An Asian travel destination is known as the "abode of peace." Nevertheless, federal officials are issuing caution to visitors ...

Hydrology experts are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already ...

Among canceled Pentagon research projects is a study on how competition over fisheries in the Pacific and Arctic could fuel conflict. A Chinese-­operated, Vanuatu-flagged fishing boat sails through ...

After English Captain Cook was killed by Hawaiians at Kealakekua, Hawaii, on Feb. 14, 1779, Captain Clerke took command of ...

As with Europe, the Trump administration is sending conflicting signals to America's long-standing allies in Asia, with whom ...

Tokyo | China has secured a strategic foothold in the Pacific’s mineral resources, signing a five-year seabed exploration agreement with the Cook Islands amid escalating regional tensions over ...

The chief of the Pacific Islands Forum has stressed the importance of its members building relations with various countries, saying, "we don't want to take sides." The forum is a group of ...

Vanuatu, a tiny island nation in the South Pacific, has recently drawn international attention after its Prime Minister, Jotham Napat, ordered the cancellation of fugitive businessman Lalit Modi ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 13 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of March 21.

A major climate summit Australia hopes to host with Pacific island nations could be in jeopardy under a coalition government. It has reignited the debate between Labor and the Liberals over ...

However, due to their remote location and the lack of direct international flights, these Pacific islands have remained largely untouched by mass tourism.