New Caledonia

Deadly violence in the French island of New Caledonia erupted for a third day Wednesday, with armed clashes between protesters, militias and police, ...

President Emmanuel Macron condemns violence sparked by his push for voting reform in strategic south Pacific territory.

French lawmakers' bid to expand voting rights for French residents on the Pacific archipelago sparks the worst unrest in decades.

France's government declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia on Wednesday as it struggled to quell deadly riots in the semiautonomous French Pacific ...

The French government has said it will deploy troops to secure ports and the main airport in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia as unrest continues.

State of emergency in place because of deadly unrest over bill that will let French people vote in provincial elections after 10 years of residence.

Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island's ...

Five people are dead, including two police officers. A state of emergency has been declared and the French military is being deployed to restore order and ...

State of emergency has been declared in the Pacific Ocean archipelago after four people were killed in the worsening violence.

France deployed troops to New Caledonia's ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency on Thursday after three nights of ...

France on Thursday announced it would send additional security forces to New Caledonia after imposing a state of emergency following three nights of clashes ...

France imposed a state of emergency for the first time since 1985 as protests against voting reforms morphed into violence.

Violent protests against new voting rules imposed by France, along with looting and arson attacks, have rocked the French Pacific Islands territory of New ...

Presently, voting rights are limited to the indigenous Kanak population, as well as those who were born before 1988 and had their domicile in New Caledonia ...

Violent protests have erupted in France's South Pacific archipelago as decades-old tensions come to a head.

Some 1000 security personnel have arrived from France to address the worst unrest in the territory since the 1980s.

Days of unrest in the French Pacific territory – sparked by a plan to change voting rules – have left five dead.

Australia and the broader membership of the Pacific Islands Forum must act, or expect worse trouble, says Nic Maclellan.

A proposed change to elections by President Emmanuel Macron's government is the latest flashpoint in long-standing tensions over French rule of the ...

France has taken the dramatic step of blocking TikTok in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia, as part of efforts to quell days of violent unrest.

Hundreds of French police reinforcements have arrived in New Caledonia amid ongoing riots in the Pacific Ocean territory which have left five people dead.

Azerbaijan previously condemned French colonialism in overseas territories. France backed Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh.

Access to the social media platform in the French territory was blocked following the violent clashes this week that led to the death of five people.