Tribal violence and claims of ‘cannibalism’ in Papua New Guinea have marked the start of 2025 for the Pacific nation as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. Nine people were ...

George, who said he arrived on this lush island in Micronesia six months ago, lives with two other Chinese men and fierce guard dogs at an isolated site in the jungle that was used to make asphalt for ...

The Chinese ships began to swarm around the BRP Cabra soon after 7 a.m. on Friday, sailing uncomfortably close to and hemming in the Philippine Coast Guard ship as it escorted civilian boats toward ...

The United States will spend more than U.S. $864 million (3.5 billion kina) on infrastructure and military training in Papua New Guinea over 10 years under a defense deal signed between the two ...

A Philippine court convicted four police officers Tuesday for killing a father and his son in 2016, putting the total number of police successfully prosecuted for their involvement in former President ...

More than 1,000 students in Indonesia’s restive Papua region took to the streets to protest a government-sponsored free-meal program, demanding that the government instead prioritize free education.

Papua New Guinea’s opening of an embassy in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem has been condemned by Palestinian officials and by the Pacific island country’s opposition leader, who said it was a reckless ...

BenarNews is an online news service affiliated with Radio Free Asia that reports in five languages: Bengali, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia and English. BenarNews reporters and stringers are ...

An International Women’s Day march, a film about a Muslim character exploring other religions’ views on the afterlife, and an interfaith program have all recently become targets of religious ...

Malaysia will allocate 25 billion ringgit (U.S. $5.3 billion) to train 60,000 local engineers and expand the domestic semiconductor industry, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday, as the country ...

Debate on Guam’s future as a U.S. territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding resolution to become a U.S. state amid mounting Pacific geostrategic tensions and ...

Four Uyghur Muslims convicted in 2015 of terror-related offenses in Indonesia were deported last month after the Chinese government paid the fines imposed on them, two counter-terrorism experts told ...