Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor New ...

China pretends it’s an accident, offering its condolences to the families of the thousands of US sailors who lost their lives ...

Kiribati is said to have accepted support from ... concern in Canberra that the fishing port could be used as a base for Beijing's reconnaissance activities. The total loans China has extended ...

Ruth Cross Kwansing, a New Zealand-born Kiribati MP, has come to her president's defence in the diplomatic row between ...

We closed down US military bases here following the EDSA People Power Revolution after the Senate voted against the proposal of then president Corazon Aquino to renew the bases agreement.

The former president of Kiribati, Anote Tong, says it is not surprising some Pacific nations are turning to Beijing for support given Canberra's underwhelming response to climate change. In the video ...

In his first visit to Panama and other Latin American countries as US secretary of state, Marco Rubio is seeking to counter Chinese influence in the region.

Pacific leaders frustrated It is not just New Zealand that Maamau has refused to meet. Over the last two years, Pacific ...

Around the world, Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more ...

China is building a new military command centre near Beijing that is 10 times the size of the Pentagon, US intelligence officials have said. Satellite images of the base, about 20 miles south-west ...

The bark Diana left Port Gamble, Washington Territory, in July 1886, bound for Sydney, Australia, and vanished. Presumed lost at sea, the Diana was officially listed on the maritime registers as ...