Southeast Asian nations issued tsunami alerts and urged people to move to safety away from coastlines after a massive 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra on Wednesday.

A small tsunami measuring 10 centimetres (four inches) reached Thailand's Andaman Coast on Wednesday after a massive earthquake off the coast of Indonesia, an official said.

"A 10-centimetre tsunami

At least three tsunamis of up to 80 centimetres (31 inches) hit Indonesia's coast after a massive 8.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra island on Wednesday.

"Our tide gauges and buoys recorded

A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending people as far away as southern India scurrying from buildings and raising fears of a disastrous ts

Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province.

The US Geological Survey said on Wednesday the quake was centre

A massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, US and Indonesian monitors reported, prompting a Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert.

Indonesia has plans to ban the mini-skirt under its stringent anti-pornography laws as it believes 'they make men do things'.

According to the Muslim-dominated country's religious affairs minister, o

Thousands of male Indonesian civil servants had their monthly pay transferred to their wives' bank accounts this week in a bid by a local government to stop men having affairs.

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Foreign inmates evacuated from a jail on Indonesia's Bali island where rioting prisoners took control this week have been returned to the facility at their request, authorities said on Friday.

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A key Muslim militant arrested in the same Pakistani town where US commandos later killed Osama bin Laden went on trial in Indonesia on Monday on multiple charges including premeditated murder for the