The kind of deep-sea mining that we've examined this week is only legally permitted inside a country's territorial waters.

Pope Francis boarded an Australian Royal Air Force C-130 on Sunday and flew over the pristine jungles of Papua New Guinea, ...

Papua New Guinea has given police permission to use “lethal force” to restore order as shootouts between rival tribes have ...

A United Nations official says between 20 and 50 people have been killed in violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea ...

A police official says days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s mountainous interior have left more than 35 people dead ...

Pope Francis said the world needs to address climate change while visiting the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea, ...

Father Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi, an Italian missionary, was one of the early martyrs of the Catholic Church in Papua New ...

A series of shootouts between rival tribes over a disputed gold mine has left at least 30 people dead in Papua New Guinea, ...

What started as a “relatively minor conflict between illegal miners” escalated into tribal warfare featuring high-powered ...

Papua New Guinea, administered by nearby Australia until independence in 1975, is the second leg of Francis’ 11-day trip. In ...

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...