Tonga

The French Government has agreed to a Pacific Islands Forum delegation visiting its troubled territory of New Caledonia, after initial problems agreeing terms.

Antonio Guterres told the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga that any fossil fuels discovered now ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit the Pacific nation of Tonga.

The city is easily the oldest discovered to date throughout the South Pacific, with archeologists saying between 6,700 ...

Six members of Beijing's police ministry are in Tonga discussing security arrangements at the regional forum.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the tiny kingdom of Tonga on Wednesday, as the United States continues ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Friday, according to the ...

The United States opened an embassy in Tonga on May 9, reaffirming its commitment to strengthen ties with ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A powerful, shallow underwater earthquake struck Friday near Tonga in the southern Pacific, prompting authorities to ...

WASHINGTON—The powerful Jan. 15 underwater eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a ...

The violent eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga in January blasted a record amount of water vapor ...

A new island has emerged in the southwest Pacific Ocean after an underwater volcano erupted near Tonga, although its ...

Japan and Tonga have held their first joint navy drill to bolster defense cooperation amid growing concerns over ...

Australian David Lambourne, who serves on the High Court of Kiribati, remains in immigration detention after authorities failed ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has managed to secure several bilateral agreements with Tonga on disaster relief, agriculture, ...

The Tonga volcanic eruption in January was the largest atmospheric explosion documented since the 1883 Krakatoa eruption in ...

Tonga's main internet connection was restored on Feb. 22, five weeks after a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami ...

The government of Tonga announced Elon Musk’s SpaceX has donated 50 very-small-aperture terminals (VSAT) to help the South ...

Tonga’s total COVID-19 cases reached at least 139 on Monday, with the youngest case involving a 5-month-old infant, ...

Tonga's government on Tuesday announced a nationwide lockdown after two community cases of COVID-19 were discovered in the ...

Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, which ...

Australia’s navy ship HMAS Adelaide, which has been hit with an outbreak of COVID-19,  has arrived in Tonga ...

The HMAS Adelaide has delivered helicopters and engineering equipment from Australia to Tonga to help with logistics and ...

CANBERRA, Australia—Four Japanese aircraft left Australia on Monday to deliver more vital aid to Tonga as the Pacific ...

In this edition of Indo-Pacific: Behind the Headlines we speak with Mr. Tevita Motulalo, a veteran journalist, security ...

Commentary Sometimes you get more than one chance to make a first impression. So it is with the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally arrived Thursday after the ...