United States vice-president Kamala Harris has assured Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Suva that Washington will "significantly deepen" its engagement in the region.

The New Zealand government has announced it will give $12.6 million to the Fiji Gender Action Programme to boost support and services for curbing violence against women.

A senior French military commander says France should re-arm in the Pacific and consider restoring its forces to a level of 30 years ago.

The Oceania Women's football Nations Cup begins on Wednesday night in Fiji with the winners getting a chance to make the World Cup finals next year.

Boost for water supplies in Kiribati, Samoa criminals try to sneak out, and Marianas has new covid subvariant

Papua New Guinea Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai has admitted that vote-buying and other corruption related offences happens and is expected in any election in PNG.

Samoa look to lift Pacific Nations Cup, Fijiana's record-breaking victory, and Fiji basketballer switches codes

The United States has announced a suite of new commitments in an effort to boost its relations with Pacific Island countries at the Forum Leaders' Meeting taking place in Suva.

The Micronesian bloc of nations are "saddened" by Kiribati's shock decision to leave the Pacific Islands Forum regional body, one leader says.

The NZ government is putting $10m in climate aid fund toward conserving Pacific crop seeds and researching climate-resilient varieties.

Vanuatu has declared an outbreak of malaria with hotspots on four different islands across four different provinces.

The number of leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit has dropped further, with the Marshall Islands president and Cook Islands prime minister pulling out.

The New Zealand government has reiterated its commitment to help refugees and asylum seekers detained in Nauru and PNG by Australia.

Climate change is a human rights issue, Vanuatu's government says, and Pacific nations "need to be united" to hold countries responsible.

Fiji and the Solomon Islands have signed a maritime boundary agreement to set their ocean borders, and Niue and Tonga have begun steps toward the same.

Concern over increase in violence in Tonga, surplus announced in American Samoa, and action urged over West Papua

Seats are glaringly empty at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva this morning as leaders sit down to the first formal gathering.

Papua New Guinea's caretaker prime minister James Marape has been re-elected as the MP for Tari-Pori in the country's Hela Province.