At least 64 people have died in an ambush in Papua New Guinea's remote Highlands region.
The victims were shot dead during a tribal dispute in the Enga province over the weekend, a national police spokesman told the BBC.
The Highlands area has long (...)
Tunisia's coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after their boat sank on Thursday, marking the latest disaster for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
The coast guard also retrieved 45 people from the boat (...)
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has hailed ties with "big brother" Australia in a historic and closely watched speech in Canberra.
James Marape's address to Australia's parliament — the first by a Pacific Island leader — comes as Australia and (...)
At least eight people have died after major rioting and unrest hit Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby.
Shops and cars were set on fire and supermarkets looted after police went on strike over a pay dispute. Hundreds had taken to the streets on (...)
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza, in a rebuke to the United States which has repeatedly blocked ceasefire calls in the UN's Security Council. A majority of 153 nations voted (...)
Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major security agreement that will place Australian police in the Pacific nation.
Speaking to reporters alongside Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape in Canberra on Thursday, Australian Prime (...)
US presidents and other leaders will travel to Atlanta on Tuesday to bid a final farewell to Rosalynn Carter at a private tribute service that's among several ceremonies planned through Wednesday in honor of the former first lady.
President Joe (...)
Sierra Leone's night-time curfew imposed after armed men freed prison inmates has been lifted for now.
Detainees from a number of "major" facilities were released on Sunday morning, said the West African nation's information minister.
President (...)
Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew after armed men broke into prisons, setting inmates free.
Detainees from a number of "major" facilities were released on Sunday morning, said the West African nation's information (...)
Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president's spouse, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to the Carter Center.
Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with (...)
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday.
"She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family. The Carter family continues to ask for privacy (...)
The Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Al-Marshad, inked 14 new development loan agreements on Thursday with ministers from 12 African nations.
These agreements, totaling over $580 million, aim to finance crucial (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi National Center for the Prevention and Control of Plants and Animal Diseases (WEQAA) announced that the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) has officially certified that Saudi Arabia is free from Highly Pathogenic Avian (...)
RIYADH — As of Wednesday, the number of FIFA-member national football federations from various continents, who have publicly pledged their backing for Saudi Arabia's bid to host 2034 FIFA World Cup, reached more than 90.
This comes just within three (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday in NEOM, reviewed the state's general pre-budget statement for the fiscal year 1445-1446 Hijri (2024), and its estimates and targets in support of the comprehensive (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President of Republic of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the (...)
President Joe Biden has denied that the US is attempting to stem China's international influence, after signing a new historic deal with Vietnam.
More than 50 years since the last American soldier left Vietnam, Biden traveled to Hanoi to sign the (...)
The UN migration agency (IOM) called on Friday for the setting up of a humanitarian corridor in Niger to enable voluntary returns of stranded migrants, after July's military takeover triggered border & airspace closures
IOM Regional Director (...)
Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on (...)
Why is it so often that problems seem to get worse just when they ought to be getting better?
Or in a French-African context, how come President Emmanuel Macron is surveying the tatters of French policy - coups in four Francophone states — just when (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, has stated that a government entities, upon contracting with a carrier, are obliged to verify the availability of operating cards issued by (...)
The Ukrainian government has spotted an opportunity to strengthen its diplomatic ties in Africa as Russia tries to cling on to major allies there.
As the BRICS summit gets underway in Johannesburg this week, bringing together the main players of (...)
The leaders of a global wildlife trafficking gang have been convicted after a four-year investigation and a trial in Nigeria.
They pleaded guilty last month to smuggling the scales of endangered African pangolins.
These "top-of-the-pyramid" (...)
France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Niger after a presidential coup plunged the West African nation into a political crisis that polarized neighboring countries in the region.
The French Foreign Ministry said it would remove French and (...)
The EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country's army took power in a coup.
It comes shortly after the US declared its "unflagging support" for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum — seen as a key Western ally in the fight (...)