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Indonesian troops surround Papua hostage-takers
Reuters, Published on 28/02/2023
» JAKARTA: Security forces in the restive Papua region of Indonesia have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his release continue, a top security official said on Tuesday.
Mag 6.3 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 31/12/2023
» A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Papua, Indonesia on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
About 100 in Indonesia's Papua feared dead
AFP, Published on 21/01/2018
» A measles outbreak is feared to have killed about 100 malnourished people in Indonesia's Papua, an official said Sunday, highlighting a health crisis in the country's easternmost province.
Powerful earthquake rattles remote Papua New Guinea
Associated Press, Published on 26/02/2018
» WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A powerful earthquake rattled forest villages and a large gold mine in central Papua New Guinea early Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
7.1 quake strikes near Papua New Guinea
Reuters, Published on 09/03/2018
» An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck 135km east of the town of Rabaul, on the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea's island of New Britain, at 3.39am on Friday, local time (0.39 Thailand time), the US Geological Survey said.
Indonesia to deport Australian travelling to Papua
Published on 04/08/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have denied entry and will deport an Australian graduate student who was travelling via Bali to Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on vacation.
Thousands riot in Papua, parliament building torched
AFP, Published on 19/08/2019
» MANOKWARI (INDONESIA) - Riots broke out and a local parliament building was torched in Indonesia's Papua on Monday, as thousands protested against the weekend detention of pro-independence student activists.
Indonesia bans Papua protests, deports 4 Australians
Agencies, Published on 02/09/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police have banned violent demonstrations and speeches promoting separatism in the easternmost region of Papua, which had been rocked by protests for two weeks, its security chief and the state news agency said on Monday.
Magnitude 5.8 quake rattles Indonesia's West Papua
Reuters, Published on 28/12/2018
» JAKARTA: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, causing nervous residents to panic about a week after a tsunami killed hundreds further west in the archipelago.
Misinformation fuels Papua New Guinea's Covid crisis
AFP, Published on 26/03/2021
» PORT MORESBY - Misinformation threatens to scuttle Papua New Guinea's already faltering efforts to bring a severe Covid-19 outbreak under control, with a survey showing one-in-four health workers are reluctant to get vaccinated.