Papua New Guinea

U.S. President Joe Biden’s claim his uncle — an American World War II pilot — had been eaten by “cannibals” in Papua New Guinea after crashing on the Melanesia island chain was firmly rejected Sunday by Prime Minister James Marape.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape said on Tuesday that a security treaty with Australia has been delayed due to “certain wordings and provisions.”

China’s state-run Global Times on Monday sneered at news of an expanded security agreement between the United States and Papua New Guinea (PNG), describing President Joe Biden’s snub of the island nation as “proof the U.S. is not taking ties with Pacific Island nations seriously.”

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for meetings with 14 Pacific Island leaders in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Monday.

China’s state-run Global Times had a field day on Wednesday, mocking President Joe Biden for canceling his trips to Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG).

The White House on Tuesday canceled President Joe Biden’s planned trips to Papua New Guinea and Australia, which were to have taken place next week on his way home from the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan.

President Joe Biden scheduled a trip to Papua New Guinea later in May to promote “inclusive economic growth,” while the United States economy is facing a downturn amid debt default negotiations. 

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is en route to Taiwan, Breitbart News has learned.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denied reports of China’s diplomats barging into the office of Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit last weekend.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit (APEC) concluded on Sunday without issuing a joint statement for the first time in the organization’s 25-year history.

Contents: 500 US marines and other foreign troops arrive in PNG for APEC meeting; China-Australia tensions high at APEC, after Australia’s ‘pivot to the Pacific’

Papua New Guinea is set to ban Facebook for a month in an effort to study the social network’s effects on citizens and investigate fake accounts.

Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton sees an uncertain future for many of the 1,305 refugees currently warehoused in Papua New Guinea and the island of Nauru. “We continue to talk to third countries, but let me tell you, there are very few prospects, if any, on the horizon,” he said on Monday.

Contents: A ‘powderkeg’ as Australia closes refugee camp and refugees refuse to leave; Australia and Papua New Guinea unable to agree on the future of the refugees

Israel took nine visiting UN ambassadors on a tour of the City of David archaeological park in Jerusalem on Sunday in a bid to highlight the Jewish heritage of the holy city following a spate of UN resolutions denying that historic link.

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So-called refugees who seek to enter Australia via people trafficker networks are self-harming and filing false claims in an effort to cross the border, Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton said.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A pregnant woman who says she was raped at an Australia detention centre for asylum seekers on the tiny South Pacific island of Nauru cannot be forced to have an abortion in Papua New Guinea because it

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According to Human Rights Watch, violence against women in PNG “is rampant,” and often involves charges of sorcery. In February, 2013, a mob in Western Highlands Province accused 20-year-old Kepari Leniata of witchcraft after a six-year-old child died in her city. The mob stripped her and burned her to death as a witch. Eight other women reportedly were victims of such attacks during the course of the year.

In Papua New Guinea, four women have been accused by other villagers of practicing black magic and may face an excruciating death, along with their thirteen children and grandchildren.