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.

For the third consecutive year, Pacific Place is hosting the only offsite project of Art Basel Hong Kong with Monster Chetwynd’s Lanternfly Ballet, a site-specific installation at Park Court ...

Leatherback turtles are difficult to see from boats, often raising only their heads from the water. Photo / Nathan Pettigrew Experts from the United States, Australia and Aotearoa are taking ...

Santo Domingo.-The Dominican Fisheries and Aquaculture Council (CODOPESCA) has seized 259 pounds of illegally processed leatherback sea turtle meat at a seafood export company. The endangered species, ...

And although APT is spearheaded by Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Asia and Pacific Art team, the triennial also draws on an extensive network of curators, advisers and ...

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 ...

Singaporean artist Dawn Ng's multi-channel video installation, currently on display as part of the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA ...

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

Each month, ACLED’s Asia Pacific Team collects information on the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events in the region. Details ...

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 ...