If a plane has to make an unscheduled landing, that often means there's been some kind of medical emergency on board. But an Air New Zealand plane had a very different reason for making an unplanned stop – they were picking up the country's prime (...)
US President Joe Biden's apparent suggestion his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals during World War II has sparked uproar in Papua New Guinea, casting a shadow on US relations with the Pacific nation and meeting a firm response from its (...)
Papua New Guinea's leader has dismissed US President Joe Biden's suggestion that his uncle may have fallen prey to cannibals in the Pacific nation during World War Two.
Biden said last week his relative had been shot down over the country, and his (...)
Mauritius has denied a Norwegian cruise ship permission to dock at the capital Port Louis over fears of a potential cholera outbreak on board.
At least 15 people on the Norwegian Dawn have been in isolation over suspected illness.
Mauritian (...)
Mauritius has given a Norwegian cruise ship the all clear to dock at the capital Port Louis after finding no evidence of cholera onboard.
At least 15 people on the Norwegian Dawn were in isolation with a stomach illness and authorities feared it was (...)
At least 64 people have died in an ambush in Papua New Guinea's remote Highlands region.
The victims were shot dead during a tribal dispute in the Enga province over the weekend, a national police spokesman told the BBC.
The Highlands area has long (...)
Torrential downpours from Cyclone Belal unleashed severe flash flooding in the Mauritius capital, Port Louis, on Monday with cars washed down streets and people seen escaping their submerged vehicles.
The Mauritius weather service raised the alarm (...)
At least eight people have died after major rioting and unrest hit Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby.
Shops and cars were set on fire and supermarkets looted after police went on strike over a pay dispute. Hundreds had taken to the streets on (...)
RIYADH — The spokesperson of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Samir Al-Jutaili confirmed that about 2,800 tons of Saudi aid has arrived in Gaza.
Speaking to Al-Ekhbariya, Al-Jutaili said that the 2,800 tons of aid included (...)
PORT SAID — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief)'s team received on Monday the 4th ship of Saudi sea bridge shipment to help Palestinians in Gaza, in Port Said in Egypt.
The 4th shipment is loaded with 250 large containers. (...)
RIYADH — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has operated, from Jeddah Islamic Port, the fourth Saudi relief ship to help Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The Saudi relief ship is heading to the Port Said in Egypt while (...)
JEDDAH — A team from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) in Port Said, Egypt, has received the third shipment of the Saudi Sea Bridge.
The shipment consists of 300 large containers, totaling 1,246 tons. Among them, 200 (...)
JEDDAH — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has operated the third Saudi relief ship to help Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
This comes within the Saudi sea bridge to provide relief to the Palestinians in Gaza, as the ship (...)
PORT SAID — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) team received, in Port Said Port in Egypt, the first batch of shipment from the Saudi sea bridge as relief for Palestinians in Gaza.
The shipment that will be prepared to be (...)
CAIRO — Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, advisor at the Royal Court and general supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), called on the international community and the United Nations organizations to mount pressure on (...)
JEDDAH — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) vessel set sail from Jeddah Islamic port, marking the inaugural voyage of the Saudi humanitarian maritime bridge destined for Port Said in Egypt.
The vessel carries 1,050 tons of (...)
PORT LOUIS — Saudi Ambassador to South Africa and the non-resident Ambassador to Mauritius Sultan Al-Angari met with Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Ambassador Salman Al-Farsi at the headquarters of IORA in (...)
A planned summit of Quad leaders from the United States, India, Australia, and Japan in Sydney next week has been canceled after US President Joe Biden pulled out of his visit, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday, adding (...)
Papua New Guinea (PNG) Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko said he was resigning as minister on Friday amid a controversy over the cost and size of the country's delegation to the coronation of King Charles III in London.
Tkatchenko said in a (...)
General Directorate for Narcotics Control foiled an attempt to smuggle 12,729,000 tablets of amphetamine hidden in a pomegranate shipment at Jeddah Islamic Port, said the directorate's official spokesman, Major Marwan Al-Hazmi.
Al-Hazmi said that in (...)
Several researchers including local academics and an Australian professor have been taken hostage at gunpoint in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The group was on a study trip in remote highlands when captured by armed men, according to media reports. A (...)
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) today announced the addition of King Abdulaziz Port to a new freight service operated by Swiss-based container group MSC.
The latest connection is set to bolster the Dammam-based port as a focal point for regional (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with the Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar here on Sunday.
During the meeting, they discussed ways of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in all fields as well as the (...)
The UN on Thursday "unequivocally" condemned the recent escalation of violence across the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea (PNG) which has erupted during the ongoing two-week period of staggered voting for national elections.
The UN Country Team (...)
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZTCA) has successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle around 15 million Captagon drugs through Jeddah Islamic Port.
According to ZTCA, as much as 14,976,000 of Captagon tablets were found hidden in a commercial (...)
