BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Papua New Guinea, Brunei, and the Philippines from November 15 to 21, and will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting from November 17 to 18 at Papua New Guinea's capital city of Port Moresby. Foreign ...

A strong magnitude six point nine earthquake has struck off the cost of Papua New Guinea. According to the US Geological Survey, hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coastlines. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at a shallow depth of ten kilometer ...

SYDNEY: At least 18 people were killed by a magnitude 6.7 quake that struck Papua New Guinea’s mountainous Southern Highlands early Wednesday, an official said, adding to the death toll from a larger quake last week. The tremor, shortly after midnight local time, struck just 31 km (19 miles) ...

Aid agencies say that nearly one hundred fifty thousand people in the quake-hit region of Papua New Guinea are in urgent need of emergency supplies. Director of the International Red Cross in the country, Udaya Regmi, told a foreign news agency today that the damaged roads and landslides hamper the ...

SYDNEY: Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, residents said on Wednesday as rescuers struggled to reach the hardest-hit areas in Papua New Guinea’s remote, mountainous highlands. The magnitude 7.5 quake rocked the ...

More than 30 people are believed to have died after a powerful earthquake struck Papua New Guinea's mountainous interior, a report said Tuesday as details of "extensive" damage began to emerge. The 7.5-magnitude tremor struck 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of Porgera in the Pacific nation's Enga ...

WELLINGTON/MELBOURNE: A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands province early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, disrupting communications and oil and gas operations. The tremor hit near the centre of Papua New Guinea’s main island ...

The wreckage of Australia's first naval submarine has been found after  103-years search.Defence Minister Marise Payne said that HMAS AE-1 was  first Allied submarine lost in World War One, vanishing off Rabaul, Papua New Guinea with 35 Australian and British crewmates onboard in 1914.She said ...

Oceania Powerlifting Championships begin in Singapore from Friday (December 8).Pakistan's three men and four women players are also participating in the four day events.In all, 148 men and women powerlifters from Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Nauru, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Japan, ...

In the ICC World Cricket League Championship at Dubai, Hong Kong beat Papua New Guinea while Netherlands defeated Namibia.