FRENCH authorities have seized close to five tonnes of cocaine from a small boat and dumped the drugs at sea before allowing the crew and vessel to leave French Polynesia.

PALAU will decide by referendum whether to allow deportees from the United States to settle in the tiny North Pacific state.

SOLOMON Islands’ national carrier will introduce flights to Papua New Guinea, allowing connections to China.

ASIA Development Bank President Masato Kanda met with Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. this week as the bank scales up its support for small island developing states.

AN invitation from a distant warzone landed in Suva earlier this month. The United States, with Israel's endorsement, has asked Fiji to send troops to join a proposed International Stabilization Force in Gaza.

FIJI Airports has partnered with GC Tech, an Australian digital transformation consultancy company

CLIMATE change education in Pacific schools is no longer optional; it’s a matter of survival.

AUSTRALIA hosted Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders for a PIF Troika meeting in Brisbane this week to discuss progress on arrangements for a special pre-COP hosted in the region.