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A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. No damage or casualties are reported.
2024-04-15

Four people are injured after a PAC 750-XL aircraft crashes in Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea.
2023-02-9

Papua New Guinea begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine supplied from Australia. Prime Minister James Marape is the first person to receive a dose of the vaccine.
2021-03-30

Papua New Guinea bans Facebook for a month "in order to research the social network’s effects on the population and to crack down on fake accounts."
2018-05-29

Australia and the United States reach a deal to relocate asylum seekers from Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island to the U.S.
2016-11-13

A court in Papua New Guinea orders the closure of the facility housing migrants.
2016-08-3

A Britten-Norman Islander light aircraft crashes in the Papua New Guinea town of Kiunga resulting in the deaths of all twelve people on board.
2016-04-13

At least 20 people die after an Airlines PNG de Havilland Canada DHC Dash 8-102 crashes on the north coast of Papua New Guinea between Lae and Madang.
2011-10-13

A tsunami warning is also issued for Russia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the United States.
2011-03-11