Often described as “America’s best kept secret,” the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is so much more than the U.S. backdoor to Asia. The Marianas Visitors Authority works to position the ...

For now, the Pacific Islands have mostly sought to avoid explicit alignment with either China or the United States and its partners. At this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders ...

The Trump administration is expanding its deep-sea mining ambitions to the region around the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific, and is nearly doubling the proposed seabed mining area around ...

A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Mariana Islands Friday morning, the United States Geological Survey is reporting. The notable quake was recorded just after 6 a.m. local time (4 p.m ...

BOEM completed the area identification that determines the specific areas on the Outer Continental Shelf that will undergo ...

Usually associated with "sun, sand and snorkelling" the Pacific island of Saipan was a surprising location for the culmination of Julian Assange's long legal battle with the USA. But the "string of ...

As a Pacific state with Pacific borders and an escalating rivalry with China, the U.S. must continue to partner with the Pacific Islands in new, innovative ways. The U.S. must adopt a clear-eyed ...

The world's oceans are big and dark and deep. They cover approximately 70% of the planet’s surface and contain a huge portion ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo has two new birds flying around in the Indonesian rain forest dome. They’re the same kind of island birds the zoo’s veterinarian has worked with ...

SYDNEY, June 25 (Reuters) - Better known for its sandy beaches and Second World War wrecks, the tropical Pacific island of Saipan will soon host the final act of Julian Assange's 14-year legal odyssey ...