Death toll rises to 31 in PNG quake as relief effort hampered
The death toll from the strongest earthquake to strike Papua New Guinea’s rugged interior in almost a century has climbed to 31 and would probably...
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Papua New Guinea officials say deadly quake flattens villages
Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, residents said on Wednesday as rescuers struggled...
Major quake cuts communications in Papua New Guinea
At least one company began evacuating non-essential personnel after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea’s energy-rich interior on Monday, causing landslides, damaging...
People evacuated from Papua New Guinea island after volcano explodes
By Alison Bevege About 1,500 people are being evacuated from an island off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) after a nearby...
Police order protesting asylum seekers out of Australian-run camp
Papua New Guinea police sealed off an officially shuttered Australian-run detention camp on Thursday and ordered asylum seekers occupying it to leave as they confiscated...
‘Missing’ British filmmaker sighted in Papua New Guinea
A British explorer reported missing while searching for a remote tribe in Papua New Guinea has been spotted next to an airstrip and is awaiting...
Tensions rise as Australia dismantles detention centre (Update)
Australian private security on Tuesday vacated an asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) ahead of its planned closure, detainees said, leaving about...
Australians rally for refugees in stand against far-right sentiment
Thousands of Australians took part on Saturday in rallies to welcome refugees and make a stand against rising far-right sentiment against foreigners. More than 20,000...
Australia-bound refugees ‘driven to suicide on Nauru’
Australia on Tuesday rejected a claim by rights group Amnesty International that conditions on a tiny South Pacific island where about 400 Australian-bound asylum seekers...
Powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude strikes off Papua New Guinea
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude struck off the coast of New Britain island in Papua New Guinea on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS)...
Australian state leader offers to house stranded asylum seekers
The premier of Western Australia state, a member of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberal Party, has offered to accept refugees from Australian-funded detention centres amid...
Australia, PNG agree to close controversial refugee camp but give no date
Australia and Papua New Guinea said on Wednesday they had agreed to close a controversial Australian-funded asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island, but gave...
PNG court orders Australia to present an asylum seeker resettlement plan
Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Australia to present a resettlement plan for nearly 900 asylum seekers held in what it says is...
Dozens reported wounded as PNG police fire on protesters, riots spread
Dozens of people were wounded and four reported killed in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday after police opened fire on a student demonstration in the...
Light plane crashes in Papua New Guinea, 12 dead-reports
A light aircraft crashed while trying to land in Papua New Guinea’s rugged Western province on Wednesday killing 12 people, Australian authorities and media said...
Quake of magnitude 6.3 strikes off Papua New Guinea
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Pacific Ocean nation of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake, about...
Pressure mounting over Australian people-smuggler payment reports
By Matt Siegel Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott declined to comment on Friday on reports the Australian navy paid a group of people-smugglers thousands of...
Woman accused of witchcraft axed to death in missionary
By Alisa Tang Police in Papua New Guinea vowed to find the men who axed to death a woman accused of using witchcraft to spark a measles...
Australian refugee camp protest over, but not tensions
By Matt Siegel A protest involving hundreds of asylum seekers at an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, some of whom had sewn...
Hundreds protest amid rising tension in Australian refugee camp
By Matt Siegel Hundreds of asylum seekers have gone on hunger strike at an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, rights groups said...