In 1942, with World War 2 raging across continents, the island of Madagascar emerged as a pivotal prize in the struggle for control over the Indian Ocean. Governed by the Vichy French, Madagascar’s ...

The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago ...

Islands are not only in the ocean. The basic premise of an island, an isolated bit of land surrounded on all sides by an inhospitable substrate, occurs not only in the ocean—but in the sky too.

Diego Garcia: Why this remote island is US military's trump card in bombing Iran At present, there are around four American Stratofortress bombers stationed at the Diego Garcia airbase.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made ...

New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in development funding to the Cook Islands after previously saying it was blindsided by the island nation’s deals with China earlier this year.

New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China. Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free ...

Nation & World New Zealand has suspended millions in funding to the Cook Islands over its growing China ties June 18, 2025 at 3:54 pm Updated June 18, 2025 at 8:53 pm By Charlotte Graham-McLay ...

The Morning Midas, a cargo ship transporting 3,000 cars (including 800 EVs), was abandoned south of Adak, Alaska, when it caught fire in early June 2025.