A clash between tribes in Papua New Guinea led to deaths of at least 49 tribesmen. Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Tim Swanston explains why tribal warfare has gotten more deadly recently.

A new analysis of the ancient DNA of 42 people from Papua New Guinea reveals that some cultures were remarkably isolated for ...

A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Friday's landslide and has formally asked for ...

The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide and has formally ...

Papua New Guinea will "immediately" lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation's climate minister told AFP on Thursday, opening up its vast wilderness to offset global emissions.

By Jin Yu Young Nearly five days after a landslide devastated a remote section of Papua New Guinea, officials in the Pacific Island nation have begun evacuating residents, because the area remains ...

The defense secretary explained a new defense agreement with the island nation. As Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Papua New Guinea's top leaders on Thursday, to build on a new defense ...

A volcanic eruption on a remote island of Papua New Guinea has pushed some residents to begin evacuating and the island’s airport to cancel flights. Ulawun, the South Pacific nation’s most ...

Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern part of the world's second largest island and is prey to volcanic activity, earthquakes and tidal waves. Linguistically, it is the world's most diverse ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. A tsunami warning was issued for Papua New Guinea following a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tsunami warning was ...

Thousands in Papua New Guinea have been ordered to evacuate from the path of a landslide that killed at least 670 people, as fears grow of a second major rockfall. Officials from the Pacific ...