Tag: Armed gangs
Tough new PNG police powers won’t work, says Transparency chief
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Papua New Guinea's amended Criminal Code Act will give police the power to deal with what they are...
Nightmare over for final 3 PNG freed hostages – police hunt...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The look on the faces of their families said it all, as they cried awaiting anxiously for their loved...
PNG’s warlords ‘dangerous’ and ‘outgun police’, warns Tomuriesa
The National in Port Moresby
Warlords and armed bandits pose a threat to Papua New Guinea's national security and must be destroyed, says Deputy Opposition...
PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers
PNG Post-Courier
An Australian-based anthropology professor and three Papua New Guinean women researchers are being held captive inside the jungles of the Southern Highlands after...
Ardern spurns National’s plans on curbing NZ violent gang behaviour
RNZ News
The New Zealand government is considering more action to crack down on violent gang behaviour but has dismissed the idea of a ban...
Police warn PNG public about robbers after attack on Unitech students
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police have warned the public to take precaution with criminals now operating in large numbers in some suburbs of the...



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![Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof "That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-100x70.png)




