A volcano erupted today in eastern Papua New Guinea, spewing rocks and ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of local communities and flights to be re-routed, officials and reports said. Mount ...

Restoration works on the vital Kokopo–Rabaul Highway are now underway, with teams from the Kokopo District and the Provincial Works Department working to reopen access following severe damage caused ...

Rabaul has become the first district in Papua New Guinea to receive a fully Government-funded Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ...

Yesterday we had two eruptions grab everyone's attention - one from the area that has had everyone's attention between Iceland's Bárðarbunga and Askja in the Holuhraun lava field and one unexpected ...

Aug 31: An earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude shook Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, as per United States Geological Survey (USGS). Rabaul is a township in East New Britain province situated on the island of ...

In September 1994, Rabaul volcano on the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain erupted. "The death toll could have been many thousands, because about 75 percent of the houses collapsed," said Dr.

A judge has significantly reduced the number of manslaughter charges against the Australian owner of a ferry that sank off Papua New Guinea more than four years ago, killing scores of people. Peter ...

The owner of a ferry that sank in Papua New Guinea last year is due to appear in court on Wednesday, charged with more than 160 counts of manslaughter. Police on Tuesday arrested Captain Peter Sharp, ...

In the bitterest days on Guadalcanal a year ago, Marines used to refer to the frequent runs of Jap destroyers carrying men and supplies down the Solomons as the “Bougainville Express.” Last week the ...

These remarkable pictures show the extraordinary lives of people living in an ash-covered town underneath three active volcanoes. Rabaul in Papua New Guinea was destroyed almost 20 years ago when ...

On Christmas, only ten days after the landing at Arawe (TIME, Dec. 27), General Douglas MacArthur sent forth his second invasion fleet to New Britain, Jap rampart island in the Southwest Pacific.