Turkiye to host COP31 climate summit after Australia concedes bid
Australia’s PM says it reaches agreement to host pre-meetings with Pacific nations while Turkiye will host main summit.
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Tribal violence over Papua New Guinea mines kills at least 20: UN
As clashes in Porgera Valley intensify, authorities allow police to use ‘lethal force’ to quell violence.
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Pacific Islands leaders back Australia-funded joint policing plan
The region-wide plan involves the establishment of four training centres across the Pacific with a hub in Brisbane.
Gang killed 26 villagers in northern Papua New Guinea: Police
Tribal violence escalating with influx of mercenaries and automatic weapons into the strained island nation.
Political deadlock frustrates Bougainville’s aspirations of independence
The territory voted in 2019 to leave Papua New Guinea, but the country’s parliament is still to ratify the separation.
‘Special win for special fans’: Uganda beat PNG for historic World Cup win
The ‘cricket cranes’ danced and celebrated with their fans after recording their first-ever win in the T20 World Cup.
Russell and Chase to the rescue as West Indies beat PNG in T20 World Cup
West Indies beat PNG by five wickets thanks to a late surge in their opening game after the minnows gave them a scare.
UN warns of ‘significant’ disease risk after Papua New Guinea landslide
The UN’s migration agency says displaced residents urgently need clean water, purification tablets and food supplies.
Papua New Guinea evacuating landslide villages as hopes for survivors fade
Rocks are still falling as search continues in Enga province for an estimated 2,000 people buried by a mountain.
‘A miracle’: Couple survives Papua New Guinea landslide that ‘buried 2,000’
Two found alive as overnight rains raise fears tonnes of rubble covering the area could become dangerously unstable.
UN estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide
Authorities are trying to establish evacuation centres on safer ground on either side of the massive swath of debris.
