The eyes of the Tongan public will settle this week on Vava'u, a tourist hotspot in the Pacific nation's north, where King Tupou VI will make the next move in a tense political stand-off.

In recent months, Sovaleni's tenure was marked by difficult relations with Tonga's head of state, King Tupou VI. Although the sovereign’s predecessor ceded power voluntarily in the 2010 ...

Tonga's King Tupou VI is reasserting his royal authority, with his imprint clear in the new Cabinet announced this week, a high-profile lawyer on the island says. After a month of delays ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala has been named minister for defence and foreign affairs, taking on the key government roles in the Pacific Islands nation a week after ...