The Jayapura Immigration Office recorded around one thousand Papua New Guinea (PNG) citizens arriving and departing at the ...

The Ogoney forests are in West Papua province, while the rest are in Papua province’s Jayapura district. Together, they span 39,911 hectares (98,622 acres), an area half the size of New York City.

Papua, the western part of the island of Papua New Guinea, declared independence in the 1960s but was annexed soon after by Indonesia, a move resented ever since by many Papuans, who are ...

Rising class tensions across Indonesia trigger West Papua protests. Mike Head @MikeHeadWSWS. ... Police fired tear gas and 600 extra paramilitary troops were deployed to the city.

Fires burn during a violent protest in Manokwari, Papua province, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. The protest was sparked by accusations that Indonesian police who backed by the military, have ...

Citing Papuan activists, the Guardian reports that 43 students were detained in relation to the destruction of a flag during celebrations marking Indonesia’s independence on Aug. 17.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Papua, Indonesia on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. ... Israeli strike kills 29 people in Gaza City house, medics say ...

At least four people were killed and several buildings damaged after a shallow, 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua on Thursday, the country's disaster agency said.

The New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels, Indonesian authorities said Saturday. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a ...