Millions of years ago, as the Indo-Australian plate pushed into the Pacific plate, a volcanic arc of islands began to emerge ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain, land tenure issues, and the high cost of developing infrastructure.

Labor has been working hard to keep PNG within Australia’s sphere of influence amid intensifying interest in the Pacific nation from China. As part of the nation’s soft-power push in the ...

The French-hosted regional military exercise, "Southern Cross, is this year moving to Wallis and Futuna Islands.

The United States has imposed 10% tariff on all goods exported from Papua New Guinea (PNG) into the U.S. market. Responding to the decision, PNG Prime Minister James Marape stated that his country ...

On Thursday 13 March 2025, for the first time in 50 years of independence a female member of Parliament, Honourable Francesca Semoso of North Bougainville, presided over the sitting as Assistant ...

Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Vanuatu, 24 March - 3 April 2025. He will operate on 40 - 10m, SSB. The Republic of Vanuatu (historically known as New Hybrids) is a colourful country ...

Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor ...

A strong, 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Solomon Sea on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. A “tsunami threat” was issued for some parts of the coast of Papua ...

New Zealand and Australia said on Thursday they are each working with other nations on a possible joint response to shore up ...