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Niue expands TV services
Niue’s Broadcasting Corporation is to be rebranded and upgraded to provide more channels and pay TV. The Niue government says Niue will become the first Pacific nation to offer more than four...
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Terminal at London’s Gatwick Airport evacuated after ‘suspicious article’ found
A Frenchman allegedly trying to discard a gun prompted the evacuation of one of two terminals Saturday morning at London’s Gatwick Airport, police said. The incident came a few hours after the deadly...
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Paris attacks: Authorities hunt for a French national
Bilal Hafdi was one of the attackers in Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris, according to several sources. Hafdi, who was killed in the attacks, was a Belgian resident who was 19 or 20 years old, the...
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French Polynesia court hears nuclear test victims case
The Court of Appeal in French Polynesia has heard the case of two former nuclear test workers who claim they experienced health problems after being exposed to radiation from French nuclear weapons...
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Facebook defends using Safety Check after Paris attacks
In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, more than 4 million people marked themselves as “Safe” 24 hours after Facebook activated its rarely-used Safety Check tool. But Facebook was also criticized by...
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US Presidential candidates send reps to American Samoa
Representatives of United States Republican presidential candidates are descending on American Samoa after a rule change on the party’s selection process. The chairman of the Republican Party of...
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Scenes of silence: Parisians gather to honor victims of terror
The city of Paris fell silent Monday as people gathered to pay their respects with a minute of silence honoring the victims of Friday night’s terror attacks. Many assembled at the Bataclan Theater, the...
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Postal votes could determine Marshall Islands elections
Monday’s elections in the Marshall Islands appear to have drawn a large turnout of voters, but it will be two weeks until the results are known because of the high number of postal votes Our...
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French tourism set for short-term pain after Paris attacks
The French tourism sector could see a significant short-term hit as President Francois Hollande announced plans to introduce a state of emergency across the country for the next three months following...
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Obama says ground troops to fight ISIS would be a mistake
President Barack Obama sharply defended his strategy Monday for going after ISIS amid mounting criticism that the U.S. is not doing enough to stop the terror organization that went on a killing spree...
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Fishing boats avoiding Pago Pago
The executive director of the American Tunaboat Association says strict federal regulations are causing fishing vessels to avoid the Port of Pago Pago in American Samoa. Since June US purse seiners,...
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Syrian refugees not welcome here, governors of 16 states say
The governors of at least 16 states have announced they will not accept Syrian refugees. They include Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Michigan, Texas and Massachusetts among others. The announcements,...
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‘France is at war,’ Hollande says
Declaring that “France is at war,” President Francois Hollande on Monday proposed sweeping new laws and more spending on public safety in response to Friday’s terror attacks in Paris — promising to...
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20 leaders: We’ll fight terror funding and help refugees
The attacks on Paris pushed the fight against terrorists to the top of the agenda at this weekend’s summit of world leaders in Turkey. In a joint statement, the leaders of the 20 biggest economies...
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Director General of the MSG Secretariat resigns
The Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat has resigned. Peter Forau, who has held the position since 2011, tendered his resignation with the current chair of the MSG, the...
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Natuva defends Military budget allocation
The Ministry of Defense and Immigration has hit out at comments by the Opposition questioning the role of the Fiji Military Force. Minister of Defense, Timoci Natuva in his budget reaction speech told...
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Opposition scrutinizes Governments spending & overseas travels
Opposition MP Viliame Gavoka has raised serious concern on the Government spending on travels and hosting of events. Gavoka had made a proposal for an amendment to be made on reducing the funding of an...
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More than half the nation’s governors say Syrian refugees not welcome
More than half the nation’s governors say they oppose letting Syrian refugees into their states, although the final say on this contentious immigration issue will fall to the federal government. States...
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An app called Telegram is the ‘hot new thing among jihadists’
When ISIS terrorists want to hide what they’re saying, they are increasingly turning to an app called Telegram. It’s “the new hot thing among jihadists,” said Laith Alkhouri, director of Research at...
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Samoa’s Tuilaepa joins condemnation of Paris attacks
Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has joined the voices of other world leaders in condemning the acts of terrorism in Paris over the weeked. In a letter to French President, Francois...
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