Fiji's Prime Minister has ruled out hosting any Chinese military base as the battle for defence regional supremacy unfolds ...

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said he would not back China erecting a military base in the Pacific, stating that they ...

Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens was released after nineteen months in captivity by the West Papuan liberation army and returned to his native New Zealand. Mehrtens’s kidnapping was a personal trauma — ...

Amid reports of increased military activity in Nduga regency, Highland Papua, following the release of a New Zealand pilot from rebel captivity, rights groups said that Indonesian Military (TNI) ...

The National Liberation Army of West Papua, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, has claimed responsibility in the killing of 17 alleged miners between April 6 and April 9, 2025.

It comes as the Indonesian military claims 18 members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) were killed in an hour-long operation in Intan Jaya on 14 May.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - An armed clash between the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organization (TPNPB-OPM) reportedly occurred in the Kurima District, ...

Sebby Sambom, a spokesman for the rebel West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, said only three of the group's fighters were killed.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The commander of the West Papua Army, Mathias L. Wenda, passed away on April 12, 2025, as confirmed by the spokesperson of the West Papua National Liberation Army–Free Papua ...

The West Papua National Liberation Army–Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) claimed that 6,100 joint military personnel had been deployed to the region between January and April 13. The group’s ...

“The West Papua Liberation Army is responsible for the attacks at Yahukimo’s gold panning camp,” Sambom said. “Because they were part of Indonesian intelligence and soldiers.” ...