A small, uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean has stirred up widespread speculation online after Google Earth displayed it ...

Readers favored global cities and sparsely populated islands in our annual “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2025.

A South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis brought “the world's biggest problem to the world's ...

The family of actress-content creator Ivana Alawi is open to the idea of selling their family house in Bahrain since no one currently lives there.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a meeting to address negative social impacts of Pacific labour mobility.

Global crude oil prices have eased. Markets are betting that protracted conflict is unlikely. meanwhile, domestic production has helped insulate the U.S. from global price shocks.

The Pacific still struggles to deliver timely emergency care, but help is being built from within. Vice President of the Pacific Island Society for Emergency Care, Dr Garry Nou, said the answer lies ...

After No Kings protest, Good Trouble Lives On protest will be July 17. What is it? "Good trouble" is a term coined by the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, and July 17 will mark five years since his ...

Bureau of No Construction: Lawmakers Blast Agency for Inaction on School Projects and Lack of Clear Maintenance Plans With less than 60 days until public schools reopen, senators expressed outrage ...

Travel Asia & Middle East Foreign Office Island nation flooded with 14m tourists on no-travel list after major disaster Air India, Air New Zealand, Jetstar, Juneyao Airlines, Singapore Airlines ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made ...

Cook Islands is self-governing but shares a military and passports with New Zealand. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown told lawmakers in Parliament on Thursday that the funding was “not halted, ...