No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...

Leader of Cook Islands flies to Beijing to negotiate a security deal despite New Zealand warnings The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation ... partners and friendly countries all around the ...

BEIJING (AP) — China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip ...

New CABI-led research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the ...

For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the ...

A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been spotted leaving the South China Sea for the wider Pacific Ocean ... remained at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, as ...

New Zealand, a land of breathtaking landscapes and surprising emptiness. Discover why this stunning country remains one of ...

The marginalization of Taiwan could undermine regional unity and set a precedent for other Pacific Island nations to follow ... effects by encouraging other countries to reconsider their stance ...

Around the world, Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more ...

The warm Pacific Ocean breeze was sweeping across ... 11-cabin vessel that sails around the more than 300 islands of Palau. The tiny tropical country, with a population of just 22,000, sits ...