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Indonesia's Aceh provincial police have arrested six persons suspected of smuggling 61 kg of crystal methamphetamine by sea, a police officer said on January 6.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northwestern Indonesia's Aceh on January 7, according to the US Geological Survey.

Indonesia’s Aceh province has issued a new law under which poachers who threaten endangered wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes, which is usually reserved for morality crimes under Islamic law.

A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Sulawesi island, Indonesia, on April 12, triggering a tsunami warning, the US Geological Survey said.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Moluccas Islands on the morning of March 24, according to the US Geological Survey.

Mount Merapi continuously spewed incandescent lava from midnight until the morning of January 21.

At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured as an illegal oil well caught fire in Aceh province of Sumatra Island, western Indonesia.

Indonesian Deputy President Jusuf Kalla on February 1 received a delegation of the south Philippines-based Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which is visiting Indonesia to learn from the successful peace process in Aceh province.

An earthquake of 6.2 magnitudes on the Richter scale shook Mentawai islands of Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on September 1.

An earthquake measuring 6.6 richter scale struck off Bengkulu province, western Indonesia on August 13, the local meteorology and geophysics agency said.

Thousands of Indonesian people prayed for their loved relatives at churches and mass graves on December 26 to mark 12 years since a tsunami devastated the northernmost province of Aceh on Sumatra island - one of the worst disasters in history.

President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered sympathies on December 8 to Indonesian President Joko Widodo on heavy human and property losses caused by an earthquake in Aceh province.

At least 97 people have lost their lives in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that hit Indonesia’s western province of Aceh on December 7 early morning, said rescuers.

An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck at dawn in Aceh province, leaving at least 20 people dead and dozens of others injured, said Indonesian authorities on December 7.