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At least thirty people have died in shootouts between hundreds of tribal warriors in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, according to authorities on Monday. Security personnel have been granted emergency powers to put an end...

Pope Francis completed an exhausting 12-day journey around the Asia-Pacific region on Friday, overcoming health concerns to engage with Christians in everything from Singapore’s skyscrapers to the jungles of Papua New Guinea. The 87-year-old pope will...

When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook flood-ravaged northern Papua New Guinea on Monday, authorities claimed that at least five people had died and that an estimated 1,000 homes had been demolished. Disaster teams were flooding into...

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins appealed for the release of a Kiwi pilot seized by Papua rebels in Indonesia six months ago on Wednesday. Phillip Mehrtens, a New Zealander, was working for Indonesian airline Susi...

Justin Tkatchenko, the Foreign Minister of Papua New Guinea, resigned on Friday following criticism of his state-funded travel to King Charles III’s coronation and for labeling his critics “primitive animals.” Earlier this week, a dazzling TikTok...

Papua New Guinea’s health minister on Thursday called disinformation spread on Facebook the “biggest challenge” to efforts to curb the rampant spread of Covid-19 in the poor Pacific nation, reports BSS. Jelta Wong said “dangerous” posts...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for Papua New Guinea (PNG) covering 2021–2025. A blueprint for ADB’s plans in PNG, the new CPS concentrates on developing the transport and...

News Hour News Hour Hong Kong to battle it out with Scotland, Kenya for the final two positions. With one round to go in the ICC World Cricket League Championship (WCLC), Netherlands and PNG have booked...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), and the Center for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI) today officially launched a Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Policy...

News Hour: The Government of Australia has provided AU$316,500 ($237,375) in additional financing to the ongoing Microfinance Expansion Project, designed to increase access to financial services for the people of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The project,...