A SMALL archipelago in the Pacific Ocean could soon become the world’s newest country – and a major geopolitical flashpoint.

"It was from this Parliament, the 98 act of 1975, called the PNG Independence Act of 1975, cut the umbilical cord from the wombs of Australia to birth Papua New Guinea." Papua New Guinea has ...

Rumors suggest that President Donald Trump was offered control of Bougainville, a Pacific island rich in gold and copper ...

At 3,623 square miles, the country would be one of the world’s smallest upon its independence - just slightly larger than Cyprus. Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia in 1975 ...