Archaeologists show some of the first people to settle the ancient continent of Sahul arrived on the shores of present-day West Papua, some 50,000 years ago.

Papuans, on Thursday, commemorated the 62nd anniversary of the integration of West Papua, New Guinea Island's western half, ...

The timing of Russia’s purported request to station military aircraft in West Papua seems opportune ... and Partnership Relations between the Republic of Indonesia and the Russian Federation ...

Supporters of West Papua independence hold the Morning Star ... an illegal organisation trying to break away from the unitary republic. West Papuans and their supporters also marked the 60th ...

April 10 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck near the south coast of Indonesia's West Papua on Thursday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth ...

Owing to its violent political history, West Papua's vibrant human past has long been ignored. Unlike its neighbor, the independent country of Papua New Guinea, West Papua's cultural history is ...