Koroisau, Sivo, Kikau absent from Fiji Bati squad
The Fiji Bati rugby league team has confirmed its 25-man squad for the upcoming 2025 Pacific Championships, where they will compete against the Cook...
Micronesia calls for Climate urgency, Oceans Protection and global justice at UNGA
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Wesley W. Simina used his address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly last week to demand urgent...
Asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person
Refugees and asylum seekers held on Nauru claim they can’t afford to eat and are forced to skip meals. Their plight comes despite Australia...
COP climate talks are ‘heartbreak’ for Pacific Islands. Here is why they want to host them
By Gabriella Marchant and Jordan Fennell
Joseph Sikulu's long-haul journey home to the Pacific has felt fruitless after the recent world climate talks.
It has become...
Tonga marks Constitutional milestone, pushes Climate Justice and UN reform at UNGA
Tonga’s Prime Minister Dr ‘Aisake Eke, used his address at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly last week to highlight Tonga’s...
Pacific islands bound by climate change, divided by deep-sea mining: Nauru swimming against the tide
“The climate crisis is not up for debate,” Micronesian President Wesley Simina said. “The only question is whether we will act with the urgency...
PNG and Australia elevate Defence relations with mutual Defence Treaty
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape Thursday announced that Cabinet has formally approved the landmark mutual defence treaty between PNG and Australia, elevating...
Vanuatu open to signing deal with Australia but will not be subject to ‘bullying’ from larger countries
Vanuatu remains open to signing a wide-ranging deal with Australia but must assert its sovereignty and will not be subject to pressure or “bullying”...
Australian deputy PM visits Fiji to strengthen defence ties
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, has arrived in Fiji for a three-day official visit aimed at deepening defence and...
Applying a national security lens to the International Court’s climate change opinion
When islands sink, do nations disappear? The Court says no.
By Danielle Ireland-Piper
Reportedly, there were “gasps in the courtroom” when the International Court of Justice...
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UN chief urges renewed push to complete decolonisation as 17 territories remain
More than 60 years after the UN launched its formal decolonisation drive, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged renewed commitment to completing the unfinished...
Global climate law shifts after Pacific islands push historic rulings
When Pacific Island students secured a historic advisory opinion from the world’s highest court last July, the legal victory was immediate.
What came next has...
WTO ministerial spotlights digital trade, revenue concerns for Pacific islands
As trade officials and civil society groups prepare for the World Trade Organisation’s 14th Ministerial Conference, or MC14, Pacific island nations are watching closely,...