State Of Emergency   

French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Noumea. The number of police and gendarmes on the French-ruled islan...

Australia has heightened travel warnings for New Caledonia as civil unrest forced the declaration of a state of emergency in the French territory.

France hopes to regain full control of events in New Caledonia "in the coming hours", Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said, after a third night of riots that have killed four people amid anger o...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister has declared a state of emergency, suspending government and police officials after 16 people were killed in rioting in the Pacific island nation.