A fire broke out at PT Freeport Indonesia's copper smelter in the Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate in Manyar district, Gresik regency, East Java…
At least 62 illegal miners were arrested at Porgera gold mine in Enga province on October 12. The crackdown, aimed at curbing the impact of…
Domestic carrier Air Niugini has received an unspecified amount of loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to purchase more aircraft, an ADB official said.…
A new medical facility was opened in Port Moresby on October 10. The Waneagu Medical Center, granted by a Solomon Islands donor, is the first…
Prime Minister James Marae on October 11 broke ground on the construction of a satellite casino in the Paga Hill special economic zone (SEZ) in…
Papua New Guinea's (PNG) plan of fielding a team in Australia's National Rugby League (NRL) competition could hinge on a promise from its government not…
A man found guilty of smuggling 4.88 kg of crystal methamphetamine was sentenced to 20 years in prison on October 13. The defendant was arrested…
A rural airfield in Lufa district, Eastern Highlands province is being upgraded with initial construction starting on October 7. The project is being funded with…
The UN stressed on October 14 the urgent need for ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza to avert a broader regional conflict with ramifications for…
Two major rivers have flooded across central Nigeria displacing tens of thousands of people, the Red Cross told AFP. Rescue workers in Kogi State have…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on October 14 tell international business leaders that his government will "rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment" as…
The French authorities want to adopt a new immigration law next year, a spokeswoman said, as the new right-wing government seeks to crack down on…
Iceland's three-party coalition government, in power since November 2021, collapsed October 13 due to disagreements on policy issues, with new elections to be held in…
Spain's conservative party called October 13 for the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, saying it would file a legal complaint against his Socialist party…
The governing Frelimo party in Mozambique has won the vote in the capital city of Maputo, the elections commission said October 13, in a tense…
Seven people were shot dead in Ecuador while leaving a pool hall in the latest in a series of tit-for-tat gang attacks near the violence-plagued…
Eleven Pakistan police officers have been suspended for the "mistreatment" of protesters, officials said October 14, after videos showed women being roughly handled including one…
At least 16 people, including three women and two children, were killed in a fresh sectarian clash in Pakistan's northwest, officials said. Sunni and Shiite…
1Sri Lanka's police have arrested 198 Chinese men on suspicion of operating a cybercrime ring from the South Asian nation, a police spokesman said October…
Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged October 14 to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the…
Vietnam and China agreed to calm tensions in their South China Sea dispute, Vietnamese state media reported on October 13, days after Hanoi accused Beijing…
Singapore on October 14 moved to stop a US$1.7 billion deal that would have allowed German insurance giant Allianz to buy a majority stake in…
Singapore's economy grew more than expected in the third quarter as a rush for all things linked to artificial intelligence drove up demand for computer…
Semirara Mining and Power Corp., the Philippines’ largest coal producer, said it’s looking to spend 291.4 billion pesos ($5.07 billion) to expand its mines. The…
China deployed fighter jets and warships to encircle Taiwan on October 14 in drills Beijing said were aimed at sending a "stern warning" to "separatist"…
