Indonesia’s military says it has reclaimed a village in the restive Papua region following a battle that it says left 14 separatist insurgents dead.

Indonesia's military said it killed 14 Papuan fighters during an operation to free a village from the control of separatists this week and residents had welcomed its troops.

A Cessna 208 Caravan encountered an unknown problem while trying to land on a runway in the mountains of Papua, Indonesia on1. The small plane skidded past the runway trap and crashed as it tipped over into a ditch.