Tourists have discovered a “magical” island with crystal clear waters they say is worth the long journey from Bali.

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia's Papua, the Indonesian police said in a statement on Saturday. An armed ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released by separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, 19 months after his kidnapping. Mehrtens had been held captive since February 2023. The ...

The pope demonstrated his respect for Indonesia’s diversity and religious harmony through his visit to Istiqlal Mosque.

In East Timor, the pontiff visited a home for disabled children, spoke to Catholic clergy and religious, met local ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The age of world leaders may be hotly debated elsewhere, but in Indonesia this week ... to this nation, ...

Pope Francis was greeted Sunday afternoon by a crowd of 20,000 people in what he had called “the periphery of the peripheries,” the coastal city of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. Located in the northwest ...

Pope Francis was set to hold one of the biggest masses of his papacy on Tuesday in East Timor, with more than half of the ...

An estimated 600,000 people in East Timor, just under half its population, turned out in the baking heat on Tuesday for a ...

People arrived as early as 1 a.m. and sat on the ground, many braving the sun for hours in scorching temperatures ...

The Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards 2024 has once again brought together the most breathtaking images from our oceans.