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Video of Papua New Guinea's Planning Minister, Rainbo Paita, firing a gun has gone viral on social media, prompting him to step down from his role. The video stoked outrage but also support, in a country suffering high levels of gun violence and crime.

Illawarra forward Jack de Belin could make a shock international switch ahead of the 2022 Rugby League World Cup. While he’s born in Australia and has represented New South Wales at Origin level, de Belin is reportedly keen to switch his allegiance to Papua New Guinea ahead of next year’s …

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Papua New Guinea has been falling since it peaked in October, but health experts warn the risk posed by the virus is still extremely high.

A man has been charged with trying to smuggle items including prescription drugs, steroids and growth hormones from Torres Strait into Papua New Guinea The 55-year-old from Brisbane was found by Australian Border Force officers on Main St on Saibai island in the Torres Strait last Tuesday.

Illawarra lock Jack de Belin has landed on the radar of the Papua New Guinea national team and looms as a shock option to feature for Michael Marum's side in the Rugby League World Cup next year.De Belin,

Seven refugees held in Papua New Guinea by Australia for eight years will start new lives in Canada after they were sponsored for private resettlement.

Six refugees are on their way to Canada for resettlement after spending eight years in Papua New Guinea, including years in detention on Manus Island. Their

A Polish man imprisoned by an Indonesian court in 2018 after visiting West Papua as a tourist remains languishing in a cell in Papua's remote interior.

Major banks are being urged to divest from logging in Papua New Guinea after a report found at least K300 million ($AUD120 million) had been loaned to the country's largest timber exporters over the past two decades.

Papua New Guinea's government has been urged by a prominent MP to develop a stronger policy on West Papua. Powes Parkop, the governor of PNG's national capital, said the government shouldn't keep ignoring the crisis in the neighbourng Indonesian-controlled half of New Guinea.