In 1942, two pictures were taken within kilometres of each other near Buna in Papua New Guinea. They were later called the ...

In early October, The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, listed several lots of human remains for sale, including ...

A collection of skulls and shrunken heads has been removed from a leading auction site, but the trade in human remains is ...

An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of Bougainville has been held in Papua New Guinea.

The most famous Australian photograph of World War II in New Guinea might never have seen the light if prime minister John ...

Follow this live page for the latest on the wars in the Middle East as Israel fights both Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in ...

Scores of people have been killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza, according to health officials. Meanwhile, in Lebanon ...

Residents of the Harbour City will soon become familiar with the sight and sound of the Black Hawks, as the Australian Army puts the brand-new helicopters through their paces in counter-terrorism ...

Choosing to travel to some of these locations could not only invalidate your travel insurance but put you in danger.

Four months ago, I called on the US electorate to not let Donald Trump into the White House again. “For humanity’s sake,” I said, “don’t do it!” ...

Alongside Iran, numerous countries maintain the technological infrastructure to quickly build nuclear weapons. Preventing nuclear proliferation would require significant collaboration among major ...

Writers recall unpleasant experiences in dealing with peaked caps, unwelcoming glares, and all the other facets of gate-keeping officialdom ...