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Terence Wood from the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre says: "If I were the leader of Pacific country, I'd be asking myself what's going on here."

Civil society groups and community representatives from across Papua New Guinea say the government must take action to end the widespread abuse of Forest Clearing Authorities (FCAs).

His wife drowned in Canada in 2010, and he maintains he tried to save her. A year later he was charged with her murder.

Work is underway in Papua New Guinea to improve the country's election process.

As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris blitz the swing states in the final days before the US election, twin "garbage" controversies have created headaches for both sides.

The French territory is grappling with the aftermath of rioting and violence which left 13 dead and the destruction of dozens of businesses.

Politicians in Papua New Guinea will soon be considering the country's budget for 2025 after a turbulent year in which many communities have suffered Audio

Islands Business journalist Nic Maclellan is back in Noumea for the first time since the rioting began on 13 May. "There's a long way to go before the French can bring people together," he said Audio

The Prime Minister has defended Bayly - saying that although his behaviour had fallen short he had "unreservedly" and "genuinely" apologised.

Canberra is offering A$600 million over 10 years for a prospective PNG club in the NRL on condition that the PNG government does not sign a security deal with China.

The victim's husband described his "helplessness" as his wife died in front of him.

For Bougainville, whose cocoa trees were old, tired and ignored by the end of the civil war, what was needed was the lift provided by aid donors through the Bougainville Partnership.

Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukālala's presence at last week's South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting in Auckland has further fuelled concerns over a ministerial row.

Even by Fijian standards of high political drama, the arrest of the country's new anti-corruption commissioner on her first day in the job was extraordinary.

A US judge has released the evidence in the case in which the former president is accussed of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

The investigator who helped clear the name of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder says it was an "absolute absurdity" she was ever charged in the first place. Audio

The court ruled there is no evidence implicating Maney in the murder, despite the Crown claiming she ordered the hit.

It wants power to make companies give information in future investigations, such as that into the downed pylon that cut power to Northland this year.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted after a federal corruption investigation, but the indictment is sealed and it is unclear what charges he will face, The New York Times reported today…

The group was set up by US President Joe Biden after "coercive and intimidating manoeuvres in the South China Sea".

A Very Royal Scandal unpacks the lead up to the Newsnight interview in which Prince Andrew was forced to pick apart his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Video

There are concerns in PNG at the distracting impact of endless votes of no confidence, or the threats of them, and the James Marape Government wants to do something about it. Audio

Pacific states can be increasingly expected to call the shots as to when, and if, they can accommodate visiting diplomatic missions.