Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Research involving a former brain-eating tribe from Papua New Guinea is helping scientists ...

Papua New Guinea, located north of Australia, has a population exceeding 10 million people but remains a sports underdog, ...

How many uncontacted tribes are there in West Papua? In recent years more than 40 uncontacted tribes have been identified living in West Papua. Although many of these tribes have since had some ...

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. Those ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Members of the Auyu tribe of Papua, Indonesia, are demanding a halt to the operations of palm oil company PT Indo Asiana Lestari (IAL), which ...

At least 20 killed as fighting breaks out over disputed gold mine. Pope Francis had appealed to "everyone’s sense of responsibility to stop the spiral of violence.” Just days after Pope Francis made ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The indigenous Kombai tribe of Indonesia’s Papua region are seeking recognition of their right to manage their ancestral lands, in a bid to thwart ...

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 ...

Daniel Pinto, 27, is 138 countries into visiting all 195 of them and spent three weeks in the Pacific island country last month. He researched all the tribes in the country before arriving and once he ...

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 ...