Australia and Oceania

Battered Fiji braces for cyclone

SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- Fiji was battening down for another tropical cyclone Wednesday, just weeks after the most powerful storm…

Mozambique debris ‘almost certainly’ from Malaysia plane, Australia says

Sydney, Australia (AFP)---Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique are "almost certainly from MH370," Australia and Malaysia said Thursday, after…

Australian Navy says seizes huge weapons cache headed for Somalia

REUTERS -- An Australian Navy ship seized a huge cache of weapons near Oman's coast from a fishing vessel bound…

Church ‘mucked up’ with pedophile priests: Vatican finance chief

by Martin Parry SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) --  Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell admitted Monday the Catholic Church "mucked up"…

Aid finally getting to Fiji cyclone victims

SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- Humanitarian aid was finally reaching isolated communities in Fiji devastated by super-cyclone Winston, officials said Friday, with the…

Death toll rises as Fiji cleans up after ‘strongest ever’ cyclone

Suva, Fiji (AFP) — Fiji began a massive clean-up on Sunday after the most powerful cyclone in the Pacific nation's history…

Fiji cyclone death toll rises to 42: official

SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- The death toll from the Fiji super-cyclone hit 42 on Wednesday, officials said, with fears it will rise…

Remote Fijian areas still cut off days after super cyclone

  RAKIRAKI and SUVA, Fiji (Reuters) -- Fijian authorities were still trying to reach remote areas of the archipelago on…

Cyclone death toll hits 29 as Fiji eyes long clean-up

https://youtu.be/geYTxcfdiRY SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- Humanitarian aid began pouring into Fiji Tuesday, as the death toll from super-cyclone Winston rose…

URGENT: Fiji cyclone death toll climbs to 17: Care Australia

SUVa, Fiji (AFP) -- The death toll from the super-cyclone that hit Fiji over the weekend has risen from six…

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