#held hostage

Collection of held hostage news, found 18 news.

Govt strengthens efforts on freeing NZ pilot with traditional leaders

Chief of the Presidential Staff (KSP), Moeldoko, has said that the government is increasingly strengthening its ...

Indonesian, Lithuanian foreign ministers discuss Gaza situation

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi discussed the worsening situation in the Gaza Strip due to the latest ...

Papua police probe use of village funds for terror activities

Yahukimo Office, Hendrik Jovinski, on August 11, 2020, Rahmadani added. ANTARA has earlier reported how Yahukimo is ...

Man calling for help in video is Indonesian hostage: ministry

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has confirmed that the man begging for help in a video that went viral in Malaysia is an ...

Indonesian citizen released from hostage in South Philippines

An Indonesian citizen who was kidnapped in Sabah waters, Malaysia, and later held hostage in the Sulu Islands, ...

Indonesian citizen held hostage by armed group is safe

An Indonesian man, AA, who was held hostage by an armed group, has now been released. He was held hostage by an ...

War planes strike suspected Somali pirate base: coastguard

War planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the war-torn country, wounding two ...

Danish warship stops Somali pirate vessel, 12 hostages freed

A Danish warship has apprehended a suspected pirate ship off Somalia`s coast, and released 12 hostages held on board, ...

Aceh police nab four suspected Malacca Strait pirates

Police in Aceh have arrested four men suspected of having committed piracy against ships passing through the Malacca ...

Cabinet shake-up, now or never

The cabinet reshuffle discourse may have disturbed ministers but the president had better realize that it is now or ...

President, vp formulating cabinet reshuffle plan

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is currently formulating a cabinet reshuffle plan with Vice President Boediono, a ...

Ships hijacked at Muara Jungkat, Pontianak

A tugboat Mitra Jaya V and a barge Makmur Abadi V had been hijacked 15-20 miles west of the Muara Jungkat buoy in ...

Constitutional Court chairman: RI in alarming state

Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud MD said Indonesia is in an alarming state of being mired in corruption and ...

President keeps silent over MV Sinar Kudus

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono admitted he had kept silent to support the operations to free MV Sinar Kudus and ...

President proud of task force`s success in rescuing sailors

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was proud of the military task force`s success in rescuing the crew of MV ...