UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention.
Tsunami threat has passed for nearby islands after earthquake struck near Vanuatu’s capital Porta Vila.
Pacific Island nations are working to protect their waters from the impact of climate change, but can’t do it alone.
As clashes in Porgera Valley intensify, authorities allow police to use ‘lethal force’ to quell violence.
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The region-wide plan involves the establishment of four training centres across the Pacific with a hub in Brisbane.
Tribal violence escalating with influx of mercenaries and automatic weapons into the strained island nation.
The territory voted in 2019 to leave Papua New Guinea, but the country’s parliament is still to ratify the separation.
The ‘cricket cranes’ danced and celebrated with their fans after recording their first-ever win in the 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.
The UN’s migration agency says displaced residents urgently need clean water, purification tablets and food supplies.
Rocks are still falling as search continues in Enga province for an estimated 2,000 people buried by a mountain.
Two found alive as overnight rains raise fears tonnes of rubble covering the area could become dangerously unstable.
Authorities are trying to establish evacuation centres on safer ground on either side of the massive swath of debris.
Drone video reveals the extent of the damage caused by a landslide in Papua New Guinea, which killed over 670 people.
