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.

Pope Francis's visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the ... There is no running water for the more than 120,000 people who ... An Indigenous man, he said he also ...

Over 20 people were shot dead in a tribal clash on Sunday in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea. The South Pacific island nation has drawn increased military attention from the U.S. and China.

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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 Friday’s landslide.

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 an overwhelmingly Christian country — a 2000 census showed 96% of the population identified with the religion — but the spiritual beliefs that developed during 50,000 years ...

BANGKOK — 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 ...

Pope to meet Papua New Guinea Catholics who embrace both ... There is no running water for the more than 120,000 people who live in ... Indigenous “customs and traditions are very ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional ...