Tongan Health Minister Saia Piukala said the ... one of the few places in the world still free of COVID-19. "The ship will berth and no contacts will be made. Australians from the ship will ...

More than 20 Covid-19 cases have been identified aboard an Australian navy ship sailing to disaster-hit Tonga, complicating aid efforts to the virus-free Pacific island nation as Japan halted its ...

He stayed in Tonga for about four years before travelling back to Britain on a passing ship, recounting his adventures to amateur anthropologist John Martin in An Account of the Natives of the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Nearly two dozen sailors on an Australian military ship going to deliver aid to Tonga have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, raising fears ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Nearly ...

An Australian naval ship carrying aid supplies arrived in Tonga on Wednesday, a day after the Australian defense minister said that 23 people aboard the vessel had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Tongan authorities said they are investigating which ship the virus could have come from. “The most important issue at the moment … is for us to slow down and stop those who have been affected ...

Australian officials said there was "no evidence" the cases were linked to an aid ship they sent (pictured) Tonga will go into lockdown after several cases of Covid were recorded in the capital ...

A cell of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists thought to have been plotting an atrocity in Europe have been arrested on a Tongan-registered ship in Italy. It is the second alleged terrorist link to ...

Tonga’s undersea cable was severed by a huge volcanic eruption on Saturday night, and the country now faces weeks of digital darkness as a repair ship prepares to make its way from Papua New Guinea.