International criminal syndicates have been using Fiji as a transshipment point for drugs originating in Southeast Asia and ...

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Security and geopolitical concerns drowned out the Solomon Islands’ most pressing issues in 2025 — political instability and ...

Beijing and Canberra have adopted different strategies to support policing in the Pacific nation and observers are split on which is proving more effective At a church hall on the outskirts of Honiara ...

Each year on February 15, followers gather at Sulfur Bay near the smoking slopes of Mount Yasur, one of the world’s most ...

They couldn’t spear the reef until they earned it. The chief’s village had one rule: bring a wild pig as a gift of respect.

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St. John, one of the trio of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is often described as the last untouched paradise. Spanning just 20 ...

For centuries, maps showed islands that sailors never reached. Some were based on mirages, others on bad navigation or copied errors. Once recorded, they gained authority simply by being repeated.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Members of Staten Island’s Tamil community marked the Hindu harvest festival of Pongal on Saturday with a cultural and spiritual program celebrating gratitude for the sun, nature ...

More than a decade ago, a small uninhabited island in the Gulf of Mannar named Vaan split in two. In months, its northern half had vanished under the sea. Frames of seagrass are planted on the seabed ...

When the name Jay Blackinton showed up among this year’s nominees for the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year award, you could almost hear a collective “Who?” issue from the people who track ...