A task force spokesperson said that Phillip Mehrtens’ release was the result of hard work from a small task force team ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed by the separatist West Papua National Liberation Army after more than 19 ...

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he ...

A New Zealand pilot who has been freed more than 19 months after being taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia says he is ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region was freed by separatist rebels, Indonesian ...

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

All amounts expressed in US$PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD) (TSX:ABX) – ...

His abduction reflected the deteriorating security situation in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua, a former Dutch colony in the western part of New Guinea that is ethnically ... the TPNPB ...

A violent conflict between rival tribes over control of a gold mine in Papua New Guinea has resulted in at least 30 deaths, ...

What started as a “relatively minor conflict between illegal miners” escalated into tribal warfare featuring high-powered ...

Tribal violence in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province has resulted in the deaths of over 35 people, with clashes linked to ...