MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton is a former police detective who ... on the poor island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

Indonesia’s security forces have clashed with separatist rebels in the restive Papua region, leaving at least 18 insurgents and two police officers dead.

Indonesia's security forces have clashed with separatist rebels in the restive Papua region, leaving at least 18 insurgents and two police officers dead, officials and the rebels said Friday.