The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) had been detected ...

The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination ...

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed that 15 people died in a flash flood that struck a gold ...

BANGKOK: The Earthquake Observation Division of the Thai Meteorological Department reported a strong earthquake in Papua New ...

The World Health Organization has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and is calling for a vaccination campaign.

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck northeast of Angoram, Papua New Guinea, early on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 53 km (32.93 miles ...

Polio has broken out before in Papua New Guinea, with the most recent incident happening in June of 2018, after a reported 20 ...

Search and rescue efforts halted due to heavy rains, but they will resume on Thursday to locate 10 mission people - Anadolu ...

JAKARTA -- An eruption of violence in Indonesia's eastern Papua region, which has seen more than 40 people killed this year, has prompted calls for the government to pay greater attention to the area ...

Torrential rains forced a halt on Monday (May 19) to Indonesia's search for over a dozen missing in its easternmost region of ...

A protest by university students in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua turned violent on Thursday (May 22), leaving ...