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Allegations of bribery and vote buying in last week's snap election in Vanuatu have raised the concern of Transparency International.

An aspiring female candidate in Nauru Ann Hubert says cultural barriers are holding women back from being involved in politics in the country. Audio

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is not yet a done deal, critics of the trade agreement told an anti-TPP meeting in Auckland.

A newly-elected MP for Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, says he is confident the multi-party bloc he is part of will get the numbers needed to form the next government.

The chair of the Commonwealth's observer mission in Vanuatu says irregularities in the electoral roll and problems at some polling booths had no effect on the outcome of Friday's election.

US Republican candidate Donald Trump has said he could stand on New York's Fifth Avenue "and shoot somebody", and still not lose voters.

Early results for Friday's election in Vanuatu indicate that some veteran politicians have been voted out of office.

Successful candidates from Friday's snap election in Vanuatu paraded through the potholed streets of Port Vila.

Voting is underway in Vanuatu to elect a new 53-member parliament.

Can a self-described democratic socialist - without corporate backing and ignored by mainstream media - be the next US president? Video

South Australia's premier has apologised to a gay British widower after state authorities refused to recognise his marriage.

Vanuatu Media Association executives say they have received information that some of its members were forced by police officers to divulge their sources of information.

The Vanuatu Electoral Commission has told observers the electoral roll is inaccurate, as it has had difficulty deleting names of dead people from the list.