Prime Minister James Marape has called on the UN for support in preserving Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) natural forests during a bilateral meeting in New…
The operational performance of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) two international sea ports in Port Moresby and Lae have been placed among the top ports in…
The Treasury Department had requested a $100 million loan, or around 392 million kina, from the World Bank to improve education in Papua New Guinea…
PNG Power Limited (PPL) is implementing emergency load shedding across Port Moresby and Central Province due to a current shortfall in electricity generation. This measure…
Members of the Ambai tribe in Laiagam district, Enga province on September 29 surrendered an M-16 assault rifle in a move to curb tribal conflicts.…
Several armed robberies occurred in Port Moresby on September 29 and 30. The first armed robbery occurred at a house belonging to a teacher in…
A presence of police personnel is expected in the capital of East New Britain Kokopo amid a high level of petty crime, Mayor Philip Tale…
Amnesty International Indonesia has criticized the police for the excessive deployment of security personnel and a prohibition on protests during the Mandalika MotoGP event in…
The Federation of Indonesian Teachers' Unions (FSGI) reported an increase in school violence between July and September this year. Retno Lisyarti, chairwoman of the FSGI's…
Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon due to Israeli air strikes, a figure that has doubled in two days, the United Nations'…
Ukraine on September 29 claimed to have sent more than 100 drones deep inside Russia to hit a major weapons depot, as Kyiv ups its…
Rescue teams on September 29 resumed searching for at least 48 migrants who went messing the day before when their boat overturned just as it…
Europe's physics lab CERN said September 29 that some 500 scientists linked to Russian institutes will be affected when it stops cooperation with Russia in…
Eight Colombian soldiers died when the helicopter transporting them on a humanitarian mission crashed near the border with Venezuela, the president said September 29. The…
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off September 30 at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three…
Six people have died of alcohol poisoning in northern Iran after consuming bootleg booze, state media in the Islamic republic reported September 29. Iran banned…
A forest fire in central Greece has killed two men who were helping firefighters tackle the blaze, authorities said September 30. The fire near Corinth,…
Pope Francis implored bishops not to cover up the sexual abuse of children, during an open-air mass on September 29 that capped a three-day visit…
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will on October 1 make his first public address since his release from a British prison, speaking about his detention at…
Search and rescue teams in Nepal's capital picked through wrecked homes on September 30 after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed at least 200…
Thousands of people protested in Pakistan cities on September 29 after the Iran-backed group Hezbollah confirmed that its longtime chief had been killed by an…
At least four crew members were feared dead after a tanker caught fire following a blast this morning at Chattogram port in Bangladesh. Two sources…
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's economy recorded falling consumer prices for the first time in 39 years, official data showed September 30, with the September inflation figure…
Typhoon Krathon pounded a remote group of tiny Philippine islands near Taiwan on September 30, cutting power and communication services, the state weather service and…
Vietnam will free nearly 3,800 prisoners including foreigners in the country's latest amnesty, the government said on September 30. Vietnam has announced nine special amnesties…
