Additionally, Hegseth has directed the USS Carl Vinson, currently operating in the Pacific, to begin transiting to the Middle East. This move will extend its deployment by approximately three months.

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Tens of millions of years ago, iguanas in North America floated across the Pacific Ocean. Clinging to vegetation washed into the sea, they traveled one-fifth of the way around the world ...

The past few years have seen growing maritime security challenges intersect with rising geopolitical competition in the world in general and the Indo-Pacific in particular. China’s gray zone coercion ...

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 ...

Chalinee Thirasupa/ Reuters In February 2025, China expanded its influence in the Indo-Pacific through diplomatic outreach, infrastructure investment, and coordinated security efforts—hosting ...

Though the photograph is authentic, it was captured in 2017 and shows a different patch of garbage off the coast of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea — not the Pacific Ocean. For years, social media ...

all lanes closed from March 10 at 10:30 p.m. until March 14 at 5:30 a.m. Queen Elizabeth Way Fort Erie bound between East Mall, Toronto and West Mall, Mississauga: one left lane closed from March ...

The Pacific Adventure sailed from Sydney on Mar. 10, 2025, for its final voyage under the P&O Cruises Australia banner. As the company prepares to shut down and transfer its ships to Carnival Cruise ...

P&O Cruises Australia cancelled the final cruise of the Pacific Encounter due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred. According to a statement sent to booked guests, the cruise that was set to depart on March 8, ...

U.S. Air Force engineers, U.S. Navy Seabees, and U.S. Marine engineer teams have reclaimed a historic World War II airfield from jungle growth in the Western Pacific for use for operations for ...