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A French judge indicts a 69-year-old man with murder, attempted murder due to race, and the unlawful procurement and possession of a weapon for killing three people and injuring three others in the 10th arrondissement of Paris on December 23. The suspect had confessed to having been motivated by racism.
2022-12-26

New Caledonia's pro- and anti-independence camps formally launch their campaigns ahead of a referendum on independence from France in December.
2021-08-23

In New Caledonia, the largest pro-independence party Caledonian Union agrees to postpone the referendum on independence from France due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Anti-independence parties welcome the decision.
2020-05-31

A 7.0 magnitude undersea earthquake strikes east of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Tsunami warnings for New Caledonia and Vanuatu are cancelled. There are no immediate reports of damage.
2017-11-20

Former President of the Philippines Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III is indicted (among others) by the Office of the Ombudsman for his failure in handling the 2015 Mamasapano clash, which resulted in the deaths of 44 members of the Special Action Forces of the Philippine National Police. Aquino's legal team has vowed to appeal for a motion for reconsideration; as well as the group Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (representing the victims' families), against what they call a "weak case" (citing Aquino's charges of "graft" & "usurpation of authority", instead of "reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide")
2017-07-14

A Pakistani court indicts former President Pervez Musharraf for his alleged involvement in the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
2013-08-20

Won Sei-hoon, former head of South Korea's National Intelligence Service is indicted on charges of interfering in last year's presidential election.
2013-06-14

Taiwanese media reports that former President Lee Teng-hui has been indicted on charges of embezzlement from a state diplomatic fund.
2011-06-30

The Congress of New Caledonia elects a new collegial government with Harold Martin as President of New Caledonia. However, the new government collapses minutes after being formed.
2011-03-3

New Caledonia's coalition government collapses after the pro-independence Caledonian Union party withdraws its support for President Philippe Gomes in a dispute over the use of New Caledonian flags.
2011-02-18