A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to ...

The Republic of Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation of 320,000 people, has led a growing effort since 2021 to compel the United Nations to answer one of the most crucial legal questions related to ...

Pacific island nation Vanuatu has triggered a landmark court ruling that has set out the big polluters' responsibilities when it comes to climate change.

The top United Nations court will on Wednesday hand down a landmark global legal blueprint for tackling climate change that ...

Trump’s dismantling of the aid agency has jeopardized U.S. commitments to the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.

Pacific Island Countries are sovereign and independent states and are not anyone’s ‘backyard,’” he said. Last month, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made assurances ...

The Northern Mariana Islands are a U.S. commonwealth consisting of 15 islands and cover about 183.5 square miles. Of the population of 77,000, the vast majority are on Saipan and Tinian.

For the Pacific Islands, which have a combined GDP of about $33.77 billion – less than 1% of China’s total GDP – China has been a crucial partner during the pandemic.

The Pacific Island nations, which include relative heavyweights like Fiji, and tiny rock outcrops like Nauru, are underdeveloped and threatened by climate change and rising seas.

Biden tells Pacific islands leaders he'll act on warnings about climate change Biden said his administration is requesting Congress approve $200 million in new assistance for the region, including ...

Melanesia means “black islands” in Greek and consists of roughly 2,000 islands in South Pacific Ocean that extends from New Guinea, stretches to New Caledonia and includes the Arafura Sea.

COVID-19 is reaching the Pacific islands, the last nations without coronavirus. Vanuatu, Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands report their first cases.