MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...

The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide in the South Pacific island nation, after the side of a mountain came down in the ...

People gather at the site of a landslide in Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province on May 24, 2024. [AFP] A massive landslide struck remote villages in Papua New Guinea's highlands ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a polio outbreak in the country, and called for an immediate vaccination ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Thursday that polio was detected in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from a wastewater sample in the city of Lae and an environmental sample in the nation's ...

A “tsunami threat” was issued for some parts of the coast of Papua New Guinea. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said waves of 3 to 10 feet above normal tidal levels were possible near the quake ...

Earthquakes are common in Papua New Guinea, which sits atop the seismic ... they can trigger destructive landslides.

On Sudest Island in southern Papua New Guinea, a creature covered in ticks moved across the rainforest floor. Its slithering body, more than a foot long, was snatched up by a research assistant in ...

In Papua New Guinea, tragedy struck as a woman mourned the loss of 18 of her family members in a devastating landslide. The country's national disaster centre reported that over 2,000 individuals ...

A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday morning off the coast of Papua New Guinea's New Britain Island, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

A researcher took a bite to the hand while studying snakes in Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by The Islanders Papua New Guinea On ...