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 last Friday's landslide and has formally asked for ...

Nearly five days after the disaster hit a remote section of the country, officials have started evacuating residents. But the scale of the death toll remains uncertain. By Jin Yu Young Nearly five ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — 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 ...

Melbourne, Australia — More than 100 people are believed to have been killed Friday in a landslide that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, and an emergency response is ...

Images from the air and the ground have revealed the huge breadth of the devastating landslide that has left as many as 2,000 people buried under rubble in Papua New Guinea. Satellite imagery from ...

Just getting to survivors has proved to be an enormous challenge, with a blocked highway and unstable ground “posing ongoing danger” to rescue workers. By Damien Cave Reporting from Sydney, Australia ...

As many as 2,000 people are feared to have been buried by last week’s massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, according to the country’s National Disaster Centre, as survivors recounted the horror ...

PORT MORESBY, September 18, 2025 - The World Bank has announced the appointment of Han Fraeters as the World Bank's Division Director for Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, effective ...

Just before Pope Francis’ recent visit to Papua New Guinea, roadside stalls selling betel nut, a mild local intoxicant, were shut down. While this isn’t good for the many small stall holders who rely ...

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has failed to seal an ambitious defence treaty with Papua New Guinea during his visit to the island nation. Instead of a treaty, Canberra and Port Moresby ...