Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...

As Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 people, nears one year, assaults in the occupied West Bank ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in ... while also seeking to boost interfaith ties with the country boasting the world’s largest Muslim population.

The Vatican is highlighting Papua New Guinea on the international stage at a time the United States and China struggle over the former World War II battleground for strategic influence.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional ...