Papua New Guinea struggles to contain escalating tribal violence and civil unrest in remote regions and has a long-term aim to increase its police numbers from 6,000 officers to 26,000.

In the jockeying for influence, the South Pacific’s largest nation has emerged as a key target given its proximity to ...

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Australia funding a boarder management project for Solomon ...

Tuberculosis (TB) has emerged as the leading cause of death in Papua New Guinea, according to recent statistics released by ...

A fire broke out overnight at a retirement home in Villafranca de Ebro, northeastern Spain, killing at least 10 people, ...

The recent violence at Porgera in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province ... the violence but he fears a resurgence when the SOE ends next month. He said the local police will have to work around the clock, ...

Here are their reflections: Over 8,000 of the police department's calls for service were officer ... “My place is located in ...

The UN's COP29 climate summit is underway in Azerbaijan. But the small petrostate has been criticised for its crackdown on ...

An Israeli strike in Lebanon capital Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group's chief spokesman Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi.

A species of marine worm that scientists lost sight of for almost 70 years has finally resurfaced, thanks to some eagle-eyed ...

Readers’ letters on Kevin Rudd’s future under Donald Trump, the new Republican administration and banking services in rural ...