Pacific

Australia and Fiji have commenced negotiations for a reciprocal Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that will allow for the rapid deployment of each other's militaries to one another's jurisdictions, and see ...

The UK should pivot towards the Indo-Pacific region, lending its economic and military weight to countering China's growing ...

As the peak of hurricane season nears, two storms are being monitored for possible impacts on land, one ...

MEXICO CITY—The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season formed far from land on Wednesday. The U.S.National Hurricane ...

The U.S. Navy is "not in search of conflict" as it continues freedom of navigation operations in the ...

Several of America's heaviest lifting bombers, the B-1 lancers, have headed back to the strategically located island of ...

Mast listing, melted by 1,000-degree heat, as fire crews continue to battle the flames in San Diego harbor, ...

Here's a recap of the major stories in Australia last week: Mining firm Rio Tinto has apologised for ...

The 2020 West Pacific typhoon season is off to a slow start. It took until May 12 for ...

Momentum is building in Congress to funnel more money into the Pacific Command theater in order to blunt ...

Last week, for the first time in 16 years, the U.S. Air Force left the key strategic Pacific ...

A network of drones that constantly monitor hot spots in the Pacific would help blunt Beijing's military aggression ...

COVID-19 has succeeded where China's two decades of military buildup has failed—by sidelining a U.S. aircraft carrier in ...

Australia will spend A$1.1 billion ($725.9 million) to upgrade an airbase in the country's tropical north, Prime Minister ...

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon on Thursday flight-tested a missile that had been banned under a treaty that the United States ...

TAIPEI—The president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru promised on Dec. 13 to always stand beside ...

BANGKOK—A partnership between the United States and "like-minded nations" will keep Asian countries secure in the face of ...

Five ports in the Pacific have joined an Australian association to improve trade and maritime relations amid increasing ...

News Analysis Rand Corporation forecasts that China’s victory flipping UN recognition by two small Pacific Island nations will ...

Thousands of kilometres of underwater data cables connecting Australia to two of its Pacific neighbours has made land ...

SYDNEY—The final piece of Australia's A$137 million ($92.53 million) undersea cable to bring high-speed internet to the Solomon ...

Photos captured via NASA satellites show what appears to be a new island floating in the Pacific Ocean. ...

American and Chinese officials have addressed a session at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu, just as regional ...

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu—Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Wednesday, Aug. 14, arrive in Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific Island, ...

SYDNEY–Australia will create a new military unit dedicated to training and assisting Pacific allies, Defense Minister Linda Reynolds ...

SYDNEY—Australia and Papua New Guinea said on July 22 their leaders will meet annually in a bid to ...

Category 4 Hurricane Barbara began to weaken on July 3 after reaching wind speeds of 140 mph, according ...