Australia's closest neighbor, Papua New Guinea, is a place of remarkable cultural diversity. Home to cultures speaking more ...

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 asked for international help.

More than 2,000 people were buried alive in the landslide that smothered a Papua New Guinea village and work camp on Friday in the country’s remote northern highlands, the authorities told the ...

Papua New Guinea is a diverse, developing nation with 800 languages and 10 million people who are mostly subsistence farmers. More from CBS News 6 people accused of witchcraft killed, 2 burned ...

Over 670 are dead after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, U.N. officials said Sunday as rescuers navigated neighboring tribal strife combined with unstable ground that left little hope of fi… ...

People digging at the site of a landslide in Yambali Village in Papua New Guinea on May 26, 2024. International Organization for Migration/AFP via Getty Images Local officials had initially put ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --Pope Francis visited the small town of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea after delivering mass to more than 35,000 people in the capital of Port Moresby on Sunday. In his message, the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday.

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

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s mountainous interior have left more than 35 people dead, a police official said on Tuesday.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday. The fighting started days ago and is ...