Tonga

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 jolted Tonga, the United States Geological Survey said in a tweet.

When an undersea volcano erupted in Tonga in January, its watery blast was huge and unusual

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Tonga on Tuesday as he continued his regional island-hopping tour

Under the watchful eye of the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to South Pacific island countries

Coronavirus cases continue to rise rapidly in Tonga, and tests have confirmed that the particularly contagious omicron variant.

Tonga will enter a lockdown Wednesday evening after finding coronavirus infections.

Nearly two dozen sailors on an Australian military ship going to deliver aid to Tonga have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Three flights from Australia carrying food, water, medical supplies and telecommunications equipment landed in Tonga on Saturday, as the Pacific nation grapples with the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami.

The first flight carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga was finally able to leave Thursday after the Pacific nation’s main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a huge volcanic eruption.

People around the world looked on in awe at the spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting in a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific.