Solomon Islands' new Prime Minister Mathew Wale is in Fiji for a state visit. He says there's a "growing consensus" in the region in support of his idea for a regional security agreement. 

Papua' New Guinea's Enga Province Governor, Sir Peter Ipatas is urgently calling for more Australian police officers to be deployed to his province ahead of the 2027 election. The push comes after violence and killings in Enga overshadowed the last national vote.

It's 80 years to the day since the US nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands began with Operation Able, when a 23 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated in the atmosphere over Bikini Atoll in July, 1946.

Australia and Vanuatu have signed The Nakamal Agreement. The landmark deal states Vanuatu will consult Australia on proposed third party engagement in Vanuatu's critical infrastructure, and which was must be free from militarisation and foreign influence. 

Crucial provincial elections have taken place in New Caledonia, and results could lay the foundations of the territory's future.

Samoa's Prime Minister La'auli Schimdt says his government will draft legislation requiring Members of Parliament to undergo drug testing. 

The Australian government has refused to release internal documents about Tuvalu's trust fund after an investigation by French international news agency AFP found that funds have been invested into fossil fuels. 

Thousands of people have turned out at Dili's international airport to honour the late former president of Timor-Leste Francisco Guterres as his body was flown in from Malaysia.

A 100-metre cargo ship, suspected of being involved in transporting more than three tonnes of illicit drugs to Australia, has been intercepted by Solomon Islands authorities.

Bougainville's leaders have condemned a move by Papua New Guinea's parliament to impose a three-quarters majority for any vote to ratify Bougainville's independence referendum.