South Pacific

China is top of mind for Australia's National Rugby League (NRL) as it begins deliberations around whether to put a team in the South Pacific region—the centre of a geopolitical ...

This incredible photoshoot shows a husband and wife's amazing closeup encounter with a group of humpback whales. David ...

Australia is considering an ambitious sporting diplomacy mission to deepen engagement in the South Pacific region, amid increasing ...

Australia will provide $68 million to Fiji to assist with airport upgrades amid a wider influence push into ...

PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday France and South Pacific nations would launch a South Pacific coastguard ...

The Australian government is backing telecommunications giant Telstra to potentially buy out Digicel’s mobile operations in the South ...

“You’ve got to be taught to be afraid/ Of people whose eyes are oddly made/ And people whose ...

Facing the Chinese communist regime’s increasing aggression in the Asia-pacific region, the newly appointed Indo-Pacific Commander John Aquilino ...

Leaders from nine Pacific Island nations have vowed to deepen their relationship with Beijing, fight the pandemic, and ...

China’s Sinopharm began rolling out its COVID-19 vaccination program in the Solomon Islands this week, amid wider concerns ...

Samoa’s incoming prime minister has pledged to scrap a US$100 million Chinese-backed port development, saying it is excessive ...

The tourism sector of Australia has decried the new Federal Budget for lacking a clear plan to open ...

Leader of the West Papuan separatist movement Benny Wenda is laying out the welcome mat for the Chinese ...

PARIS—The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia has voted against independence from France for the second time in ...

Westpac Bank will take into account Australia's strategic needs if it goes ahead with the sale of its ...

China is moving into the South Pacific in major and menacing ways, according to a panel of experts ...

The battle fields of Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, draw visitors from the United States and its war ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan—The threats posed by the Chinese regime and the importance of Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific region were ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan—U.S. alliances in the Pacific could suffer a blow if the Solomon Islands were to switch diplomatic ...

SYDNEY—U.S. officials have warned the Solomon Islands to be wary of Chinese funding promises and not to be ...

SYDNEY—The freshly elected lawmakers of the tiny Pacific country of Tuvalu are set to choose a prime minister ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand—It's the closest I've come to a "Narnia" experience, where I've walked into something utterly unexpected. ...

WELLINGTON—China has postponed a major tourism campaign in New Zealand days before its launch, and Prime Minister Jacinda ...

MELBOURNE, Australia—Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Jan. 14 he will visit Fiji and Vanuatu this week ...

CANBERRA—Australia's prime minister on Nov. 7 outlined plans to increase investments in infrastructure in the South Pacific as ...

SYDNEY—A powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck near New Caledonia in the South Pacific on ...