Fiji

Hundreds of Red Cross volunteers thoughout the region have been mobilised over the past fortnight to deal with the bad weather pummelling several Pacific islands.

Churches in the Pacific have been urged to take on a more assertive role and commit themselves fully to the environment and combating climate change.

Fiji has escaped major damage after Cyclone Mona swerved east around the two main islands.

Fiji's Nazhat Shameem has been elected the new Vice President of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The Fiji Met Service says the Lau group in the south of the country remains under threat from Cyclone Mona.

Fiji is on alert for more flooding as Cyclone Mona moves near the eastern tip of its second biggest island, Vanua Levu.

Over 600 people have taken shelter in 15 evacuation centres around Fiji as Cyclone Mona continues to approach Vanua Levu and surrounding smaller islands.

Cyclone Mona has been downgraded to a category one as it continues to circle in the Pacific near Fiji.

Cyclone Mona, a category two, continued to slowly pace southeast along the Pacific on Friday, setting the Fiji island of Vanua Levu in its sights.

Australia's prime minister, Scott Morrison, will visit Fiji at the end of the month.

The Fiji Met Service says the northern island of Rotuma was fortunate enough to have Cyclone Mona pass to its east rather than over the island.

Cyclone Mona is expected to maintain its current strength as it makes its way through Fiji waters.

Australia remains steadfast in its assertion that an Australian Islamic State fighter who had his citizenship revoked is also a Fijian citizen.

Strong wind in Solomon Islands has destroyed homes as more storms are converging on Fiji.

A tropical storm making its way towards Fiji is expected to become a cyclone within the next 12 hours.

The search for seven people missing in the seas off Fiji has been called off.

Fiji's peacekeeping mission with the United Nations International Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has come to an end.

The authorities in Fiji have issued flood alerts as a tropical depression moves towards the country.

A search is underway in Fiji for a missing boat with seven people on board.

A Fiji-born police officer in the United States has been shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop in a smal California town.