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Climate change, living costs and China ties in focus as president Taneti Maamau seeks to extend his tenure in the Pacific countryPolls opened in the Pacific country of Kiribati on Wednesday, after an election campaign dominated by the cost of living, r…
French leader to leave for archipelago on Tuesday night with intention of restoring ‘calm and order’People in New Caledonia: how have you been affected by the riots?Why is there unrest in New Caledonia? Everything you need to knowThe French president w…
Statement comes after US, Australia and New Zealand expressed concerns about new agreement with BeijingSolomon Islands has said that its policing pact with China poses no “threat” to the Pacific, rebuking western powers that raised fears the deal could…
Fears of future blazes after health, learning and religious facilities also destroyed in Cox’s Bazar, BangladeshThe Rohingya crisis explained in 30 secondsAn estimated 12,000 Rohingya have been left without shelter after a fire tore through part of a c…
More than 800,000 people locked down in site of world’s first Covid outbreak in 2019, as other Chinese cities seal up streets and homesChinese cities from Wuhan in central China to Xining in the north-west are doubling down on Covid-19 curbs, sealing u…
Sustained wind speeds of 125mph recorded in what is expected to be strongest storm to hit country this yearSuper Typhoon Noru has slammed into the Philippines, battering the heavily populated main island of Luzon with strong winds and heavy rain that h…
Launch of an unidentified missile is the latest in a record-breaking blitz of weapons tests by nuclear-armed Pyongyang this yearNorth Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday towards its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weap…
Khan is reportedly accused of making threats to the country’s judiciary and police force Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been charged under anti-terrorism legislation after he gave a fiery speech to supporters at the weekend in which he…
State department cites risk of children and parents being separated as EU warns zero-Covid strategy eroding investor confidenceSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US has said it has asked all its non-essential staff and their family members at the Shan…
Washington will reopen its embassy on the island after 29 years, expanding its Pacific presence amid China’s growing influence in the regionThe United States plans to re-establish an embassy in Solomon Islands, a senior US state department official sai…
Test marks Pyongyang’s seventh weapons launch this month, highlighting expanding arsenal amid stalled denuclearisation talksNorth Korea fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since the US president, Joe Biden, took office, p…
Karim Masimov was fired this week as unrest raged across the country, with dozens killed and public buildings ransackedThe former head of Kazakhstan’s domestic intelligence agency has been detained on suspicion of high treason, the agency said, after h…
Death toll surges past 200 as rescue efforts continue in towns on devastated island of BoholAt least 208 people have been killed in the devastation caused by Typhoon Rai, the most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year.More than 300,000 peop…
Search to resume when ‘a bit safer’, rescuer says, while some residents reported to have returned home after weekend eruption to check belongingsIndonesia’s Mount Semeru spewed more ash on Monday, forcing rescuers to suspend the search for survivors as…
Limits on media workers has helped fuel tensions between Beijing and Washington for more than a yearChina and the US have agreed to ease restrictions on each other’s journalists amid a slight easing of tensions between the two sides.The official China …