Papua New Guinea’s parliament is expected to ratify the Pukpuk mutual defence treaty with Australia within five weeks, but it ...

BAGHDAD -- Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside Iraq's government zone, and called for the dissolution of parliament and for early ...

Also on Tuesday, Communications Minister Anika Wells will be “laying down the law” to the heads of Australia’s biggest ...

Papua New Guinea’s offer of 10,000 citizens to join the Australian Defence Force is a “statement of intent” rather than a ...

The treaty is reportedly legally binding and compels Australia and PNG to defend each other if either is attacked. It also gives the Australian Defence Force more freedom to operate on PNG’s territory ...