In the early hours of Thursday, November 20, 2025, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck the South Pacific Ocean, approximately 397 kilometers east of Mare Island in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.

The move will affect Australia and New Zealand's multiple police and defence personnel working in Vanuatu, and could set back ...

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including China donating NZ$100 million to Vanuatu to help renovate ...

The Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management has completed 119 rural road crossings from January ...

Fiji and Vanuatu have taken another step forward in strengthening their long-standing ties, with the Republic of Vanuatu officially gifting the Government and people of Fiji a 44-acre property in ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials said Thursday the death toll from widespread flooding and devastation caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi in the country’s central region has risen to at least ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 52 people dead with 13 others missing in the central Philippines, mostly in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and ...