Tag: Paro
Armed group seize Australian professor, 3 PNG researchers hostage, reports ABC
Asia Pacific Report
An armed group has taken an Australian professor and three colleagues hostage in a remote region of Papua New Guinea, reports ABC...
Indonesia to negotiate with West Papuan rebels for NZ pilot’s release
By Tria Dianti in Jakarta
Authorities in Indonesia’s Melanesian province Papua will negotiate with indigenous pro-independence rebels to secure the release of a New Zealand...
West Papuan national liberation rebel group says kidnapped NZ pilot safe
RNZ Pacific
A rebel group in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province of Papua who abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens says he is safe.
The New Zealander,...
!["Both of these warmongering nations [US and Israel] have displayed a total lack of integrity and credibility through their disingenuous words and actions over many decades."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Iran-not-going-to-talks-AJ-680wide-100x70.jpg "No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record")
