New Caledonia

Police in New Caledonia have appealed to the public for information after a police vehicle was shot near La Foa.

The French prime minister has announced that talks in Paris with New Caledonian leaders have yielded a political accord paving the way for next year's independence referendum.

Key talks are due to start in Paris today to prepare next year's independence referendum in New Caledonia.

There has been a fatal accident at the Vale nickel plant in New Caledonia.

A leading anti-independence New Caledonian politician Pierre Frogier says the idea of dual citizenship has been evoked for New Caledonia should it win independence from France.

A leading anti-independence New Caledonian politician Pierre Frogier says the idea of dual citizenship has been evoked for New Caledonia should it win independence from France.

A third significant earthquake in the past day has hit near New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands.

The French prime minister Edouard Philippe has called for clear and indisputable rules for next year's independence referendum in 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.