Papua New Guinea’s public debt has increased significantly in recent years, leading to a high risk of debt distress and exposing significant gaps in the existing fiscal setting. This paper proposes to ...

IMF Staff Country Reports ... Papua New Guinea: Selected Issues June 18, 2025 Download PDF ...

Muslim worshippers gather to pray around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca on June 1, 2025 ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

The new Kiswa, the cloth that covers the Holy Kaaba in Mecca, has been officially handed over to the custodians of the Grand Mosque, marking the beginning of its annual replacement.

University of Michigan biologist Fred Kraus identified four new tree snake species in Papua New Guinea, highlighting the region's rich but understudied biodiversity. These discoveries, found on ...

HONG KONG -- Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was charged on Friday with another national security offense: conspiring to collude wi ...

The Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure, is the focal point toward which Muslims face during their daily prayers from anywhere in the world. Derek Burney: First serious crack in senior levels of Trump ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims perform “tawaf,” circling the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, in Mecca counterclockwise seven times. This year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia attracted the lowest number of pilgrims ...

MECCA, 20th August, 2018 (WAM) -- The Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, was dressed in its new Kiswah - the cloth that covers the Kaaba - after Fajr prayer on Monday. According to the Saudi General ...

When Miti Paul heard about the Village Health Attendants (VHAs) in Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, she decided to become one herself. “I wanted to help the health workers at the ...

Delivering the Hajj sermon, the Imam-e-Kaaba emphasised the importance of neighbourly care, compassion for orphans, widows, and the underprivileged, as well as kindness toward parents.

Harkassi said the group's path from Spain took them across about 8,000 kilometers (nearly 5,000 miles) before they reached the Kaaba, the black cube structure in the Grand Mosque in Mecca.