issues related to law and order, lack of electricity and land ownership are negatively affecting the business climate in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Maru said…
The National Court on November 8 sentenced a 52-year-old preacher to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in Port Moresby. The…
East Sepik Governor Allan Bird said the national economy had declined by 40 billion kina, representing a 36% decrease in purchasing power, according to real…
Terry Holohan, chief executive officer of Australian gold miner Resolute Mining Ltd., has been detained by the military-controlled government of Mali in West Africa, according…
Solomon Islands and China signed an agreement November 7 to exempt citizens of both nations from travel visa requirements. The 'Agreement on Mutual Visa Exemption…
Former Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama has been released from prison, only six months into his 12 months sentence, the Fiji Corrections Service (FCS) said…
Immigration New Zealand granted study visas to a record 19,860 children of foreign workers in the past financial year. About 13,000 were for children studying…
North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on November 8 and November 9, Seoul's military said, an operation that was affecting several ships and dozens of…
South Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea in a show of force after North Korea's recent salvo of missile launches, Seoul said November…
Fire broke out on a Japanese warship sailing near the western part of the country, causing one crew member to be hospitalised due to smoke…
China's consumer inflation rate slowed in October, official data showed November 9, in a sign that demand remains sluggish in the world's number two economy.…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on November 8 signed laws defining the country's sea waters and imposing fixed lanes for foreign ships, sparking a sharp riposte…
The residents of 2,500 villages were ordered to evacuate their homes as Severe Tropical Storm Toraji approached the northern Philippines, the government said November 10,…
Vietnamese authorities arrested a pro-democracy activist, state media said, the latest in a crackdown on political dissidents in the southeast Asian country. Tran Khac Duc,…
A student at a military university in Kuala Lumpur has pleaded not guilty and claimed trial on November 8 to a charge of voluntarily causing…
A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, a hospital spokesman said…
An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit in Azerbaijan, the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on November 9, marking a first…
Indian troops on November 10 were battling with gunmen in Kashmir with one suspected rebel killed, the army said, the latest violence in the long-running…
Supporters of Bangladesh's ousted ex-leader were arrested after following her orders to protest bearing placards of Donald Trump, police said November 10, accusing them of…
Russia and Ukraine both launched record drone attacks on each other overnight, as the Kremlin said it saw "positive signals" from US president-elect Donald Trump…
Tens of thousands of people marched November 9 in Valencia to voice their anger at the authorities' handling of deadly floods. Thousands also marched in…
Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week's US presidential election, US TV networks projected on November 9, completing the Republican's sweep of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 10 promised Moscow's "total support" for Africa, at a conference with African officials in Sochi in southwest Russia. "Our…
Qatar has suspended its role as a key mediator for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal until Hamas and Israel show "seriousness" in talks,…
Mauritius was voting November 10 in a close-fought parliamentary election, with police at polling stations as the opposition warned about the risk of fraud in…
