Indonesia's security forces have clashed with separatist rebels in the restive Papua region, leaving at least 18 insurgents and two police officers dead, officials and the rebels said Friday.

JAKARTA: The late-stage trial of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and involving over 2,000 Indonesians is safe and will bring benefits to the country, health ...

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease's spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said. Poliovirus, most often spread ...

DAKAR, May 16 (Reuters) - Guinea's military government has taken back 51 mining licences as it steps up efforts to repossess claims or concessions where operations have either not been launched or ...

The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird, captured in a mist net on the outskirts of Wanang Village in Papua New Guinea in 2018. In the summer of 1989, Jack Dumbacher was a fresh-faced ornithologist ...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has conveyed his sincere congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on being elected the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Prime Minister Marape ...

Papua New Guinea has formally launched its Permanent Mission in Geneva, strengthening its diplomatic representation with the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and other international ...

Launched in October 2018 by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN Environment Programme, the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment unites businesses, governments, and other organizations from ...

It is situated upstream of the Dadu River, which flows from the eastern Tibetan Plateau into the Sichuan Basin. State-owned Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) is building the ...

Australia's plan to recruit from Papua New Guinea for its Defence Force raises "major ethical concerns", according to the Australia Defence Association, while another expert thinks it is broadly a ...

Guinea’s transitional President General Mamadi Doumbouya instructed his government to withdraw permits and concessions from mining companies that don’t respect their legal commitments to the ...