Papua New Guinea's volatile Ulawun volcano -- designated one of the world's most hazardous -- erupted Wednesday, spewing lava high in the air and sending residents fleeing. The Mount Ulawun volcano is ...

Troops have been sent to help thousands of people displaced by a volcanic eruption on a remote archipelago in Papua New Guinea, the prime minister said Friday, as a second volcano erupted. Between ...

In a move that would change the tide of the war in the Pacific Theater, Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. authorized the most significant carrier-based attack the United States Navy had ever performed.

Image: 10.25 x 10 in. (26.04 x 25.4 cm.) Lieutenant Commander Horace Bristol photographed "Rescue at Rabaul: PBY Blister Gunner" during the Allied invasion of Rabaul, a Japanese-occupied port in Papua ...