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Australia and northern neighbor Papua New Guinea signed a joint defense pact, as Canberra pushes to curb China’s influence in the region. The treaty was signed in Canberra on Monday by Australian ...

Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a bilateral defense treaty with near neighbor Australia, paving the way for the nations’ leaders to sign a landmark agreement that U.S. allies hope will curb ...

Sydney (AFP) – China cautioned Papua New Guinea against "undermining" its interests and sovereignty in signing a mutual defence pact with Australia widely seen as a counter to Beijing's growing ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been in Papua New Guinea as the country celebrated 50 years of independence. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will leave Papua New Guinea ...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA commemorated its 50th Independence Day yesterday, September 16, 2025, and the Pacific nation highlighted its enduring partnership with the Philippines as a cornerstone of its ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea will commit to defending each other from armed attacks as they face "emerging threats" to their security, a new defence treaty seen by AFP on Tuesday (September 16, 2025 ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea will be required to come to each other's aid if either country faces an attack, a major security agreement says. The bilateral defence treaty, seen by the ABC, will also ...

MELBOURNE – Australia and Papua New Guinea’s defense forces will be integrated under a new security pact that will be signed this week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, as ...

Papua New Guinea has selected “Papa Buka” as its inaugural submission to the Academy Awards, marking the first time the Pacific nation has entered the international feature film category at the Oscars ...

A director of PNG's new NRL franchise has stood down after it was revealed he allegedly tried to influence a Chinese state-run corporation to give a contract to his company. Wapu Sonk has not publicly ...

Launching 22 years after its last major update, the latest PNG spec now includes native support for HDR, APNG animations, and Exif metadata for embedding information into image files. W3C PNG Working ...