Tonga's King Tupou VI sits before addressing the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S. (Reuters) - Tonga's King Tupou VI has ...

With just three weeks until Tongans head to the polls, debates over the palace's political role, overseas voting rights, and the nation's economic and social challenges are intensifying ahead of a ...

President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, along with other UAE leaders, sent congratulatory messages to King Tupou VI and ...

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) – Homes swathed in purple and black formed a bright bow running from the countryside to cities of Tonga as the mourning nation honored and buried their late King George Tupou V ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament on Monday ahead of a planned no-confidence vote in his leadership, capping a period of fraught ...

The South Pacific nation of Tonga is in mourning following the death of its king, George Tupou V, at the age of 63. Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano has called for prayers and described this time as a ...

(Reuters) - King George Tupou V of Tonga, who ushered in democracy to the South Pacific archipelago, was buried in a ceremony that mixed traditional Polynesian ritual with Christian hymn singing on ...

Tonga's King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, a towering figure in the tiny Pacific Island nation for four decades, died Sept. 10 at a New Zealand hospital. He was 88. King Tupou IV's 41-year reign made him one ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - King George Tupou V of Tonga, who introduced democracy to the South Pacific archipelago after riots following his ascension in 2006, died in a Hong Kong hospital on Sunday, the ...