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Australia unveils plans for network of Pacific police academies

Australia has unveiled plans to develop a network of police training centres in the Pacific, stepping up efforts to boost law and order in Papua New Guinea and across the region

Natural disasters in 2018 claim over 10,000 lives

More than 10,000 lives were lost in natural disasters in 2018 and 61.7 million people affected, a UN report said

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison embarks on landmark Pacific trip

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison embarks on a landmark trip to the Pacific on Wednesday, hoping to mend fences and reassert Australian influence as China makes its presence felt in the region

Nine dead in Papua New Guinea floods

Weeks of heavy rains and flooding have killed at least nine people in Papua New Guinea, with authorities warning more bad weather and devastation could be on the way

Papua New Guinea rules out paying cops per arrest

Papua New Guinea's police force has scrapped plans to pay officers bonuses for each new arrest, with the nation's top law enforcement official on Tuesday calling the scheme "counter-productive".

Volcano erupts on remote Papua New Guinea island

One of Papua New Guinea's most active volcanoes has erupted, authorities said Tuesday, pummelling villages on a remote island with volcanic rock before subsiding

Volcano erupts on remote Papua New Guinea island

One of Papua New Guinea's most active volcanoes has begun to erupt, authorities said Tuesday, pummelling villages on a remote island with volcanic rock

Manus Center Staff Sue Australian Gov't, G4S Over Unsafe Working Conditions - Reports

The Australian government and security company G4S are facing multiple lawsuits over the unsafe working conditions to which the employees of the Australia's Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea were subjected, media reported Thursday.

Papua governor asks Indonesia to withdraw troops

Kosovo and Serbia's simmering disputes

Serbia and Kosovo's troubled relationship has taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks, with Pristina's vote on Friday to form an army just one of many sources of tension between the former war foes.

PNG doctors perform surgery under torch, mobile phone light

A team of surgeons at Port Moresby General Hospital in Papua New Guinea has become an online sensation on Thursday, after images were posted to social media platforms showing the medical staff performing an operation in a dark theatre using only torches and mobile phones for light.

Papuan rebels refuse Indonesia's call to surrender over massacre

Separatist Papuan rebels who killed at least 16 construction workers at a remote jungle camp refused Indonesia's demand to surrender Wednesday, as claims surfaced that the military murdered civilians after the massacre.

UAE President issues decree to establish UAE Embassy in Zimbabwe

Indonesia hunts suspects in alleged Papua mass killing

Indonesian soldiers hunted Wednesday for rebels suspected of killing as many as two dozen construction workers in restive Papua province, as an eyewitness account supplied by the military described a grisly mass execution.

Indonesia hunts suspects in alleged Papua mass killing

Indonesian soldiers hunted Wednesday for rebels suspected of killing as many as 24 construction workers in restive Papua province, as an eyewitness account supplied by the military described a grisly mass execution.