Obama to be protected from ‘wannabe jihadis’ during New Zealand visit

Barack Obama will be heavily protected in New Zealand, with a "wannabe jihadi" the most viable threat against him, a security expert says. The former US president will speak to about 1000 invited guests at an event run by the NZ-US Council in Auckland on March 22. He'll spend about three days in the country, before going on to Sydney.

Gov calls for austerity and will not travel to D.C. for 2018 IGIA meeting

With American Samoa under a State of Emergency due to the devastation left behind by Tropical Storm Gita on Feb. 9 as well as to save on financial resources, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga will not attend the annual meeting of the federal Interagency Group on Insular Areas in Washington D.C. The 2018 IGIA senior plenary session is set for the afternoon of next Monday, Feb. 26, according to the agenda of the meeting, which shows that governors and US Congressional delegates from the insular areas will make their individual presentations. Lolo along with Congresswoman Aumua Amata are on the list to give presentations.

Australian First: Criminal Charges Laid Against Individuals for Alleged Cartel Conduct

On 15 February 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced that criminal charges had been laid against The Country Care Group Pty Ltd, its Manager Director, Robert Hogan and a former employee, Cameron Harrison. This is the first time that criminal charges have been laid against individuals under Australian cartel laws which became criminal provisions in 2009.

Tonga begins cleanup while Fiji prepares for Cyclone Gita Source: AP

Tonga began cleaning up Tuesday after a cyclone hit overnight, while some people in the nearby Pacific nation of Fiji began preparing for the storm to hit them. Cyclone Gita destroyed homes and churches in Tonga and caused widespread power outages after it tore through the island nation just south of the capital, Nuku'alofa.

Cyclone destroys Parliament House, homes on Tonga, Fiji next

The Pacific nation of Tonga began cleaning up damage Tuesday from a cyclone that destroyed its Parliament House, as well as homes and churches, and was intensifying as it headed toward nearby Fiji. Cyclone Gita caused power outages after tearing through the island nation just south of the capital, Nuku'alofa, with winds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour at landfall.

The Politics of Manus Island: Refugees, Responsibilities and Contracts

In what has been a nightmare at Christmas, the plight of refugees relocated to other sites on Manus Island after the closure of the facility at Lombrum Naval Base has worsened. The latest scenes at East Lorengau Transit Centre, where 300 men have been since December 19, have been ugly and pitiable.

Tasmanian connection to WWI submarine, found after 103 years

FAMILY TIES: Daisy Baker, in 2014 on the 100-year anniversary of the disappearance of AE1, with a picture of her great-great-uncle Cyril Lefroy Baker. Battery ventilation trunks of HMAS AE1, which has been found after 103 years in waters off the Duke of York Island group in Papua New Guinea.

Missing Australian WWI submarine discovered after 103 years

In this undated image provided by the Australian Department of Defense fish swim around the helm of the Australian submarine HMAS AE1 off the coast of the Papua New Guinea island of New Britain Australia resolved the oldest mystery in its naval history on Thursday after discovering its first submarine, the HMAS AE1, which disappeared over a century ago, official sources reported Thursday. The HMAS AE1 disappeared on September 14, 1914, with 35 people on board, for some unknown reasons while sailing between the islands of New Britain and New Ireland, in northeastern Papua New Guinea, reports Efe news.

WWI Australia submarine wreck found off Papua New Guinea

Australia's most enduring military mystery has been solved after the wreckage of the country's first submarine was found more than a century after vanishing off Papua New Guinea's coast, officials said Thursday. HMAS AE1, the first of two E Class submarines built for the Royal Australian Navy, vanished on 14 September, 1914 near the Duke of York Islands with 35 crew members from Australia, Britain and New Zealand on board.

Amata highlights Veterans legislation in final committee votes of 2017

Washington, D.C .- Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted veterans' legislation that passed the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs in the Committee's final votes of 2017. The bill was introduced in early November with the support of Congresswoman Amata as an original cosponsor of the legislative effort, and strengthened by an amendment in markup to better assess health care in U.S. territories, including American Samoa.

Black Lives Matter founder urges Australians to fight racism

The awarding of the Sydney Peace Prize to Black Lives Matter for its work on American race issues is being ha... . FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, locals sit on a street side in downtown Wadeye in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Price Resigns From Trump Cabinet Amid Private Jet Investigations

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, shown here at a discussion about opioids on Thursday, drew fire for his use of private jets. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, shown here at a discussion about opioids on Thursday, drew fire for his use of private jets.