Old maps are rife with phantom islands. Sometimes these nonexistent landmasses come about because of mistakes made by sailors or cartographers; sometimes they can be traced back to folklore or legends ...

Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where ...

Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the ...

From a Polynesian island ringed by blue lagoons to Chile's gaucho heartland, these are BBC journalists' top destinations this ...

With the click of a mouse, a handful of bright red arrows pop up over a map of Guam and Micronesia, each arrow representing a Chinese research vessel loitering in regional waters these past few months ...

James Kelekelevula Rokotakala caught everyone’s attention at the Fiji National University graduation today when he walked ...

New Zealand’s attempts to “coerce” the Cook Islands over its relationship with China will not work, Prime Minister Mark Brown said in an interview aired on Cook Islands Television last week. He said ...

The United States has built a vast defense network of interceptors and radars across the Pacific to safeguard its homeland—including the westernmost territory of Guam—against evolving missile threats ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, and the infamous tanker Eagle S in December 2024 being shadowed by a Finnish Coast Guard vessel. Photo / ...

Australia has touted its decision to cede next year’s COP summit to Turkey as a “big win”, but the move has sparked disappointment across the Pacific, where island nations had hoped co-hosting COP31 ...

Chinese and Japanese coastguard vessels have been involved in a stand-off near the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. The two sides gave conflicting accounts of Tuesday’s incident, with ...

Dozens of senior officials and diplomats from across Asia, Africa and the Pacific will touch down in Brussels on Thursday, as the European Union tries to convince them it is a more reliable partner ...