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.

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 ...

THESE remarkable pictures show the extraordinary daily routine of people living beneath three active volcanoes in a Papua New Guinea town covered in ash. Rabaul in Papua New Guinea was destroyed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Brisbane based trek operator has launched remote expeditions into Papua New Guinea, retracing the untold story of Australian soldiers during World War Two. Guided by experienced Australian guides, ...

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.

I HAD been on the MV Rabaul Queen travelling from my home in Rabaul to Lae around the same time last year. Had I been travelling on February 2 this year, I wouldn't be here today. Word came from my ...