U.S. President Joe Biden poses for a family photo with leaders of the Pacific Island Country Summit at the North Portico of the White House, Sep. 29, 2022. Last year, due to complications around the ...

Pacific Island leaders are gathering in Tonga this week to address issues including climate change, international drug trafficking, geopolitical power struggles, and more, amounting to what Fiji's ...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month so today we look at the Pacific Islands and the American territories there. One hundred years before Hawaii became a territory annexed by the ...

U.S. engagement in the Pacific Islands had been historically lacking, despite the islands’ geopolitical importance. In recent years, the U.S. has begun serious efforts to engage with the Pacific ...

SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) - Growth in Pacific Island economies slowed last year to 5.5%, with tourism and remittances from overseas workers recovering in some countries, while shocks from cyclones and ...

In September and October of 1944, 28,000 brave American marines and Army infantry ventured into what became known as the “forgotten corner of hell.” Initially, U.S. Marine Corps major general William ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell will represent the United States at a summit of the 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga next week and will also visit ...

Only three members of the Pacific Islands Forum are currently members of APEC. Canberra can – and should – push for the region’s full inclusion. Climate diplomacy efforts in the Pacific are an ...

The 54th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) met over five days from September 8 in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. It was attended by representatives from 18 member states: the regional ...

A few weeks ago, commercial flights over the Tasman Sea — located between Australia and New Zealand — were forced to divert after they were warned by the Chinese navy that its warships were about to ...