKARTA, July 31 — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted the province of Aceh in Sumatra Island, at 10.03am, Western Indonesian time, Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is monitoring all boats passing through the country’s waters from Indonesia to prevent the entry of illegal immigrants including Rohingya refugees to Malaysia.

SEUNUDDON, Indonesia — Indonesian fishermen rescued nearly 100 Rohingya refugees, including 79 women and children, in Aceh province after officials said they were planning to push them back out to sea.