The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a major bilateral defense treaty Monday that China believes targets it unfairly. Australian Prime Minister Anthony ...

With an estimated population of almost 12 million people, Papua New Guinea is the most populous nation in the South Pacific after Australia. Australia has 27 million people. The deal will allow the ...

When the military first emptied the fuel from Red Hill, it ferried “usable” fuel to storage facilities in West Oahu run by ...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape is closing in on a nickname for the NRL’s expansion team, with a potential shortlist of four ...

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, killing at least three ...

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A round-up of news from around the region, including discovery of undeclared firearms on a foriegn-flagged yacht in Fiji.

Fiji’s health minister declared an HIV outbreak in January, calling it a “national crisis”. A big factor in the spread of the disease is methamphetamine addiction. Intravenous drug use accounts for ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as the South Pacific island nation celebrated 50 years of independence on Tuesday.

The more optimistic outlook comes as fewer people are fleeing the region following a pandemic exodus. Crime is largely ...

A round-up of news from around the region, including Northern Mariana Islands leaders reacting to the death of conservative ...