Papua New Guinea

A hostage situation in Papua New Guinea's Highlands involving an ExxonMobil worker has been peacefully resolved, but tribal fighting in Hela persists.

The Cook Islands put themselves firmly on the international rugby league map after a try in the dying seconds completed a stunning 22-16 upset victory over England at the Women's World Cup.

A United Nations representative on Manus Island says Australia has created and then abandoned a humanitarian crisis on the doorstep of the international community.

Deadly tribal fighting is surging again in Papua New Guinea's Hela province.

The oil and gas multi-national ExxonMobil says it has moved non-essential staff away from its LNG project operations in Papua New Guinea's Hela province.

Pride is on the line for the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea in today's final pool matches at the Women's Rugby League World Cup.

Advocates who secretly entered the former detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island say the health of refugees there is in peril.

The Papua New Guinea police commissioner says a joint government team will today try to convince about 400 refugees occupying the former detention centre on Manus Island to move.

The Papua New Guinea minister of information and communication technology is calling on provincial governments to help save the national broadcaster.

More than 1000 maritime workers in Papua New Guinea have walked off the job in protest over a 25-year stevedoring contract given to 40 Filipino workers.

Australia's shadow minister of defence says the country needs to make the Pacific Islands a core concern of its foreign policy or lose ground to others.

The Papua New Guinea cricketers fly out to the United Arab Emirates today for the final round of the ICC World Cricket League Championship and Intercontinental Cup.

Bougainville Copper Limited says it remains on course to resume its mining operation at Panguna.

Refugees occupying the former detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have called on Australia to accept New Zealand's resettlement offer. Video

Bougainville Copper Limited is to have a Bougainvillean chairing the company for the first time from next February.

Papua New Guinea leaders have condemned the torture of a child accused of sorcery in Enga province.

The Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea are still searching for their first victories at the Women's Rugby League World Cup in Sydney.

A court in Papua New Guinea has ordered a member of parliament, Pila Ninigi, to pay nearly $US50,000 to the former works minister, Francis Awesa.