Tag: US military

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan for BenarNews US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defence commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer Marshall Islands defence provisions could "fairly easily" be considered to run against...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The thing I hate about Western electoral politics in general and US presidential races in particular is that they take the...

Asia Pacific Report An Australian author and advocate, Jim Aubrey, today led a national symbolic one minute's silence to mark the "blood debt" owed to...

By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future...

Pacific Media Watch Barely a day passes without a story in the British or Australian media that ramps up fear about the rulers in Beijing,...

COMMENTARY: A special correspondent in Port Moresby As an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Papua New Guinea government, I have to...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Papua New Guinean academic says the new security deals with the United States will militarise his country...

By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Former Papua New Guinean prime minister Peter O’Neill says the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement threatens the country's sovereignty. He...

By Don Wiseman, NZ Pacific journalist Guam has long faced tensions due to the heavy United States military presence on the island. But as Washington moves to...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the...

By Stella Martin and Rose Amos in Port Moresby Thousands of students at the University of Papua New Guinea staged a protest at the Waigani...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea expects to see a steady increase in United States military presence following the signing of the US-PNG Defense Cooperation Agreement...

By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape is still confident of delivering the PNG-US Defence Cooperation...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist US President Joe Biden will cut out his historic trip to Papua New Guinea -- and also to Australia...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The United States is poised to sign a security pact with Papua New Guinea which would give US armed...

By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila The Philippines and the United States will hold their largest Balikatan exercise this year, with 17,600 troops expected to participate...

A new book about one of New Zealand's foremost peace activists offers insight into Owen Wilkes, the man described as the intellect behind New...

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan, editor-in-chief of the Pacific Island Times The Federated States of Micronesia will receive more US economic assistance under the Compact of...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The last 10 days has seen the entire media focus (aside from the ubiquitous concern for the All Black prospects in...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The discovery of many civilian bodies lying dead in the Ukrainian city of Bucha this week has brought out more Western...

By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The US Army ignored agreed-to covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and...