China does not normally test-launch its nuclear missiles on the island of Hainan, which faces the South China Sea.

From 1946–1958, the US military dropped an estimated 318 explosive devices into the Pacific. This destroyed the environment ...

Here’s a look at some other places cashing in on their unique top-level domains: ...

A UN human rights report details how 67 US nuclear bomb detonations in the Marshall Islands brought untold suffering and ...

The latest example of cooperation between the Russian and Chinese navies comes hot on the heels of a series of bilateral ...

In this study, high-frequency measurements of tides, waves, and currents were made using acoustic, electromagnetic, and pressure instruments over a 28-d period on the fore-reef and reef flat of a ...

It departed the U.S. island territory in the Western Pacific Ocean the following day ... between the Philippines and Okinotorishima, an atoll administered by Japan which is the southernmost ...

TOKYO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Japan's defence ministry said on Friday that it has spotted Chinese Navy aircraft carrier "Liaoning" in the Pacific Ocean for the past seven days. Liaoning and a few ...

China’s decision to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean is “concerning”, say the Foreign Affairs Minister and a Kiwi foreign policy expert. It is the first ...

Climate change is dramatically reshaping life in Pacific Island nations ... The freshwater "lenses" beneath Tuvalu's atolls, once tapped through wells, were contaminated by rising seas years ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says tourism is expected to remain a key driver of growth in the Pacific. The new Asian Development Outlook, released on Wednesday, said Developing Asia's 2024 growth ...

The 18-page report, published Tuesday, lays out an array of ongoing challenges to human rights stemming from U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, a collection of 29 atolls and five isolated ...