Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr, poses for a photograph on Aug. 28, 2024, in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. (AP ...

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has started a fleet-wide inspection of its Airbus aircraft after identifying an engine component failure, sending shares in British engine maker Rolls-Royce ...

Top officials from 18 Pacific Island countries wrapped up their annual forum in Tonga on Friday, endorsing a regional policing initiative funded by Australia and urging donor nations to provide ...

The major agreement to emerge from this week’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders’ meeting has been the establishment of a new $270 million Pacific Policing Initiative (PPI). The initiative ...

The National Rugby League (NRL) has today announced the draw for the 2024 Pacific Championships to be played in four countries across four consecutive weekends in October and November. In a ...

Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan Wednesday at a summit in Tonga, a contentious move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region. Leaders unveiled a ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has today joined other Pacific leaders to endorse the Pacific Policing Initiative (PPI), a major regional initiative to strengthen collective peace and security ...

Pacific Islands states have backed an Australian-funded regional policing plan to improve training and create a multinational crisis reaction force. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said ...

The United Nations chief has warned of the peril faced by islands in the Pacific Ocean, as sea levels have risen almost twice the global average in the past 30 years. Making a speech from the ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued yet another climate SOS to the world, highlighting seas that ...