A convergence of moist winds has brought intense flooding rainfall and thunderstorms to New Caledonia and will impact other South Pacific islands in coming days ...

New Caledonia’s push for independence from France risks cementing China’s strategic influence in the South Pacific region, according to a new paper from an Australian think tank. New Caledonia voted ...

French national politicians have been in New Caledonia as the territory's future remains undecided. This week, leaders from ...

PARISPARIS — Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest on the archipelago with decades of ...

The leader of a pretty archipelago has vowed to support discussions on independence, which could mean it would become the ...

Following repeated delays, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) last week sent a “strictly observational” mission to New Caledonia to meet with local government, business, political and ...

New Caledonia is a sui generis overseas collectivity ... stemming as far back as the PIF’s previous incarnation, the South Pacific Forum, which was created in 1971 with the imperative to ...

PARIS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Police killed two men during an overnight operation in the French territory of New Caledonia amid unrest ... to 13 the death toll on the Pacific island since the start ...

Off Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, tiger sharks grow an ... sharks that frequent Norfolk Island hundreds of miles to New Caledonia (shown), suggesting that the animals migrate in autumn.

Chinese military hospital ships offering medical assistance have lately made periodic visits to island nations in the South Pacific ... State Department opened a new embassy in the island nation.