Vanuatu’s president was rushing back to his country in the wake of what he dubbed a “monster” cyclone whose damage was still unknown beyond the devastation in the south Pacific archipelago’s capital city.

Australian convicted conman Peter Foster has gone missing in Fiji and may have fled the country to neighbouring Vanuatu on a yacht to escape fraud charges, officials said today.

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake has struck near the Pacific Island of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey said.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck near the Pacific Island of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey said today. There were no immediate reports of damages.