A New Jersey pilot and his co-pilot have been jailed in a West African country for almost six weeks after landing there to refuel. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan spoke to both men on the phone on ...

Papua New Guinea marked 50 years of independence in 2025 with an unbroken record of democratic government, even as political stability coexisted with leadership challenges, constitutional reform and ...

All the passengers and crew on board a Hevilift Aviation ATR 42-500 have emerged uninjured after the aircraft suffered a runway excursion at Simberi airport in Papua New Guinea. The turboprop, ...

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The Supreme Court in Guinea on Sunday upheld the election victory of Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, cementing the junta leader's transition to a democratically elected president four ...

Within a forested limestone landscape of Papua New Guinea lives a shy, striking bird that’s new to science. This bird is also incredibly rare and may already be endangered, according to a recent study ...

An Australian cruise ship ran aground in Papua New Guinea. The incident took place at 5:25 a.m. local time off the coast of Finschhafen on Dec. 27, according to the Papua New Guinea National Maritime ...

A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New ...

Colgate University was sued for negligence on Dec. 22 in New York Supreme Court for New York County over alleged abusive coaching practices and institutional negligence in its women's lacrosse program ...

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, about 26 miles northeast of the town of Goroka in the Eastern Highlands province. The quake hit at ...

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck at 10:31 a.m. UTC (5:31 a.m. ET) in the city ...

“It was early 2012 and I was doing a series of dives in submersibles all over the world. My expedition fellow Andrew Wight said, ‘Have you ever been to Papua New Guinea? There's [the New Britain ...