A UN Women report says the prevalence of reported physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence - taking place in the previous 12 months - is…
New Caledonia's Union Calédonienne, one of the main and oldest components of the pro-independence movement, has at the weekend elected Emmanuel Tjibaou as its new…
A climate change protest off the coast of Australia’s New South Wales State forced an inbound ship to turn back from the country’s largest terminal…
Australia has ditched plans to fine social media companies if they fail to stem the spread of misinformation, the country's communications minister said November 24.…
The United States and Fiji have started talks aimed at strengthening military ties between Washington and the Pacific island nation, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin…
Parliamentarians in Vanuatu are scrambling to scrape together funds to start campaigning for a snap-election which was triggered by the President Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolving parliament…
China has renewed efforts to curry favour in Pacific island nations, a new report found November 20, after charting a "resurgence" in Beijing-backed aid and…
Social media companies could be fined more than US$30 million if they fail to keep children off their platforms, under new laws tabled before Australia's…
The chief executive and two employees of the Australian company Resolute Mining were released from detention in Mali on November 20, a judicial source and…
With unanimous support, the Citizenship Western Samoa Restoration Amendment Bill has passed its third and final reading in New Zealand Parliament November 20. "Injustice has…
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has temporarily banned live poultry and hatching egg imports from Hawai'i. The CNMI Department of Lands and…
The president of the Republic of Vanuatu has dissolved parliament, triggering a snap-election, for the second time in two years. Nikenike Vurobaravu's decision comes on…
Norfolk Island's battle with the Australian Federal Government continues after the latest governance edict. One of the three people elected a year ago to the…
Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on November 19, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to redefine…
The deputy chief of Navy does not expect it to be "safe or practical" to remove "absolutely all the liquids" from the HMNZS Manawanui. Fuel…
While Vanuatu and Fiji's first-ever foreign policy documents reveal their non-aligned positions, the papers give both countries credibility amid competition by major geopolitical powers, such…
Vanuatu's parliament has passed an amendment to its Marriage Act, stating marriage is the union of a male and female. Minister of Internal Affairs Andrew…
Famed Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones was charged November 18 with a string of alleged historical sex crimes, police said, after an…
An Indigenous lawmaker was censured by Australia's parliament November 18 for heckling King Charles about the legacy of European settlement during his October visit to…
Australia's Resolute Mining said November 18 it has struck a $160 million deal with the government of Mali, after the company's CEO and two other…
Australia’s plan to cap international student numbers looks set to be blocked after opposition politicians decided to vote against the proposed laws, even after they…
Australia's competition regulator said on November 18 it is seeking views on the Macquarie-backed telecommunications group Vocus' A$5.25 billion ($3.39 billion) takeover of local telecom…
Australia, Japan and the US on November 17 committed to closer military cooperation in training their forces as the countries deepened their ties in a…
Dozens of bushfires were burning across Australia's Victoria state November 17, authorities said, forcing the evacuation of residents and destroying at least one home. Strong…
The Speaker of Parliament in Vanuatu has accepted two motions one seeking to remove the president and the prime minister of the republic. Vanuatu is…
