Earthquake rattles Solomon Islands

Everyone on North Tarawa now has access to improved sanitation. Photo: ABC Radio Australia / UNICEF Pacific. North Tarawa in Kiribati is the first island in the Pacific to be declared open defecation free, thanks to the Kiriwatsan I Project. The ...

New Delhi: Circulating on the internet are a set of amazing photographs of South Pacific Ocean, as a volcano erupts from the depth of the ocean and a new island is created. It's Nature at its majestic best - full of wonders and splendor.A beach? No! ...

The US has honoured 15 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women, including two Indian-Americans, as "champions of change" in recognition of their significant contribution to the community.

The tiny South Pacific island of Vanuatu is competing with Russia and Qatar to host the 2015 men's world boxing championships.

A mock island invasion called Iron Fist is the latest sign that Japan's concerns about China and North Korea are pushing Japanese leaders further away from postwar pacifism.

Human colonisation of the remote Pacific islands may have spawned the global extinction of nearly 1,000 species of birds, according to a new analysis of fossil data.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rattled the South Pacific island of Vanuatu today.The US Geological Survey said, the shallow ocean quake struck at a depth of 15 kilometres, 104 kilometres west of the capital Port Vila at 2.09 pm local ...

An outbreak of dengue in the Pacific Islands of New Caledonia claimed the lives of three, according to the officials. A 55-year-old woman from the northern village of Pouembout who was taken to hospital with haemorrhaging became the latest victim of the ...

Researchers from Field Museum of Natural History led by Columbia University's Joshua Drew discovered two new species of sharks that had not been reported in historic or contemporary records after analyzing weapons made of shark teeth in the Gilbert Island ...