New Caledonia

New Caledonia's criminal court has given jail sentences to four men for last year's aggravated robbery which preceded a fatal incident near Noumea that triggered the territory's worst clashes in…

The French president Emmanuel Macron has held talks with New Caledonian leaders who are in Paris for key talks about next year's independence referendum.

A tsunami is not expected after a magnitude 7 earthquake struck off New Caledonia.

New Caledonia has joined UNESCO as an associate member.

Police in New Caledonia briefly closed the road south of Noumea after vehicles near St Louis were stoned and burnt cars were dumped.

The French president Emmanuel Macron says before next May he will visit New Caledonia which is due for an independence referendum later in the year.

The three men detained with a huge quantity of cocaine on their yacht off New Caledonia will be tried in January.

Three men in New Caledonia suspected of illegally lighting huge bush fires have been remanded in custody until December.

A large rally has been held in New Caledonia to push for the automatic enrolment of Kanaks for next year's independence referendum.

There has been another major seizure of cocaine in New Caledonia.

Another march is being held in New Caledonia today to push for the automatic enrolment of Kanaks for next year's independence referendum.

A new minister in New Caledonia Christopher Gyges has explained his repeated refusal to elect a fellow anti-independence politician Philippe Germain as president.

A fresh attempt to elect a president in New Caledonia has again failed.

A fresh attempt will be made in New Caledonia today to elect a president in order to complete the formation of the new government.

France's former prime minister Manuel Valls has written an open letter to New Caledonians after a public spat with a political rival over leading a parliamentary mission to Noumea.

New Caledonia has been named among the three French overseas territories which especially worry the police command because of increasing violence and tense situations.

Air Vanuatu and New Caledonia's Aircalin have signed a codeshare agreement.

A French cyclist has been killed in the Tour of New Caledonia.