Majuro - The Marshall Islands has lost its Covid-free status after tests confirmed six positive cases in the capital, the first known community transmission since the pandemic started in early 2020.

Pacific athletes have won a total of 13 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, split among six nations.

A Japanese sailor has been stabbed at Bloody Ridge in Solomon Islands during a World War II remembrance ceremony in Honiara.

Pacific Islands Forum leaders are set to meet with United States President Joe Biden in September as Washington aims to accelerate its diplomatic efforts to counter China's presence in the region.

About 100 people have marched in New Caledonia to protest against what they see as government inaction to curb violence against women.

The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia is concerned about the increase in geopolitical tensions between China and the United States, following the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

Samoa's former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has accused New Zealand of drawing more attention towards "geopolitical issues to satisfy its ego for cheap popularity".

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Vanuatu has won its first medal of the Commonwealth Games - a bronze in the women's beach volleyball.

The revival of tourism in the Pacific is providing a much needed boost to the regional economy as more and more island countries reopen borders that have been closed by the covid-19 pandemic.

The Vatican has chosen the first Samoan as Bishop for the Diocese of Samoa Pago Pago in American Samoa.

Commemoration ceremonies have been taking place across the Solomon Islands capital Honiara, marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal.

The Samoan Government has appealed a decision by District Court Judge Mata'utia Raymond Schuster to discharge two men without conviction who pleaded guilty to causing injury.

The former Papua New Guinea military commander who drew up a plan 17 years ago to try and end gun violence says the first thing he would do is ban the public from owning guns.

New Zealand Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono is promoting a private member's bill he hopes will remove a 'racist law' introduced in 1982.

The Solomon Islands' government has prompted anger by ordering the censorship of the national broadcaster.

A Samoan student has been selected for the highly competitive NASA information and computer science programme.

Government and military leaders from US, New Zealand, Australia and Japan are in Honiara to mark the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.