New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped and held captive by separatists in Indonesia's West Papua region.

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was held for 19 months, drawing international attention to violent insurgency in Indonesia ...

Near a village in Papua New Guinea, a “giant” creature with “baggy” skin perched on a branch, its “tan” eyes scanning the ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain, land tenure issues, and the high cost of developing infrastructure. The ...

Later on Sept 8, the Pope will travel even further into the “periphery”, to the remote jungle town of Vanimo, in Papua New Guinea’s north-west. Pope Francis landed in Papua New Guinea on the ...

Illawarra Dragons and Papua New Guinea man Dan Russell is heavily linked with a move to Warrington Wolves, according to reports. The back-rower has won 10 caps for the Kumuls since making his ...

In Papua New Guinea, he has encountered people at the forefront of prominent struggles for independence in Bougainville and West Papua. West Papuans crossed the border from Indonesia to meet with ...

Francis, 87, began a 12-day, four-country, two-continent tour last week. PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea -- Pope Francis boarded an Australian Royal Air Force C-130 on Sunday and flew over the ...

Indonesian and New Zealand authorities rejoiced over the weekend as Philip Mehrtens, a New Zealand pilot held hostage for 19 ...

Vanimo is on a peninsula in Papua New Guinea's remote northwest coast ... with the risk of "life-threatening impacts" to Florida's west coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.

VANIMO, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to celebrate the Catholic Church on the peripheries, bringing with him a ton of medicine ...

The local women leaders are catalysts for social change who must be involved in aid efforts from the beginning, writes Mary ...