About 670 people are estimated to be buried under a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official says ... conflicts in neighbouring areas. BBC News At least 1,000 people have been ...

Australia claimed a Pacific Cup double with their men and women both winning the tournament. The Kangaroos held off Tonga, ...

Pope Francis has been welcomed in Vanimo, on the coast of Papua New Guinea, where he donned a traditional Bird of Paradise feathered headdress. He came to Vanimo at the invitation of local ...

Women in tribal colours attend a Bougainville reconciliation ceremony in November An island group that's part of Papua New Guinea is about to vote on independence. And, if the poll goes as ...

Castleford Tigers have signed Papua New Guinea international hooker Judah Rimbu on a two-year deal. The 23-year-old joins the ...

Several days before the release, rebels told the BBC Indonesian service they would ... It is separate from Papua New Guinea, which secured independence from Australia in 1975.

And, insiders say, demand is growing. Amid a gut-wrenching war in Ukraine, US and European private contractors say they are ...

Papua New Guinea on Thursday declared a boycott of next month's UN climate summit, branding the global warming negotiations a ...

You know, just staying around and seeing people being killed randomly,” Dr Igwe tells the BBC. After completing his doctorate ...

Speaking to BBC Politics Wales, Welsh Conservative MS Sam Rowlands called on the Welsh government to ensure “local authorities have the right amount of money available so they can pay care homes ...

John Devine/BBC The venue has run nightclub sessions on weekends for 24 years The business employs up to 14 people, and Mr McCourt said they would all lose hours and pay when the sessions close.

The synod was the end of a four-year consultation aimed at gauging the views of Catholics. Belgium's King Philippe levelled direct criticism at the pontiff, saying it had "taken far too long for ...