French investigating magistrates have ordered the release of an independence leader from the overseas territory of New Caledonia detained for a year over deadly riots in 2024, but he will not be freed ...

New Caledonia, one of five island territories spanning the Indo-Pacific held by France, is central to Macron’s plan to increase French influence in the Pacific. open image in gallery This ...

The map locates the islands of New Caledonia ... where China has increasingly been jostling for influence. An independent New Caledonia, French loyalists argue, could easily be swayed toward ...

The 171st anniversary of the French colonization of New Caledonia, which is east of Australia and 10 time zones ahead of Paris, comes four months after protests by Kanaks against French President ...

Violent riots began in New Caledonia last month after France introduced voting-reform legislation that would have given French citizens who recently moved to the island full voting rights ...

When riots broke out in the French territory of New Caledonia last month, journalist Coralie Cochin started rising before the sun. For about a week, it was too dangerous for Cochin to leave her ...

2 Killed in Restive New Caledonia During a French Police Operation PARIS (AP) — Two people have been killed in New Caledonia during a police operation to apprehend activists suspected of ...

A fresh surge of unrest hit the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, with several buildings set on fire overnight, including a police station and a town hall, authorities said Monday.

New Caledonia Police Detain Independence Leader and 10 Others in Wake of Revolt Against French Rule PARIS (AP) — Police in the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia rounded up 11 ...

Amid a spiralling political crisis in Paris, the turmoil in the French Pacific colony of New Caledonia, following months of rioting, has seen the four-party pro-independence Front de Libération ...