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 appears to be gearing up to clear their ancestral forests.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Papua, Indonesia In Indonesia’s dense rainforests, in the mysterious land of Papua, resides a tribe known as the Korowai people.

MELBOURNE, AustraliaMELBOURNE, Australia — At least 26 combatants and an unconfirmed number of bystanders were killed in a gunbattle between warring tribes in Papua New Guinea, police said Monday. A ...

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, a 27-year-old traveller from Lambeth, south London, has become the first tourist to visit several indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea. On a mission to explore all 195 countries, the ...

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 ...