China to gift water cannon trucks, vehicles to Solomon Islands police days after Australian...
China will today donate at least two water cannon trucks and a host of vehicles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), in...
Solomon Islands Opposition questions Australia’s delivery of guns
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has donated dozens of semi-automatic rifles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), in what diplomats have called...
Filep Karma: West Papuan independence campaigner found dead on beach
The human rights campaigner Filep Karma – one of West Papua’s most famous former political prisoners – was found dead on a beach in...
Australia provides guns to Solomon Islands police
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) today took delivery of 60 riffles to add to its armoury as the force with the support...
Pacific nuclear legacy overshadows U.S talks in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands officials say they are ready to resume talks with the United States this week on renewing a long-standing economic and security deal,...
Minister’s ‘high tempo’ pace strengthening Australia-PNG ties, forging new development policy
Australia’s minister for international development anf the Pacific Pat Conroy is off to Papua New Guinea, where he will commemorate 80 years since the...
U.S B-52 bomber deployment may trigger regional arms race, China says
China has responded to reports the United States is preparing to deploy nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to northern Australia, saying the move could trigger an...
Pacific fisheries surveillance returns to full strength
One of the largest fisheries surveillance operations in the world, Operation Kurukuru, came to a successful close today, marking a return to full operational...
U.S, FSM initiate talks on establishing ‘defence sites’ in Micronesia
The U.S and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) have begun exploring future plans to establish military facilities in the Pacific nation, which is...
Korean, Pacific islands FMs discuss climate, maritime cooperation in Busan
The top diplomats of Korea and 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) held talks Wednesday in the southern port of Busan to discuss ways to...
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West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau – PNG foreign minister
Papua New Guinea's foreign minister says he expects the issue of West Papua will be discussed at the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders...
Pacific Civil Society calls for Ocean protection, demilitarisation and regional control
Pacific civil society and regional leaders have called for stronger Pacific control over decisions affecting the ocean, rejecting deep-sea mining and warning against growing...
CNMI leader urges caution as U.S advances Pacific seabed mining plan
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Governor David Apatang says protecting Pacific waters and island communities must come first as the United...