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The 13ft crocodile grabbed the boy while he was fishing with his parents ...

Guards hired by scandal-prone British firm accused of using iron bars and rocks during riot at Australian offshore immigration detention centre         ...

s speaker of parliament causes outrage after destroying intricate carvings in the parliament as part of an evangelical Christian 'purge...

A group of Australian and New Zealand hikers have been attacked and injured in Papua New Guinea by machete and spear-wielding men, with two guides hacked to death.         ...

Australia's detention centres on remote Pacific islands have been labelled "gulags", amid reports of rape and abuse of asylum seekers committed under the watch of Australian officials.         ...

s poverty-stricken former colony Papua New Guinea to take all boat people arriving on Australian territory in a deal described as inhumane and a "change of Australia...

s poverty-stricken former colony Papua New Guinea to take all boat people arriving on Australian territory in a deal described as inhumane and a "change of Australia...

Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson says Indonesia calling on the UK to shut down West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda's Oxford office shows their "lack of understanding of human rights".         ...

West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda tells Foreign Affairs Correspondent Damien McElroy how he is leading his people's fight for freedom from his base in Oxford.         ...

William Kapris has escaped from the country's main prison during a mass breakout, just three years after he last broke out from the same jail.         ...

Papua New Guinea has proposed reviving the death penalty - death by firing squad - as part of stringent new measures to combat rampant violence crime.         ...

An American academic has described being gang-raped by an armed mob in Papua New Guinea after they had hacked her hair off.         ...

Police in Papua New Guinea have been urged to save a mother and two daughters accused of sorcery and held in captivity for a week amid growing calls for the state to curb witchcraft-related violence.         ...

Two elderly women have been beheaded in Papua New Guinea after being tortured for three days, a report has said in the latest in a string of sorcery-related crimes.         ...

A young mother accused of sorcery was stripped naked, doused with petrol and burned alive in Papua New Guinea because she was allegedly a sorceress. ...

Papua New Guinea's civil servants have been warned to be wary of impostors claiming to represent the new prime minister, as the Pacific state aims to clamp down on corruption. ...

Papua New Guinea residents have "expressed interest" in carrying out executions if the government cannot agree on a method. ...

The Prince of Wales and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall were forced to abandon their official car after it broke down during the final stage of their official visit to Papua New Guinea. ...

The Prince of Wales makes a speech in Pidgin English, to the delight of the assembled crowd in Papua New Guinea. ...

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall tour a village in Papua New Guinea as they continue their Diamond Jubilee Tour. ...