A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region. Philip Mehrtens, 37, was taken after his plane carrying five passengers was attacked after it landed ...

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

However, the New Zealand government this week acknowledged ... This is the context in which the pilot was taken hostage,” Webb-Gannon said. As Phillip Mehrtens marks one year in captivity ...

A New Zealand pilot, Philip Mark Mehrtens was taken hostage by an armed horde of West Papua Liberation National Army (TPNPB) led by Egianus Kogoya. The hostage took place after the plane took off ...

Credit: West Papua Liberation Army/AP/AAP Image New Zealand national Susi Air pilot was reportedly taken hostage by an armed group in the Nduga region, Central Papua. How is the situation in that ...

A New Zealand pilot held prisoner for more than 19 months by armed insurgents has been freed. Phillip Mehrtens was taken hostage in 2023 when he landed a small commercial plane in the remote ...

More than 30 pilot whales stranded on a New Zealand beach were successfully returned to the sea thanks to a collaborative effort by locals and conservation workers, who used sheets to refloat the ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto held a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher ... after being held hostage in Papua for 20 months. Philip was ...

A bearded Philip Mehrtens is pictured with a local official at a press conference on Saturday after being freed from captivity A New Zealand pilot ... after being taken hostage by separatists ...