WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has shelved a proposal to build two rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll, a remote island in ...

AIRASIA Berhad’s $12.25-billion Airbus deal will extend its reach beyond Asia and the Philippines is being lined up as a key ...

The U.S. military wants to keep training at a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii's Big Island so it's ready to quickly send ...

Brig. Gen. Joseph “Clete” Goetz took command of the Pacific Ocean Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2024 and ...

The ongoing crisis in New Caledonia threatens to unravel more than three decades of French diplomatic engagement, as well as ...

New evidence and an upcoming expedition aim to uncover whether Amelia Earhart crash-landed on Nikumaroro Island after her ...

Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ...

Ocean islands modify surface winds on the leeside. Such an island wake generally dissipates quickly and lasts only a few hundred kilometres downwind. Using new satellite data, we detect a wake ...

China's embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, ...