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Condition of 4 hostages fine, says foreign minister

Indonesias Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said here on Thursday that the condition of the four crew members of tugboat ...

Lesson learned from 10 Indonesians` hostage rescue

Ten Indonesian sailors have been reunited with their families following their release on Sunday after they were held ...

Philippines hails Indonesia`s initiative to hold trilateral security meeting

Philippines Foreign Minister Jose Rene D Almendras has expressed his appreciation for Indonesia for the latters ...

Indonesia seeks to secure release of four more hostages

After the release on Sunday of ten Indonesian sailors taken hostage since March by the Abu Sayyaf rebels in southern ...

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines to increase security in border areas

The Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno LP Marsudi, has said Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines will ...

Government not pay ransom for release of hostages: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan confirmed that the Indonesian ...

President reitrates importance of sea security in border areas

President Joko Widodo reiterated the importance of sea security in the border areas when announcing the release of 10 ...

Indonesian mily ready to rescue Indonesian hostages

The National Defense Force (TNI) has prepared its troops to rescue 14 Indonesians being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf ...

Indonesia faces fresh hostage crisis as four more sailors kidnapped

With the Indonesian authorities still struggling to secure the release of the 10 sailors kidnapped by the ...

Military operation to release Indonesian hostages awaits Philippines` approval

Indonesia awaits an approval from the Philippines to conduct a military operation to release 10 Indonesians held ...

10 citizens held hostage in Philippines fine: Indonesian military chief

The 10 Indonesians held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines are still in that country and fine, ...

ICIS urges Abu Sayyaf to release Indonesian hostages immediately

Jakarta-based International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) has denounced the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group ...

Seven hostage takers arrested by PNG military

The commander of the XVII Cenderawasih military region, Major General Hinsa Siburian, said here on Sunday that the ...

Indonesia condemns abduction on Papua border

The Indonesian government has condemned the abduction of two Indonesian citizens in the area bordering Papua Province ...

NATO chief to visit Turkey amid worsening situation in Iraq

NATO Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will visit Turkey on Monday for talks on dozens of Turkish nationals ...