Papua New Guinea

The prime minister blamed "extraordinary rainfall" and changes to weather patterns for the landslide

Military personnel set up checkpoints and are helping move residents to evacuation centres

Six bodies have been retrieved so far

Only five bodies retrieved from rubble so far, remoteness and tough terrain are slowing rescue and aid efforts

Hundreds feared dead in the landslide that hit Kaokalam village in Enga Province

Australia considering diverting Covid-19 inoculations from its vaccination programme to Papua New Guinea

It hit at a depth of 31 kilometres (19 miles) some 122 kilometres (75 miles) south of Kokopo

Referendum is designed to draw a line under a brutal 10-year civil war that killed 20,000 people

At least 24 people killed in a troubled upland region earlier this month

With offshore company at three "transition centres" for refugees being held on remote Manus Island

Government struggles to reach remote island communities after the magnitude 7.5 tremblor

Manam Island is one of the Pacific nation’s most active volcanoes and is home to roughly 9,000 people

WHO says the number of polio cases worldwide has fallen by more than 99 percent since 1988

BBC admitted that "the portrayal of the tribe moving into the tree house as a real home is not accurate"

Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre warns of hazardous waves which could be generated by this quake

6.7 quake that strikes Papua New Guinea's mountainous Southern Highland

Three aftershocks stronger than magnitude 5 shook the mountainous Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Government is working to restore services and provide aid to affected areas

Some 300 people were injured as reports of 'extensive' damage to infrastructure emerge

Most of those in the camp are from Afghanistan, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Syria

They were compensated for 'degrading and cruel' treatment

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Sunday

Hazardous tsunami waves are possible as a result of the earthquake

No damage or injuries were immediately reported

New turtle is one of three distantly-related species, Elseya novaeguineae, Elseya schultzei and Elseya rhodini

Police says male trekker was tied to a tree and the female was repeatedly raped before three of her fingers were cut