The viral video sweeping social media this week, showing Coney Island Beach buried under heaps of garbage, plastic bottles, and filth, is more than just a fleeting internet sensation—it’s a…
DEAL ISLAND, Md. — A fire tore through a private island in Somerset County on Monday afternoon, destroying four structures and causing an estimated $600,000 in damages. The fire was…
By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – Counting was underway on Thursday in the Solomon Islands after a national election a day earlier, although electoral officials said they were searching for a…
MIAMI – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations worked with international partners to seize 4,294 pounds (1,948 kilograms) of cocaine on March 6 off the coast of the British…
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The U.S. military will not be involved in development of a port in the Philippines’ remote northernmost islands near Taiwan, the local governor said…
ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores from Libya this year, U.N. data shows, piling…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese coast guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands next to China’s coast on Monday, the government in Taipei said, in an escalation…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he supported funding for U.S.-allied Pacific Island nations as a way to…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will develop islands in the South China Sea that it considers part of its territory to make them more habitable for troops, Manila’s military chief…
COLLIER COUNTY, FL – A tragic incident unfolded on Sunday afternoon at the Port of the Islands Hotel when a former employee entered the facility and fatally shot a hotel…
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new de facto ambassador to the United States, Alexander Yui, arrived in Washington on Monday, according to a tweet from a U.S. official,…
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China and Japan accused each other of maritime incursions after a confrontation between their coast guards in waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea. China’s…
(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Philippine Islands region on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake was 10 km below the Earth’s surface, GFZ…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan issued an advisory for a tsunami of 1 metre for the islands off of Izu peninsula on the eastern coast of the country. The warning followed…
New Jersey is a state teeming with bustling cities, quaint small towns, and sprawling suburbs. Yet, within its intricate geography lie several anomalies: landlocked towns, municipalities entirely surrounded by a…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare said he skipped a Pacific Islands leaders summit at the White House this week to avoid a “lecture” and because he…
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is disappointed Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will not attend a Pacific Islands summit with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, the White House…
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The president of the Marshall Islands said on Wednesday his Pacific island nation was “cautiously optimistic” it could soon finalize a deal on future ties with…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Vanuatu’s parliament elected Sato Kilman as the nation’s new prime minister on Monday after a court upheld a vote of no-confidence in his predecessor, who…
The US And China Are Ratcheting Up A Tug- Of- War For Influence Over Little-Known Islands In The Pacific Micaela Burrow on September 2, 2023 The U.S. and China are…
Former Virgin Islands AG Says Governor Pressured Her To Allow Epstein Onto Island Will Kessler on August 16, 2023 The former U.S. Virgin Islands attorney general revealed in court documents…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase and the U.S. Virgin Islands traded new accusations this week in legal filings over their relationships with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The…
(Reuters) – Apollo Global Management Inc co-founder Leon Black paid $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to avoid any legal claims tied to a Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation, the…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Pacific Islands nations Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are considering forming defence forces and have discussed the matter with Australia, Defence Minister Richard Marles said…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is confident about reaching a strategic agreement with the Marshall Islands, the State Department’s senior official for East Asia and the Pacific told Congress…