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

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels.

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have warned that military attacks in recent days to rescue a New ...

Jakarta responds to calls for independence from the indigenous ethnic Melanesian people with arrests, torture and ...

Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...

Indonesia must address "systemic racism" against indigenous groups in the restive Papua region and uphold human rights standards in the province, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

The long trip by a frail, 87-year-old pope was seen as a bold endeavor and a muscular step for a global church looking East.

The 1,411-island archipelago of Raja Ampat sits off the edge of the Indonesian province of West Papua, which, on maps, looks uncannily like a bird’s head jutting into the Pacific Ocean. In Bahasa ...

Catholic Church said the Papua New Guinea prime minister showed a lack of respect for keeping Pope Francis waiting.

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis held an open-air mass for tens of thousands of Papua New Guinea’s faithful on Sunday, imploring this nation “at the edge of the world” to draw ...

Over his 12-day tour, the 87-year-old Catholic Church leader is visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. He uses a wheelchair after suffering health issues over the last few ...