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Pacific locations could host intelligence and combat-support units

Mariana Islands

US think tank proposes military shift to Guam, CNMI and Pacific Islands

September 15, 2026

Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary

Mariana Islands

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

Mariana Islands

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

Government field officers assess the condition of communities and collapsed structures in General Santos City

Mariana Islands

Tsunami advisories issued in Pacific after 7.8 Philippines earthquake

Saipan

Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands’ security and stability vital for US, say military leaders

A draft US military training document for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands provides for joint military training exercises

Mariana Islands

US military opens environmental review for expanded Marianas training footprint

March 9, 2026

The defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau

Mariana Islands

Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

February 9, 2026

The late Robson Henry

Mariana Islands

Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare

January 31, 2026

Mariana Islands

Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining

January 28, 2026

CNMI territory approaching a critical eoonomic point

Mariana Islands

CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in...

January 12, 2026

NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers at the Fiji Police Force headquarters in Suva in May

Mariana Islands

NZ police chief acknowledges impact of criminal deportees on Pacific

August 21, 2025

Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center

Mariana Islands

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step...

July 1, 2025

CNMI and Guam activists stage a rally protesting against the US military buildup in the Marianas

Mariana Islands

‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters

June 29, 2025

Guam's Governor Lou Leon Guerrero says missile testing and housing nuclear weapons on the US Pacific territory is a way of deterring aggression

Mariana Islands

Leaders in US-affiliated Pacific react to surprise strikes on Iran

June 23, 2025

Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left) exchanges greetings with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth

Mariana Islands

Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

March 29, 2025

Pride Marianas founder Roberto Santos

Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives

January 23, 2025

The late former US President Jimmy Carter in his younger years

Mariana Islands

Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter’s ‘pivotal role’ for CNMI

December 31, 2024

Guam Governor Leon Guerrero welcomes Taiwan's President Lai to Guam

Mariana Islands

Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam

December 5, 2024

Republican Kimberlyn-King-Hinds

Mariana Islands

Republican Kimberlyn King-Hinds wins delegate race in CNMI

November 6, 2024

US Vice-President Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump

Mariana Islands

How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations

November 4, 2024

The Guam flag

Mariana Islands

‘It sucks’: Guam’s complex indigenous Chamorro people relationship with US

August 7, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Mariana Islands

WikiLeaks founder Assange hearing ‘significant’ for Pacific island Saipan

Pacific Media Watch -

June 26, 2024

The US Supreme Court

Mariana Islands

‘A stain on our country’: Criticism of ‘racist’ Supreme Court rulings

April 29, 2024

Indigenous rights advocate Raymond Quitugua

Mariana Islands

Indigenous rights flag-burning protest rocks CNMI community

April 12, 2024

"Whakaako Kia Whakaora - Educate to Liberate" - Polynesian Panthers

Mariana Islands

Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy

June 1, 2023

Uprooted trees on the island of Rota, Northern Marianas

Mariana Islands

After Mawar, post-typhoon restoration process begins in Guam

May 26, 2023

Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Mariana Islands

‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

March 29, 2023

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay

Australia

Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay praised, pilloried, ignored by Australia

Firearms and ammunition seized in a counter-terrorism operation by PNG police in Southern Highlands province

Crime

Call for criminal groups to be declared ‘terrorists’, as PNG police...

Te Pāti Māori's co-leader Rawiri Waititi (left) landed a "killer blow" to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters in last night's TVNZ election debate

Commentary

Rawiri shines at Kingmaker debate as Māori voters set to rock...

MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives

Australia

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

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MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives

Australia

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

Fiji's Tui Nayau, Ratu Tevita Mara

Culture

Fijian chief warns coup immunity debate must address inequality and social...

"The intifada is global now"

Asia Report

Eight ways to spot toxic hasbara trolls and being a keyboard...

A protester ahead of the Global March for Palestine up Auckland's Queen Street

Asia Report

Free Palestine Party slams ‘shameful’ NZ stance at UN, calls for...

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives

Australia

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

"The intifada is global now"

Asia Report

Eight ways to spot toxic hasbara trolls and being a keyboard...

A protester ahead of the Global March for Palestine up Auckland's Queen Street

Asia Report

Free Palestine Party slams ‘shameful’ NZ stance at UN, calls for...

Round 1 to the PNG Chiefs in NZ High Court

Australia

High Court declines NZ Rugby’s bid for interim injunction on PNG...