PNG, Bougainville optimistic special moderator can guide …
Oct 3, 2024 · PNG Prime Minister James Marape (L), Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama (center) and moderator Sir Jerry Mateparae at a news conference in Port Moresby, PNG, on Thursday Oct.3. 2024.
7 years on, residents in war-torn Marawi remain displaced, seek …
May 24, 2024 · A section of downtown Marawi remains unoccupied, seven years after Islamic State militants from Southeast Asia and the Middle East took over the lakeshore city in a failed bid to make Marawi a caliphate in the region, May 23, 2024.
Pacific leaders to meet after China’s ‘concerning’ ICBM missile test
Sep 26, 2024 · Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll by during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019.
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Plastic treaty faces hurdles as Russia, Saudi Arabia mire negotiations. Campaigners want an international agreement to limit the production and supply of plastics.
Pacific leaders, Japan agree on Fukushima radioactive water …
Jul 18, 2024 · Leaders of Pacific island nations and territories pose for a group photo during the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in Tokyo on July 18, 2024.
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Australia accused of climate ‘lip service’ over bid to host Pacific COP. A decision on who will host the summit in 2026 may be made at COP29 by the end of this week.
Peace monitor: Weapons proliferate in Mindanao despite …
Jul 29, 2022 · Francisco Lara Jr., a senior peace and conflict adviser for International Alert Philippines (center), discusses violence in the southern Philippines during a news conference in Makati city, Metro Manila, July 28, 2022.
Jakarta military court sentences 3 soldiers to life for killing ...
Dec 11, 2023 · A Jakarta military court sentenced three soldiers, including a member of the elite presidential guard, to life in prison Monday for abducting and killing a drug store clerk, in a case widely condemned in Indonesia.. The court found the servicemen guilty of torturing and murdering Imam Masykur, 25, in August as they tried to extort money from him, lending weight to longtime allegations from ...
Wanted BIFF militant surrenders in southern Philippines
Oct 5, 2022 · Family and supporters hold pictures of some of the 44 Filipino police commandos killed during a recent operation against Southeast Asia’s top terrorist suspect Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir (also known as Marwan), as they join a “Sympathy …
US to supply Thailand, Philippines with modular nuclear reactors
Nov 23, 2022 · The United States says it will help Thailand and the Philippines with a new civilian nuclear technology to reduce climate-damaging emissions, but experts warn the final products are years away from being operational and other hurdles exist.