Australia / New Zealand

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday was given the chance to challenge at Britain's highest...

(This Jan. 18 story corrects to remove incorrect reference in para 5 to Taumoepeau's visits to Tonga) SYDNEY (Reuters) -...

By Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon (Reuters) -Tongans queued for limited money services that were restored in the Pacific island's...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Britain warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that its allies would stand...

LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince William will visit the United Arab Emirates next month, his office Kensington Palace announced...

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Life-saving water supplies from a New Zealand navy ship...

By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 57-year-old Tongan man being hailed a real-life Aquaman for surviving 27 hours at...

(Reuters) - Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday that the new AUKUS defence alliance with Britain and the...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss voiced on Friday her full support for embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson,...

By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Branko Sugar and his son were spearfishing on an outer reef in Tonga last...

By Praveen Menon and Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - The first aid flights reached Tonga on Thursday with more en route,...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A 57-year-old Tongan man who said he swam around 27 hours after getting swept out to sea during...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that restrictions will be tightened across the country if...

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook (Reuters) -Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday...

By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Telephone links between Tonga and the wider world began to be reconnected on Wednesday,...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign and defence ministers, Liz Truss and Ben Wallace, will travel to Australia this week for...

By Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) -All the homes on one of Tonga's small outer islands have been...

By Praveen Menon and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The South Pacific archipelago of Tonga could spend days, or even...

By Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A distress signal has been detected in an isolated, low-lying group of...

By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists are struggling to monitor an active volcano that erupted off the South Pacific...