JAKARTA -- An eruption of violence in Indonesia's eastern Papua region, which has seen more than 40 people killed this year, has prompted calls for th ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.

Indonesian authorities have denied claims by separatist rebels in the Papua region that at least 17 gold miners slain by insurgents were members of security forces.

Outgoing President Joko Widodo's government has built food estates across Indonesia - including in Papua - to promote self-sufficiency.

Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia’s restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was ...

The 50-year-old pilot was killed after landing in Alama, a village in Indonesia's restive Papua region. The separatist Free Papua Movement, which is in conflict with the Indonesian government, is ...

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have a 760-kilometer border that slices through the middle of the island of New Guinea, north of Australia.

Nine members of a rebel group attacked a construction crew in Indonesia’s restive Papua province. At least one crewmember died and three others were injured in the attack.

At least 20 people were injured when police used batons, water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who joined rallies in Indonesia’s restive Papua region on the 61st anniversary of an ...