Andrew F. Straughn, PFC, U.S. Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.I. Straughn, Rt. 2, Andalusia, has been promoted from Private. He is serving with a unit of the Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing which is ...

While Siffleet was training, the Dutch section of the Inter-Allied Services Department was planning a mission to establish a coast-watching station in the hills above Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea, ...

PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Police Minister has condemned “horrific” claims of cannibalism swirling on social media, vowing “such barbarity” would not define the Pacific nation.

Papua New Guinea's police minister has condemned "horrific" claims of cannibalism swirling on social media, vowing "such barbarity" would not define the Pacific nation. A group of machete-wielding ...

During his time in Papua New Guinea, Pinto lived with 10 different tribes – including the skeleton tribe, the crocodile people, and the spirit birds. He took part in different ceremonies ...

Daniel Pinto is on a quest to tick off all 195 countries worldwide. British adventurer Daniel Pinto has made history as the first tourist to visit several indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea.

The ruling junta’s failure to meet the deadline led to opposition protests that paralyzed Guinea’s capital Conakry last week.

A new study reveals that early human migrations from New Guinea significantly shaped Wallacean societies over the past 3,500 years through genetic and linguistic exchanges. A new study by the Universi ...

Understanding the genetic structure of human groups is vital for developing treatments that are helpful rather than harmful”.

Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people ... Villagers learned to watch for and report new cases — often for rewards of $100 or more.

8 a.m. ET Much of Australia including Melbourne and Sydney and seven more locations, including Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia. 8:30 a.m. ET A ...

Former president Jimmy Carter was touring villages in Ghana during the late 1980s when he first encountered people with Guinea worm disease ... wading in and seeding new infections.