In a landmark public health achievement, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma, a neglected ...

JAKARTA - Torrential rains forced a halt on May 19 to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four ...

The International Court of Justice is set to rule on a long-standing dispute between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea concerning the sovereignty of three small islands, Mbanie, Cocotier, and Conga.

FILE - A view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post, File) 33,714 people played ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the top U.N. court sided with the West African country of Equatorial Guinea in a fight with neighboring Gabon over which treaty settled the ownership of ...

Torrential rain triggered a landslide late on Friday in a small-scale mine run by local residents in the Arfak mountains in West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of Indonesia's ...

Landslide at Gold Mine in Indonesia's Papua Kills Six; 14 Missing JAKARTA (Reuters) -Torrential rains forced a halt on Monday to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of ...

The sudden termination of a prominent radio host from a state-owned media company in Papua New Guinea was described by media groups as a suppression of free speech. FM100 is part of Telikom PNG ...

Environmental samples collected in Papua New Guinea’s two largest cities, Port Moresby and Lae, have detected type 2 poliomyelitis through wastewater testing in their sewage systems and ...

The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an immediate vaccination campaign. According to media reports, samples of the highly infectious virus ...

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