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 — ...

A joint military and police force killed the five fighters from the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, in a battle on Saturday with dozens of rebels armed with ...

A video of a New Zealand pilot captured by members of the West Papua Liberation Army surfaced Tuesday along with a heartbreaking message to his family.. Philip Mark Mehrtens, 38, has been living ...

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua region say they’ve killed at least 13 Indonesian military soldiers after the army sent troops in search of captured New Zealand pilot, Phillip Mehrtens ...

Indonesia’s government says it is making every effort to persuade the rebels to release the pilot “because the priority is the safety of the hostage.” But it says it is not ruling out other e… ...

FILE - In this undated photo released by West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, Papuan separatist rebels pose for a photo with a man they said is New Zealander ...

West Papuan rebels have been fighting Indonesia in a low-level conflict since a controversial referendum in 1969 [West Papua Liberation Army via AP Photo] ...

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 ...

WEST PAPUA LIBERATION ARMY VIA AP. In this undated photo released by West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, Papuan separatist rebels pose for a photo with a man ...

In the video sent to media by the spokesperson of the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua […] Skip to content. All Sections. 67°F. Sunday, June 1st 2025 ...

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have released a video appearing to show the New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February saying that recent Indonesian military attacks ...