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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

Papua New Guinea

People cross over a landslide area to get to the other side in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, May 24, 2024. (Benjamin Sipa/International Organization for Migration via AP)
May 27, 2024, 3:18 pm
Papua New Guinea says 2,000 people buried under landslide, requests help
It is unclear how the number was reached after initial estimates said 670 were killed in village of Yambali, with six bodies recovered by Monday morning
By Rod McGuirk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape (C) open Papua New Guineas embassy in Jerusalem, September 5, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
September 5, 2023, 11:20 pm
Citing ‘God of Israel,’ Papua New Guinea becomes 5th nation to open Jerusalem embassy
Standing next to Prime Minister Netanyahu, country’s leader James Marape says Christians can’t fully respect God without recognizing Jewish state’s capital
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, 17 November 2022 (public domain)
August 27, 2023, 3:52 pm
Papua New Guinea to open Jerusalem embassy next week, Israeli official says
Port Moresby expected to inaugurate mission in capital during visit by Prime Minister James Marape, amid wave of similar announcements
By Lazar Berman
Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby (Masalai at English Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 3.0)
February 26, 2023, 2:49 pm
Papua New Guinea to open Jerusalem embassy, Israel announces
Port Moresby expected to make move by end of year; Fiji might follow suit after decades-long campaign by Christian organization
By Lazar Berman
Israelis march in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, February 25, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 26, 2023, 1:53 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 26: Why economic implications of judicial overhaul are felt now
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on a year to Ukraine war, what’s popping in Papua New Guinea and today’s Jordan summit; Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel on a weakening shekel
By ToI Staff
Peter O’Neill, former prime minister of Papua New Guinea, in 2016 (YouTube screenshot)
May 24, 2020, 8:11 am
Former Papua New Guinea PM arrested over purchases from Israel
Peter O’Neill questioned on suspicion of buying generators from Israel without tender process, leading to allegations of misappropriation, abuse of office
By Agencies
This photo provided by Blue Flag Construction shows an Air Niugini plane floating in Pacific lagoon after its crash-landing in Pacific lagoon near Chuuk Airport in Weno, Federated States of Micronesia, September 28, 2018. (Blue Flag Construction via AP)
September 28, 2018, 3:27 pm
Everybody on plane survives crash landing in Pacific lagoon
Papua New Guinea national airline plane with 35 passengers and 12 crew goes off runway in Micronesia’s Chuuk Island
By Nick Perry
Demonstrators march during a protest to demand humane treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, in Sydney on July 21, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS)
July 30, 2018, 10:28 am
Iranian asylum-seeker’s death was preventable — Australia court
Coroner says future deaths could be avoided if refugees moved to less remote locations with better healthcare
By AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, alongside Chief Strategist Steve Bannon (R) and National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, from the Oval Office of the White House on January 28, 2017, in Washington, DC. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
February 2, 2017, 9:51 am
Trump, in reported spat with Australia, says refugee deal ‘dumb’
US president said to have terrible call with Turnbull, attacks Obama pledge to accept unspecified number of Australia’s offshore migrants
By AFP
Aerial view of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea (Mark Matson/ Wikimedia/Creative Commons)
January 22, 2017, 8:59 am
Tsunami warning after 8.0 quake hits Papua New Guinea
No reports of casualties; waves of up to one meter above tide level possible for coastal areas and neighboring islands
By AFP
Illustrative. An Acehnese girl walks past a collapsed mosque minater following an earthquake in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, on December 7, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN)
December 17, 2016, 3:46 pm
Tsunami alert after 7.9-magnitude Papua New Guinea quake
Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says hazardous waves could hit country, as well as Indonesia, Nauru, Solomon Islands
By AFP
Illustrative image of Visale, Solomon Islands. (CC BY-SA StewyOz, Wikimedia Commons)
December 9, 2016, 4:43 am
Solomon Islands escape major damage after titanic quake
Islanders flee to high ground as 7.7 magnitude tremor shakes Pacific chain, but tsunami threat passes without incident
By AFP
'Chasing Asylum' addresses the issues facing refugees who fled to Australia and the secretive camps established in 2013 to hold them offshore in Papua New Guinea and Micronesia. (Screenshot, courtesy)
July 15, 2016, 6:01 am
Oscar-winning filmmaker exposes the dark underbelly of Australia’s refugee policies
Daughter of Holocaust survivors Eva Orner uncovers a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions in documentary ‘Chasing Asylum’
By Ori Golan
One of the photos of a Papua New Guinea tribe documented by MyHeritage (Courtesy)
April 3, 2016, 6:12 pm
Israeli genealogical site digitizes Papua New Guinea’s traditions
MyHeritage seeks to ensure the old tribal ways are not forgotten
By David Shamah
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