Rebel spokesman said Jakarta had “bribed” one of its commanders via a local politician to release hostage Phillip Mehrtens.

A New Zealand pilot held captive by the West Papua National Liberation Army was released after 19 months. After lengthy ...

Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 under a United Nations-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham.

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...

Mr Mehrtens sobbed while talking to his family via video and an Indonesian official tried to calm him down by patting his ...

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have warned that military attacks in recent days to rescue a New ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was ...

Jakarta and Wellington denied Monday a claim by rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua that a New Zealand pilot was ...

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua region caution that recent military actions to rescue a New Zealand pilot, taken ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released after more than 18 months of captivity by an armed faction in ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months after being kidnapped by armed separatists in Indonesia ...

An armed faction of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), led by Egianus Kogoya, kidnapped Mehrtens on Feb. 7, ...