The Banyak Islands are most popular between March and November. "Every one of those islands would have some sort of surf spot on it," Mr Howard, who has been surfing in Indonesia since the 1980s ...

In July, an overloaded passenger boat capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 15 people. In 2018, an overcrowded ferry with about 200 people on board sank in a lake in North Sumatra ...

Setting off got Banyak Island, the group of 12 are understood to have separated onto two boats. One boat took refuge on Sarang Alu, an island between the two the group were traveling between on ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Two of the four green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) rescued from hunters on June 29 were released into the waters of Banyak Island in Aceh Singkil, Aceh, Indonesia on Friday, July ...

Staff at the tiny resort there and rescue personnel in the Banyak Islands began the search at 2am on Monday but were unsuccessful. Police, the military and volunteers have since joined Basarnas in ...

When two boats set off towards an Indonesian island for a birthday surfing trip, none of those on board could have predicted the next few days. Here's how the survivors managed more than 36 hours ...