Tuvalu is one of the smallest countries in the world, its nine tiny islands covering just 10 square miles combined.

The Indonesian air base is about 856 miles away from Darwin in northern Australia, where 2,500 U.S. Marines are now deployed.

Vanuatu, site of a major U.S. naval base in the Pacific War, was also a vital venue for China's "undercover infrastructures," ...

Moscow seeks to station several long-range aircraft at the Manuhua Air Force Base in Biak Numfor in the Indonesian province ...