It's crunch time for negotiators at COP27 to push through a complex issue which would see vulnerable countries compensated for climate change-fuelled disasters caused by developed nations.

A move to bar US citizenship to American Samoans is being seen is as another blow to the territory and its people. But many people are happy with the status quo.

Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama believes "hard-working Fijians" want his government to "keep working for the country" as campaigning for the December 14 election heats up.

Food payment for CNMI school children; rent avoidance probe demand; and geopolitical forum being held in Noumea

French Polynesia's president says methamphetamine poses a threat to society with an estimated 10,000 users of the drug in the territory.

The appointment of a female Samoan Member of Parliament has been quashed by the Court of Appeal.

342 candidates from nine political parties and two independents have received the green light from the Fijian elections office to contest in the December 14 polls.

A Canadian mining company has announced the completion of a controversial deep sea bed mining trial in the Pacific.

Tuvalu records 401 new Covid-19 cases; Date set for Tonga by-election; Pacific lavalava approved as new dress code for French National Assembly, and more

The run-off election for Governor of the CNMI has been set for November 25.

Pacific NGOs express disappointment with Australia's level of commitment towards action on climate change issues at COP27 in Egypt.

A governor in Papua New Guinea wants catapults used to fire barbed spears declared illegal following recent attacks. Warning - article contains distressing image

New Caledonia's pro-independence parties continue their push for France to return the territory its sovereignty by restricting the scope of the discussions planned by Paris.

A Canadian mining company has announced the completion of a controversial deep sea bed mining trial in the Pacific.

Seven students in West Papua have been arrested by police over protest action which included the flying of banned Morning Star flags.

The Papua New Guinea women's team was unable to complete its final fixture of the Pacific Four Nations football tournament being held in Canberra.

Twelve men in French Polynesia have been ordered to stand trial accused of paying for sex with a 14-year-old prostitute.

US probing Pacific economies; four missing in French Polynesia; and chess star up against it in Tonga