The main pro-independence coalition in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia has rejected a Paris-brokered deal to establish the Pacific archipelago as a new state. France last month ...

PARIS (AP) — France announced a sweeping, hard-fought agreement Saturday aimed at granting more autonomy to the restive South Pacific territory of New Caledonia, but stopping short of the independence ...

Another founding member of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front has formally split from the indigenous ...

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting with New Caledonia's elected officials, in Noumea, New Caledonia, May 23, 2024 (pool photo by Ludovic Marin via AP). Click to share on Twitter ...

French president Emmanuel Macron chaired a Pacific-France summit on June 10, on the sidelines of the UN Oceans Conference held in Nice from June 9-13. Leaders from Papua New Guinea, Palau, Samoa, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to convene talks in June in a bid to break the deadlock over the future of France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, where deadly separatist violence broke ...