What an incredible journey these first settlers must have experienced.

New Guinea is the world’s second-largest island and it’s divided between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. The western half, known today as Papua and West Papua, became part of Indonesia after a complex ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...

The U.S. Defense Department is funding a $400 million fuel storage facility in Papua New Guinea as part of the growing military ties under a 2023 defense agreement between the two countries. The ...

Australia has made its biggest Pacific sporting bet so far. Will it deliver results for both Australia and the Pacific ...

The new study combines ancient DNA analysis with archaeological and linguistic findings. Together, they paint a vivid picture of the pre-colonial societies that once inhabited the country's coastal ...

Following Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s May 2025 re-election, Australia is advancing a historic defence treaty with Papua New Guinea. Rooted in shared history and strategic urgency amid ...

The Australian government has signed a confidential agreement with Papua New Guinea, its second security pact in the Pacific in just under a week, in the latest move by the US ally to attempt to ...

Kuwait and Papua New Guinea have been added to the Financial Action Task Force’s “grey list”, following the global watchdog’s latest round of assessments of countries’ anti-money laundering and ...

A historic new chapter in international higher education and public sector reform was opened yesterday in Port Moresby with the signing of a technical cooperation agreement between Sri Lanka’s ...