The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain ...

Its epicentre was located 16km northeast of the provincial capital of Banda Aceh and at a depth of 12km below earth.

Combining astrological and traditional methods, the Religious Affairs Ministry's moonsighting committee has determined that ...

For nearly three decades, the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) has been at the forefront of ...

THIS is the dramatic moment a woman was pulled alive from the rubble in Myanmar after being trapped for more than 30 hours.

Shocking footage has emerged showing more than 50 inmates staging a mass prison break from a notorious Indonesian jail.

The official Eid al-Fitr date will be confirmed through the isbat session conducted by the Ministry of Religious Affairs on ...

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JAKARTA, March 30 (Bernama) -- Authorities have urged both the local government and the public to remain vigilant for potential aftershocks following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Banda Aceh, ...

JAKARTA, March 30 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday, Xinhua reported, citing the country's Meteorology, ...

Annabel Teh Gallop is Head of the Southeast Asia Section at the British Library.