The family of kidnapped New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens expresses thanks to all parties involved in his release, including ...

A joint task force of police and military forces collected Philip Mehrtens in a village of Nduga district early Saturday ...

The Indonesian government handed over Susi Air pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens, who was in captivity by the separatist group led ...

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

New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens has been freed from more than one-and-a-half years in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the ...

Responding to the release of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens after more than 19 months held in captivity led by a pro-independence group in the Papua region, Usman Hamid, Amnesty International ...

The pilot was taken hostage 19 months ago when rebels ambushed his plane as he took five passengers to a remote area of Indonesia, with rebels shooting another pilot last month ...

The Papua Police announced that New Zealand pilot Mark Mehrtens, recently freed from the Free Papua Movement's (OPM's) ...

Police and military units picked up 38-year-old Philip Mark Mehrtens in the remote district of Nduga and flew him to the larger town of Timika, the police announced. His release was preceded by ...

Jakarta: The New Zealand pilot who's been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by ...

Indonesia releases New Zealand pilot captured by Papua independence rebels; Tens of thousands of people also evacuated in Japan; South Korea to revise laws regulating ...

A KIWI pilot held hostage by armed rebels in Indonesia has finally been rescued after 19 brutal months in captivity. Phillip ...