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Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime.

Political parties in the Cook Islands continue to negotiate behind closed doors as they try to form a coalition government. Audio

Final election results in the Cook Islands are due to be declared on June 28, the chief electoral officer says.

Five political parties in New Caledonia have been authorised to campaign in the November referendum on independence from France.

After tweeting immigrants would "infest" the US, the president claimed that separating families was "the only solution" to end illegal immigration.

The United Nations Development Programme is to lead a two-year project to strengthen the capacity of the Nauru Electoral Commission.

After indecisive election results, the president of the the Cook Islands' Democratic Party is expected back on Rarotonga tomorrow to try to forge a new government.

It could take up to a week before a new government forms in the Cook Islands after voters went to the polls last week.

Some councils are supporting the idea of online voting at next year's local body elections.

Voting is unde rway in the Cook Islands as 58 candidates seek to fill the 24 seats in the local parliament.

Voters in the Cook Islands go to the polls today in the country's general elections and voter turnout is expected to be high at over 80 per cent - something that's not unusual in each of the 24…

The Solomon Islands Trade Commissioner and Niue's Justice Secretary are among Pacific Islands Forum observers at the Cook Islands election this week.

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has launched a major review of the country's electoral system.

After being treated in hospital for a centipede bite, the Cook Islands Internal Affairs minister says he is stronger than before.

A survey in Fiji has found an overwhelming majority of those polled say Fiji is ready for a female prime minister.

A survey in Fiji has found an overwhelming majority of those polled say Fiji is ready for a female prime minister.

Opinion - The Northcote by-election just might have proved that politics lately is a snooze-fest, writes Brigitte Morten.

Tens of thousands of people in the Basque country of northern Spain have formed a human chain to push for greater autonomy.

National's Dan Bidois has won the Northcote by-election by a margin of more than 1300 votes over Labour candidate Shanan Halbert. Audio

The percentage of people voting before election day reached a new record high in the Northcote by-election.

The National Party's Dan Bidois and Labour's Shanan Halbert are the young candidates going head-to-head in Northcote. They join us in the studio for a debate. Video