Guinea

Gempa bumi kuat bermagnitud 6.4 pada skala Richer dikesan berlaku di Rantau New Ireland, Papua New Guinea pada 1.28 tengah hari tadi.

Highlights of the journey included a trip to a township of some 12,000 people on the edge of the Papua New Guinean jungle.

Pope Francis is on an ambitious 12-day visit to four countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania, his longest overseas journey yet.

The 87-year-old pope brought hundreds of kilograms of items to help support the local population, said Vatican spokesman.

Pope Francis arrives in Papua New Guinea where he will stay for the next three nights.

MetMalaysia states that the quake does not pose a tsunami threat to Malaysia.

Satu gempa bumi kuat berukuran 6.2 pada skala Richter dikesan berlaku berhampiran Pantai Utara Papua New Guinea pada 9.03 pagi ini.

Pope Francis will also visit East Timor, Singapore and Papua New Guinea over the next 10 days.

Over 12 days from Sept. 2-13, Pope Francis will travel nearly 33,000 km to visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.

Sebanyak 24 kes malaria import yang disebarkan oleh nyamuk tiruk ini membabitkan warga Rohingya, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India dan Papua New Guinea.

Only 11 bodies have been recovered so far.

Perdana Menteri James Marape mendedahkan rancangan untuk memindahkan 7,849 orang yang terjejas dari Zon Bencana Mulitaka ke lokasi sementara di dalam Wilayah Enga.

The exact number of dead under almost two storeys of debris and mud still unknown but ranging from hundreds to thousands.

Residents said they have been using shovels and bare hands to search for survivors.

The landslide in a remote village buried more than 2,000 people alive and caused major destruction to buildings.