People smuggling, drug trafficking and illegal foreign fishing were the focus during a recent cross-border patrol in the Torres Strait.

The two members of the Pacific region’s newest security pact have divergent geostrategic objectives that will complicate ...

A defence deal to be signed this week could see Papua New Guineans serve in the Australian military, Canberra said on Monday, the pact seen as an attempt to counter Beijing's rising Pacific influence.

On October 6, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met in Canberra ...

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia and Papua ...

Australia is to stop sending asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea, marking an end to its controversial detention regime in the nation. Papua New Guinea is one of two Pacific countries paid by Canberra ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a defence communique with his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape in Port Moresby on Wednesday after plans to sign a defence ...

Australia’s defence chief has flagged deeper trilateral military engagement with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea as a result of the landmark Pukpuk defence treaty with Port Moresby during a visit to ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A landslide early Friday morning killed at least 21 people in Papua New Guinea ‘s highlands, Australian media reported. The landslide around 2 a.m. flattened houses as people ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...