His remarks came after Google Maps updated its display to show the name "West Philippine Sea" for the body of water next to ...

"Sa wakas." This was the sentiment shared by many Filipinos online after learning that Google Maps has finally recognized the ...

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most ...

For several years now, the West Philippine Sea could not be located in Google Maps, which would show only a very limited area ...

In 1975, when Guam played its first international matches at the South Pacific Games ... The first stop was Nauru, an island speck near the equator that sold the world’s highest-quality bird ...

Media in South Korea are reporting that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to visit Guam on his first trip to the Indo-Pacific, but will not visit South Korea. Hegseth was originally ...

The posts, isolated from the rest of the world behind the Chinese Communist Party’s “Great Internet Firewall”, advocate the ...

South Sandwich Islands, and the surrounding maritime areas, reaffirming its commitment to this historic cause." In an official statement, the Government asserted that "the legitimate claim of ...

South Pacific has never been shown ... Troops of US Navy men and women are stationed on a beautiful island in the Pacific during World War II. Their assignment is to send scouts to watch for Japanese ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological ...

A major earthquake has rattled Tonga, an archipelago nation in the South Pacific Ocean that comprises some 170 islands. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the 7.0 magnitude quake struck roughly ...

(Reuters) -A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 16 km (10 miles), GFZ said. GFZ had earlier pegged ...