Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele says an agreement with the US was signed only after a revision of words relating to China, as his nation didn't want to be forced to choose sides.

Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga have named their line-ups for the Rugby League World Cup.

Mosquito-borne diseases remain a significant threat to the health and socio-economic well-being of the Pacific region.

Delegates from French Polynesia have flown to New York for the annual meeting of the UN decolonisation committee.

France's interior ministry will seek a court ruling on whether French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch can retain the presidency, if his party win next year's territorial election.

Passengers were reportedly told they could not go through the security screening point because it was not staffed until 5am, forcing them to sit and wait in a cold hallway until the area opened.

Solomon Islands says consultation between Pacific nations could be improved, ahead of a foreign affairs bilateral meeting in New Zealand.

Natua resigns from French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira; Two police officers in Samoa fired at during a call-out; PNG rugby league announces 24-man squad and more.

In Vanuatu, only 180 applicants to contest the snap election on October 13 got their names published by the Electoral Commission.

Nauru Airlines is expected this month to resume air service linking Brisbane with islands in the central and north Pacific.

Tonga's Geological Services says the recent Home Reef volcanic activity poses a low risk to the Vava'u and Ha'apai communities.

French Polynesia was at US-Pacific as a Pacific Forum member; Flosse given suspended prison sentence; Tonga lifts supervised rat tests for Covid, and more

With Covid 19 restrictions relaxed, Tokelau which remains Covid-19 free, has opened its borders to allow essential workers to return to the atolls.

Vanuatu Government has begun developing a policy to address a potential labour shortage.

As Fijians await the announcement of the official date for this year's general election, a controversy has arisen around a string of electoral amendments.

The United States has conceded it let its relationship with Pacific Island nations "drift" before reaching an historic new partnership agreement with the region.

Some key risk factors for depression in Pasifika youth have been identified, by a new study.

USA counting on Pacific to fight climate change says Fritch; Samoa's economy records a historically high recession, and more