After jumping from half a dozen C-17A transport aircraft, US Army paratroopers dropped silently from the starry sky, their ...

France is giving more autonomy to the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. But a wide-ranging agreement stops short of ...

Relations between the smaller Pacific island nations and their regional backers Australia and New Zealand have stumbled in recent years as Beijing vies to increase its sway in the region.

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China.

Australia plans to significantly boost surveillance of Pacific Islands territorial waters, spending A$477 million ($310.72 million) on aerial patrols for illegal fishing fleets, tender documents ...

Australia will conduct commercial aerial patrols in support of Pacific Island countries to monitor exclusive economic zones that span millions of kilometers of ocean.

In the past, Australia and New Zealand could rely on their close partnership with the U.S., both for their own security and increasing their clout in the Pacific.

The island chain strategy stems from how US military strategists visualised defence and force projection perimeters across the Pacific during the Cold War between the US and then-Soviet Union.

Q2: What is so significant about this meeting? A2: This ministerial was notable both for its location in mainland China and the breadth of the participants—every country in the Pacific Island Forum ...

SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has pledged to keep tariff-free access for Pacific Island goods, after Fiji was hit by a 32 per cent US tariff, in a speech positioning Australia ...

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has pledged to keep tariff-free access for Pacific Island goods, after Fiji was hit by a 32% US tariff, in a speech positioning Australia as a reliable ...