Militants squabble over fate of New Zealand pilot on anniversary of his kidnapping
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region expressed their readiness Wednesday to release a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage a year ago.
“It’s really going crazy,” Lee said of the exchange rate. “It’s like a bonus – during Chinese New Year we buy soft drinks, beer and invite friends over, and this really helps. You can buy more.”
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the Houthis’ attacks against commercial and naval shipping were “illegal, unacceptable and profoundly destabilising”, arguing that the defence deployment was a continuation of his country’s “long history of defending freedom of navigation both in the Middle East and closer to home”.
Peters heads to Australia on Wednesday for an inaugural joint meeting of New Zealand and Australian foreign and defence ministers, and said the talks would also canvas what joining an expanded Aukus grouping would mean for Wellington.
SYDNEY (AP) — Prime Minister Kausea Natano reportedly lost his seat in parliament in elections on the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu.