Tag: Indonesia

BRIEFS

Exercise Elang AUSINDO 2023: Australian F-35A’s To Train With Indonesian F-16’s

Come September, The Royal Australian Airforce will deploy their...

Second Tranche of Dassault Rafale Multi-Fighter Jets Arrives in Indonesia

A range of security-related agreements brokered between France and...

Indonesia Receives 15 Bushmaster PMVs Through Australian Bid to Strengthen Security Ties

Yesterday, The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) formally accepted an...

Indonesia Set to Ban Premarital Sex, Insulting the President, and Being a Communist

Indonesia’s Parliament has passed new sweeping measures to its...

STORIES

West Papuan Rebels Threaten to Execute NZ Pilot Again as Negotiations Continue to Stall

What You Need to Know: The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has again threatened to execute New Zealand Pilot Philip Mehrtens, who has been held hostage for 10 months, if international negotiations to recognize West Papuan independence from Indonesia do not begin in two months time. This marks the...

US and Indonesia Release Joint Statement, Commend Growth of Strategic Partnership

The United States Secretary of Defence, 4 Star General Lloyd Austin met today with Indonesia’s Minister of Defence, Prabowo Subianto to discuss the augmentation of the two nations' defence partnership.  The two officials came together on a range of issues but discussions focused mainly on the creation of a shared...

NZ Pilot Philip Mehrtens in Good Condition, Despite Threats by Captors to Shoot Him

What You Need to Know: New Zealand Pilot Philip Mehrtens, who has been held captive by fighters of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) for nearly six months, is said to be "healthy" and "bored," according to detikSumbagsel, citing Indonesian Major General Izak Pangemanan. Back on May 31, TPNPB...

TPNPB Threatens to Execute Kiwi Pilot Philip Mehrtens if Papuan Independence is Not Recognized, Gives Two Month Deadline

The West Papua National Liberation Army- Free Papua Organization (TPNPB- OPM) has threatened to execute captured New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens if Indonesia does not recognize West Papuan independence in two months.  https://twitter.com/jefry_wnd/status/1662132686859943937 Mehrtens, pilot of Susi Air, was captured on February 7 after landing at the village of Paro, located...

Chinese Salvage Ship Continues Plundering of Sunken WWII Naval Vessels

The Chinese dredge ship “Chuan Hong 68” has been caught yet again salvaging the remains of sunken WWII vessels in the South China Sea for scrap metal and in doing so, destroying the undersea graves of hundreds of sailors that are protected by law. Chuan Hong 68 has a long...

New Zealand Pilot Still Held by West Papuan Fighters, Negotiations Struggle

It has been over three months since New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens was taken captive by separatist fighters of the West Papua National Liberation Army- Free Papua Organization (TPNPB- OPM). Amid several failed attempts to rescue the Kiwi, negotiations do not appear to be making headway between the separatists...

Week's Recap

Houthis Claim Responsibility for Attacks Against Commercial Vessels in Red Sea

In an official statement, the Iran-backed Houthi rebel movement...

UK to Deploy Surveillance Aircraft Above Gaza

What's Happening The UK's Ministry of Defence has announced its...

Islamic Resistance in Iraq Confirms 5 Deaths in Alleged American Airstrike

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella organization of...

Possible Self-Immolation Outside Israeli Consulate, Atlanta, Georgia

Update (1655 EST): Israeli govenrment statement on the incident: https://twitter.com/codyalcorn/status/1730702712201769302?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA Update...
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