The Pacific Islands are scattered across a vast area of ocean, with some of the clearest waters in the world, and pristine beaches and rainforests.
They are a magnet for tourism, which is vital for many of the countries' economies.
But the region's (...)
The US Air Force has tested a hypersonic cruise missile in the Pacific for the first time, in what analysts say is a signal to China that Washington still competes in a weapons arena where many perceive Beijing to have a distinct advantage.
On March (...)
A tanker with links to the UK was on fire for several hours in the Gulf of Aden after a being hit by a missile fired by the Houthis.
The Iran-backed movement, based in Yemen, said it targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday in response to (...)
"Gigantic" waves swamped parts of a key US military facility in the middle of the Pacific Ocean last weekend, causing damage that will take months to repair, according to a US Army report.
A video posted on X showed the terrifying surge of water (...)
British maritime security firm Ambrey said the vessel struck by a missile off the south coast of Yemen was a US-owned cargo ship.
According to Ambrey, the attack "targeted US interests in response to US military strikes on Houthi military positions (...)
Nauru has severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of China, just days after Taiwanese voters elected a new president.
Nauru's government said it would "no longer recognize [Taiwan] as a separate country but rather as an inalienable part of (...)
Iran has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, state media reports.
Armed men wearing masks have reportedly boarded the vessel St Nikolas, close to the Omani port of Sohar, and ordered it to sail to an Iranian port.
It is (...)
The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan Al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science.
It follows his earlier comments that there was "no science" behind requiring the end of fossil fuels in order to (...)
Countries and oil companies at the UN climate talks have promised to make major progress in tackling global warming in a large new energy pledge.
Around 100 countries promised to treble world renewable energy use by 2030.
And 50 oil and gas (...)
The World Health Organization has said that a batch of contaminated India-made cough syrup has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.
The WHO said that the tested samples of Guaifenesin TG syrup, made by Punjab-based QP Pharmachem Ltd, (...)
Egypt strongly condemned on Saturday a Houthi attack on oil infrastructure at Al-Dabba port, Al-Makalla city in Hadhramaut province, Yemen, with two unmanned aerial drones.
The Arab Parliament too joined Egypt in strongly condemning a Houthi attack, (...)
WASHINGTON — A Chinese couple plotted to set up a mini-state on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, bribing MPs and officials along the way, US prosecutors say.
The man and woman tried to persuade lawmakers to set up a "Semi-Autonomous Region" (...)
The US Air Force on Tuesday tested an unarmed nuclear-capable long-range missile, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command.
The unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, equipped with a test reentry vehicle, was launched from (...)
Covid-19 infection numbers have surged in the Marshall Islands, just days after the Pacific nation recorded its first local spread of the virus.
In the capital city of Majuro, total cases have nearly doubled since Friday.
These latest figures mean (...)
As the conflict in Ukraine deepens and the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is gearing up to hold its annual month-long session, which begins on Monday.
More than 130 foreign dignitaries are expected at the Palais (...)
Massive floods, devastating wildfires, and rising seas – along with the countless lives they take and livelihoods they upend – are realities many nations are already facing. Voices from the front lines of climate change and its impacts were center (...)
Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected their economies, and their capacity to protect themselves from possible (...)
JEDDAH — The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center here evacuated a sick Turkish sailor in his 30s aboard a tanker on Friday.
The unnamed sailor, crewing for a tanker with a Marshall Islands flag, had to be evacuated as he had fever, Saudi Press (...)
Jeddah Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (JMRCC) received a call that a Turkish sailor in his thirties on board a tanker flying the flag of Marshall Islands (STI AQUA) needs an emergency medical evacuation due to his high temperature, the official (...)
A major climate summit wrapped up in Madrid Sunday with a compromise deal that left little to show, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to lament a "lost opportunity" to act.
Almost a fortnight of COP25 talks just squeezed out (...)
Rescue workers on Monday freed the final crew member trapped inside a South Korean cargo vessel that flipped on its side off the coast of Georgia, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Salvage crews gradually drilled an opening in the ship's massive hull on (...)
Rescue workers on Monday were planning to extract four missing crew members from a South Korean cargo vessel carrying about 4,000 cars to the Middle East that turned on its side off the coast of Georgia, the US Coast Guard said.
Helicopters rescued (...)
From its inception in 1971 up to December 2018, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid, has financed hundreds of development projects in the renewable energy sector around the world worth (...)
The Command of Coalition for Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen announced that on Wednesday morning, a tanker carrying the flag of "Marshall Islands" was attacked by a naval boat using three Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs) off the Yemeni coast near (...)
The Command of Coalition for Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen announced that on Wednesday morning, a tanker carrying the flag of "Marshall Islands" was attacked by a naval boat using three Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs) off the Yemeni coast near (...)
