A New Zealand pilot taken hostage in West Papua says his life is in danger amid a wave of Indonesian air strikes on the area where he is being held. “Indonesia military have been dropping bombs in the ...
New Zealand has urged rebels in Indonesia's West Papua region to release a pilot they abducted last year to leverage him to broker independence from the mainland. Philip Mehrtens, 37, was ...
A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage by separatist fighters after setting fire to a plane carrying six passengers in Indonesia’s remote Papua region. Fighters from the West Papua ...
A man who is identified as Philip Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot who is said to be held hostage by a pro-independence group, sits among the separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region, March ...
JAKARTA--Indonesia’s military chief on Tuesday dismissed a separatist group claim that they had killed more than a dozen government soldiers who were searching for a New Zealand pilot taken ...
As the hostage-taking of New Zealand pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens enters its sixth consecutive month, his whereabouts in eastern Indonesia remain unknown. The attack came as a unit of soldiers ...
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - The Islamist movement Hamas published a video on Wednesday apparently showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American seized during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and taken ...
JAKARTA, April 13 (Reuters) - Indonesia’s military on Saturday denied using air strikes in a remote, restive part of the country, after a video of a New Zealand pilot kidnapped by Papuan rebels ...
Indonesia Denies Using Air Strikes in Papua Region, Where Kidnapped NZ Pilot Is JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia’s military on Saturday denied using air strikes in a remote, restive part of the ...