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 ... counterpart to secure the pilot’s release. “Let me be absolutely clear. There can never be any justification for hostage-taking,” Mr Peters said.

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 ...

JAKARTA — Indonesia's military on Saturday (April 13) denied using air strikes in a remote, restive part of the country, after a video of a New Zealand pilot ... have been taken again by ...

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 ...

Around 250 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage by the gunmen, who killed some 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies, in the deadliest attack in Israel's history. In response ...

Indonesia Denies Using Air Strikes in Papua Region, Where Kidnapped NZ Pilot Is JAKARTA (Reuters ... "Before I was in the safe area, but have been taken again by the Papua military, and it's ...