Vanuatu

Vanuatu Police have requested the assistance of the Australian Federal Police to find out if the burning down of a traditional meeting house or nakamal, was arson.

The headquarters of the Malvatumauri of National Council of Chiefs of Vanuatu has burned down.

The Vanuatu Chief Justice has confirmed that court records were lost in the ransomware attack on government agency computer systems late last year.

Tropical cyclone Irene is causing flooding and power cuts in Vanuatu's main city and closing roads.

A team of Australian aviation experts is due to arrive in Port Vila in Vanuatu this afternoon to come up with a plan to rescue the troubled national airline Air Vanuatu.

Vanuatu residents have been left rattled following Sunday night's magnitude-7 earthquake.

The economic challenges at Air Vanuatu impacted travellers over the holiday period.