The Pacific Islands are scattered across a vast area of ocean, with some of the clearest waters in the world, and pristine beaches and rainforests.
They are a magnet for tourism, which is vital for many of the countries' economies.
But the region's (...)
The 2024 Olympics kick off today with the first games in football and rugby sevens, two days before the official ceremony scheduled for Friday.
The anticipation is huge as Paris 2024 has already set a record by selling 8.6 million tickets, the (...)
President Emmanuel Macron has described rioting in the French-Pacific territory of New Caledonia as an "unprecedented insurrection movement" that no one saw coming.
During a tour of police headquarters in the capital Nouméa on Thursday, he said the (...)
At least two people have been killed and hundreds injured in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia as riots continue in response to the French parliament giving French residents there more voting rights.
Protests over the issue first erupted into (...)
Fiji's long-serving former prime minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for obstructing a police investigation into corruption.
Bainimarama, 70, is one of the most high-profile politicians in the Pacific Islands, having (...)
Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands have selected a pro-China candidate as their prime minister, in an indication the Pacific nation will remain a close Beijing ally.
Jeremiah Manele won the prime minister vote on Thursday, beating his opponent Matthew (...)
The US government is spending nearly $1 million a month to maintain a luxury superyacht seized from a sanctioned Russian oligarch as part of the Justice Department's effort to put pressure on the Kremlin.
The 348-foot Amadea was one of the first (...)
Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change on health.
Ahead of the first ever 'Health Day' at a (...)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 04:31:42 GMT on Tuesday, Xinhua quoted the US Geological Survey as saying.
The epicentre, at a depth of 602.3 km, was initially determined to be at 22.287 degrees south (...)
Fiji's two main rival political parties headed by former coup leaders are deadlocked after Wednesday's general election, final results show.
The Fiji First of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka's People's Alliance (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi General Grain Corporation (SAGO), participated in the 60th session of the International Sugar Organization (ISO) in Fiji Islands as an observer, as well as in the workshop that was held on the (...)
In late July, the UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a draft resolution recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
Costa Rica, the Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia and Switzerland presented the draft text to the (...)
Fiji has told an Asian security summit that climate change is a bigger threat to the Pacific than military tensions.
"Machine guns, fighter jets... are not our primary security concern. The single greatest threat to our very existence is climate (...)
A Russian-owned superyacht that allegedly sailed to Fiji to escape seizure has been taken away to the US after a court upheld a FBI warrant.
US police had for months been tracking the 106m (350ft) Amadea — linked to sanctioned oligarch Suleiman (...)
Australia's new Labor government has secured a majority in parliament, election analysts say.
The center-left party, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, defeated Scott Morrison's conservative coalition in an election on 21 May.
A record vote for (...)
Fighting around the city of Sievierodonetsk has intensified, with at least 1,500 casualties and 60% of residential buildings destroyed. About 12,000 to 13,000 people remain in the city, according to the local mayor, with Sievierodonetsk the only (...)
The solutions to restore the health of the ocean, which provides us with oxygen, food and livelihoods, are out there, and in 100 days they will be in the spotlight in Lisbon, Portugal, at the second ever UN Oceans Conference.
Billions of humans, (...)
The UN Joint SDG Fund announced on Monday an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries, to try and get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track.
"The Fund is in a position to bridge the gap in giving (...)
The many families on the island nation of Tonga who rely solely on the ocean for their food and income, are struggling to recover from last month's volcanic eruption and tsunami.
The natural disasters were a major blow to 74-year-old Fangupō Lātū, (...)
The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga followed by another earthquake and aftershocks just days afterward, has highlighted once again the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a meeting this week convened by the Food (...)
A Tongan family's trip to visit relatives on Mango island earlier this month turned into a nightmare, when the country was devastated by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai underwater volcano, and subsequent tsunami.
Pauline Vaiangina, her (...)
UN Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, launched on Wednesday a $400.5 million funding appeal for 2022, urging States and private donors to support her "agenda of rights".
Presenting the Office's (OHCHR) Annual Appeal, the High Commissioner said (...)
New Zealand is sending aid to disaster-struck Tonga, but ash on the capital's main airport runway is preventing relief planes from landing.
It will also take days before military ships with supplies will reach the islands, said New Zealand (...)
The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts.
Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge plume of ash, (...)
New Zealand has sent a plane to Tonga to assess the damage after a huge volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami.
The eruption has covered the Pacific islands in ash, cut power and severed communications.
Up to 80,000 people there could be affected, (...)
