French authorities are grappling with a new spike in violence in the country's overseas territories as security forces killed ...

Two people were killed during a French police operation in New Caledonia on Thursday, according to French media. The police ...

Police killed two men during an overnight operation in the French territory of New Caledonia amid unrest between indigenous Kanaks and French loyalists, the Noumea prosecutor's office said on ...

PARIS — Two people have been killed in New Caledonia ... in New Caledonia, which Kanaks feared would further marginalize them by granting more rights to recent arrivals from mainland France.

A French territory since 1853, New Caledonia is a remote island territory in the southwestern Pacific with around 270,000 inhabitants. It is located about 2,000 kilometers from Australia and some ...

French gendarmes block a road in Mont-Dore, in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on September 19, 2024. DELPHINE MAYEUR / AFP Security forces in New Caledonia killed two men during an ...

France has sent thousands of troops and police to New Caledonia to restore order. Since June, 13 pro-independence activists have been arrested, with seven currently in prison – five of them in ...

New Caledonia--Voters in the French island territory of New Caledonia chose overwhelmingly Sunday to stay part of France, in a referendum boycotted by pro-independence forces and closely watched ...

French media reports say two people have been killed in New Caledonia during a police intervention to apprehend activists, suspected of involvement in deadly unrest over attempts by Paris to amend the ...