The Latest Breaking News from Tonga

Australia’s rivalry with China in the Pacific will heave into view off the coast of Tonga today when super-sized naval ships jostle to deliver payloads of aid to the tsunami damaged island nation.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a warning on his whistle-stop tour of the warming Pacific about the heat radiating beyond the border of Ukraine.

Researchers have discovered that underwater volcanic eruptions are much more powerful than first thought and can occur at depths of "at least" one kilometre.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is trying to help reconnect Tonga to the internet after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut off the South Pacific nation more than three weeks ago, according to officials, while repairs on an undersea cable are proving more difficult than first thought

Still recovering from the trauma of Tonga's volcano and tsunami disasters, Taniela Tupou has hinted what it'll take to keep his talents in Australia.

Tonga is still assessing the devastation of January’s volcanic explosion that was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

A turtle released after nearly three years of rehabilitation has another lucky escape — performing a giant U-turn just before a deadly volcanic eruption in Tonga.

Disaster expert Andrew Gissing says the tsunami triggered by last month's volcanic eruption in Tonga should serve as a major reminder for Australia.

Taufatofua first gained fame as the shirtless Tongan flag bearer. He now uses his platform to amplify Tonga's needs.