The women of the Dani tribe of Papua, Indonesia, practice the tradition of ritually amputating parts of their fingers when a loved one dies. In late-October 2024, a post on Facebook highlighted an ...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape today announced that Papua New Guinea’s National Rugby League (NRL) team will be officially ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Research involving a former brain-eating tribe from Papua New Guinea is helping scientists better understand mad cow disease and other so-called prion conditions and may also offer ...

Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua has both stunning landscapes and an array of tribes that still honor many traditional practices and rituals. Baliem Valley in Wamena has one of the highest ...

A youth movement of the Knasaimos indigenous community in South Sorong, Southwest Papua, defends their ancestral forests.

Papua New Guiney Prime Minister James Marape waits for French President Emmanuel Macron at APEC haus in Port Moresby on July 28, 2023. Credit - Ludovic Marin—AFP/Getty Images At least 49 combatants as ...

(CNN) — At least 49 bodies were found at the site of a gun battle between tribes in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands, police told CNN Monday, in a gruesome escalation of hostilities in the country.

Representatives of the Awyu and Moi Indigenous tribes protest in front of Indonesia's Supreme Court - Copyright AFP BAY ISMOYO Representatives of the Awyu and Moi ...

Papua New Guinea’s new NRL franchise will be called the ‘PNG Chiefs’, Prime Minister James Marape confirmed over the weekend.