Mankind has mined the earth’s surface for thousands of years. Now there’s a furious race to find even more metal that will ...

The U.N.'s humanitarian adviser for Papua New Guinea, Mate Bagossy, said the death toll of at least 20 as of Sunday was based on information from community members and local authorities in Enga ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday.

Violent attacks near Barrick Gold's Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has likely killed at least 20 people and forced women and children to flee the region, local media reported.

Pope Francis left Singapore for Rome on Friday, after a demanding trip across Southeast Asia and Oceania in which he urged ...

Calling the children’s questions “challenging,” the pope responded that every person is unique, and each has talents and ...

Pope Francis flew 600 miles to a remote outpost of Papua New Guinea to spend an afternoon with a group of missionaries -- ...

Pope Francis drew a crowd of 600,000 people as he held an outdoor mass in Timor-Leste on Tuesday that reflected on the joy of ...

Pope Francis celebrated a mass for hundreds of thousands of faithful in East Timor on Tuesday, rallying nearly half the ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT (Reuters) – Pope Francis left Indonesia on Friday morning for Papua New Guinea, where the 87-year-old leader of the global Catholic Church will continue an ambitious 12-day ...