A round-up of news from around the region, including no-confidence motion filed against Vanuatu prime minister deemed not in order.

On October 29, just before meeting with China’s President XI Jinping, President Trump posted on the right-wing social media ...

The War Vet Museum has passed the 45,000-artifacts point and among the items are correspondences from veterans serving on other shores who wanted to stay in touch with their families. “We have ...

Alex Partezana was a 22-year-old Marine in April 1953 when he received an unusual order: to observe nuclear weapons testing in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. He still remembers the first blast ...

Few people know the harm nuclear testing can do better than inhabitants of the Marshall Islands which was a US-administered trust territory of the United Nations from 1947 to 1986.

28–29 October 2025 – Laamu Atoll, Maldives: With support from the European Union, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Family Protection Authority (FPA), the ...

China's Coast Guard held a National Day Flag-raising Ceremony on a Ship in the Waters Off the Disputed Scarborough Shoal. They pledged to "stand guards" over the atoll. It is a major flashpoint of ...

Discover the haunting history of Bikini Atoll, the Pacific island transformed by U.S. nuclear testing. From devastating explosions to lasting environmental and cultural impacts—this is the story of ...

Long ago, Laysan finches, a native honeycreeper known for its brown and yellow plumage and varied songs, were found throughout the Hawaiian islands. Today, however, only about 18,000 of the endangered ...

Sept 12 (Reuters) - The United States stands with the Philippines, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, rejecting what he described as China's "destabilizing plans" for a disputed atoll in ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Filipino forces transported food, fuel and new personnel to a Philippine territorial outpost in a fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, two Philippine officials said.