The Pacific Islands is the world's most aid-reliant region, with geopolitical competition for influence between donor nations fuelling record levels of development assistance, a survey released on ...

East Carolina University researchers will conduct community workshops on Guam from July 17-29 to map maritime heritage sites ...

For Pacific Islands, climate change trumps all other threats to their security. While they welcome Australia’s new emission targets, this is an issue of survival that demands greater ambition.

The forward deployment of warships marks Washington's commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the Navy ...

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — As leaders of Pacific nations were welcomed to their annual meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on Monday, they were greeted first by torrential rain and then by an earthquake.

Interactive map shows local times around the world as New Year's Day arrives. What places will be last to enter 2025? Baker Island and Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean will be the last ...

Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown speaks during the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 18, 2023.

What's New. A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the South Pacific island nation Vanuatu on Tuesday.. A tsunami warning was lifted less than two hours after the quake. However, with ...

The United States military is finalizing repair works on a World War II airfield, located on a remote island in the Western ...

Pacific Islands the world’s most aid-reliant region, report finds. Australia is the largest donor to the islands, providing about 40 percent of total development finance from 2008-2021.

Founded in 1971, the Pacific Islands Forum brings together 18 member states to discuss and coordinate responses to the issues confronting a remote and diverse region, who know that their countries ...