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

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

The family of freed New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens say they are "extremely grateful and relieved" he has been released and will soon be reunited with them. Local police announced on Saturday the ...

Phillip Mehrtens was held captive in Indonesia’s West Papua region for 19 months.

A New Zealand pilot has been freed from captivity after being abducted early last year upon landing at a remote Indonesian airport, where separatist rebels set his small plane on fire. Phillip ...

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

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 released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua region and is in ...

Phillip Mark Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot being held ... occasions if Papua was not granted independence from the rest of Indonesia, although the deadlines for his murder passed without incident.

Seven suspects have been remanded in custody over a suspected terror plot to kill Pope Francis. Indonesian police arrested the suspects on September 2nd and 3rd after ...