Sources: Fox News
Tongans vote to elect 26 of the 30 members of the Legislative Assembly. Members of the country's nobility elect nine representatives, while the rest of the voting population elect 17 MPs. 2025-11-20
A 7.0 Mw earthquake strikes near the island country of Tonga with a 6.1 Mw aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued and later lifted. 2025-03-30
Tonga reports its first case of COVID-19 in a person who travelled from Christchurch, New Zealand to Nukuʻalofa and is now in isolation. 2021-10-29
The Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Lord Fakafanua, introduces the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021 for debate in the legislative assembly. The Speaker wants a mandatory death sentence for serious drug offenses. Tonga has a moratorium on the death penalty and has not used it in more than four decades. 2021-08-16
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledges help to the Cook Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Niue and Tonga to strengthen their health systems while vowing to the leaders of those nations to host a "safe and secure" 2020 Summer Olympics. 2021-06-30
Salote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuita, Princess of Tonga, received her first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, thereby becoming the first person to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the disease-free country. 2021-04-16
About 67% of Tonga's registered voters participate in the country's general election. 2017-11-16
Tonga restores contact with the Ha'apai islands after Cyclone Ian passed through during the weekend, killing one person and significantly damaging structures. 2014-01-13
Tonga is in mourning following the death of King George Tupou V. 2012-03-19
Tonga's Attorney-General suddenly resigns amidst allegations the government is trying to take over his judiciary. 2010-04-30