No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

An annual tradition on Treasure Island needs some more chefs to help raise money for the fire department. The chili cook-off ...

China is willing to deepen mutual political trust with the Cook Islands, China's Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with ...

Will vast global debt lead to war? Time will tell! As the global reserve currency, the United States dollar and associated agencies are in a win-win situation. The US offers it currency to the world, ...

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...

China acknowledged a visit by the Cook Islands leader for the first time on Thursday, amid exasperation in New Zealand that ...

When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines ...

Perhaps geography is still destiny after all. The closer a Pacific nation sits to American shores, the more Washington seems ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is visiting Beijing this week to sign a strategic partnership agreement with the world’s second-largest economy in the latest sign of China’s expanding influence ...

Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson says US President Donald Trump’s decision on aid “is an opening for anybody else who wants to fill the gap” in the Pacific. Trump froze all USAID for 90 ...

Diplomatic tension between the Cook Islands and New Zealand is growing. Here's what it's about about, what China has to do with it, and why it matters.

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential threat it faces from the climate crisis – against the backdrop of a tussle ...