One of the world’s youngest air forces is taking part in war games alongside cutting-edge stealth fighter jets as the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) boosts defence ties with Australia ...

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This is in part because of unrealistic “visible policing” expectations — with the AFP officers lacking legal powers to make ­arrests, conduct investigations or direct PNG counterparts. A report ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Stripped car skeletons dot a Mad Max landscape, with mangy dogs and aimless youths wandering the potholed, dusty streets of Port Moresby ...

The flying squad of troops will be available not just for mobile training teams but regional peacekeeping, engineering, and disaster management. Visiting the northern East Sepik region in PNG, Senator ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Up to 10,000 Papua New Guineans could serve in the Australian Defence Force after PNG’s cabinet approved a historic defence treaty with ...

Two Indonesian citizens who were taken hostage by West Papuan rebels have been rescued, the head of the PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) says. The men, known as Sudirman and Badar, were reportedly kidnapped ...

Australia is set to integrate its military with Papua New Guinea's defence forces in a high-level security agreement, PNG's defence minister has told the ABC. The treaty will allow Australia to ...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape said the agreement, to be signed on Monday, would strengthen PNG’s defence capabilities “across all domains”, allowing his country to “protect its people and borders”.

SENIOR AFP advisers will be deployed to Papua New Guinea prior to elections next June as fears rise that the polls will be the most violent on record. The Australian Defence Force is also drawing up ...

As PNG’s IMF loan program comes to an end, modest reforms, stalled anti-corruption efforts and decreasing reliance on ...

Given the general gloom that seems to dominate contemporary Australian perceptions about Papua New Guinea’s ability to govern itself, it is refreshing to learn how mournfully doubtful successive ...