In August another New Zealand pilot, Glen Malcolm Conning, was killed by separatist rebels in Papua after landing his ...

A bribe was paid to secure the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, held hostage by the West Papua National ...

Hezbollah on Sunday launched around 85 missiles from Lebanon into the Haifa area -- the deepest into Israel since the ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, wa ...

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

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed on Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, ...

A New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage in Indonesia by a West Papua rebel group in February 2023 has finally been freed ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old ...

An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, ...

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

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after being held captive for 19 months by armed separatists in Indonesia's Papua. Mehertens was released by a joint team in Nduga and is now ...