Prime Minister James Marape held a meeting with Indonesia’s newly-inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto late on October 20 in Central Jakarta. Both leaders discussed the future…
The leader of the opposition Douglas Tomuriesa criticized Prime Minister James Marape’s decision to appoint new deputy ministers, and the intention of appointing more, without…
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Papua New Guinea has officially opened its state-of-the-art plastic bottle (PET) line in Lae, Morobe province. This multimillion-kina investment started in…
International Trade Minister Richard Maru on October 18 told the 2024 National Petroleum and Energy Conference that Papua New Guinea (PNG) had a very serious…
Local officials on October 18 broke ground on the construction of additional facilities for the Kiunga District Hospital in North Fly district, Western province. The…
Former prime minister Peter O’Neill on October 20 questioned how the ownership of 280 hectares of state land on which the Dirio Gas and Power…
A Twin Otter aircraft carrying five people crashed into a ditch during takeoff at the Kairik Airstrip in Enga on October 19, the PNG Accident…
Air Niugini has bought a new Dash 8 Q400 plane which arrived on October 19 at the Jackson International Airport in Port Moresby. The airline’s…
Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (KPHL) through its managing director Wapu Sonk on October 18 signed a pre-front-end engineering and development (FEED) contract for a floating…
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Siaman in New Ireland province at around 4:05 AM on October 21. No casualties or damage were reported. No tsunami alert…
Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization's Europe…
A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on October 21 as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign…
Kenya's ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on October 20 lashed out at his boss William Ruto as "vicious" and cruel, warning that his life could…
Germany on October 21 inaugurated a new NATO naval command centre to boost defence readiness in the Baltic Sea region as Russia pursues its invasion…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv October 21 in a show of support for Ukraine at a critical moment in its war with…
Thousands of people packed a Madrid square on October 20 to protest against Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government and demand an early election, at…
Italy's northeastern Emilia-Romagna region was again partially under water October 20 after heavy overnight rain and flooding that killed one person, in a flatland battered…
A child has died in Kinshasa amid severe flooding caused by heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on…
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of organising a failed 2016 coup, has died in exile in the United States aged…
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, will return to Russia and run for political office once Vladimir Putin is no…
Pakistan's government on October 21 narrowly passed constitutional amendments giving lawmakers more power appointing top judges, who have issued a series of recent decisions favouring…
Nepali police fired tear gas October 20 at thousands of protesters loyal to a former deputy premier once seen as a rising political star, as…
Bangladesh's vital garment industry lost $400 million due to unrest following the student-led revolution that ousted the country’s autocratic premier, industry leaders said October 20,…
Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tonnes of rice, according to data from the agriculture ministry, prompting the country to ramp…
Vietnam's rubber-stamp parliament unanimously approved army general Luong Cuong as the country's new president on October 21, the fourth person in the job in less…
