The United Nations' (UN) highest-ranking police official has visited Australia to mark the conclusion of the world's first UN ...

A former Papua New Guinea Cabinet minister is heading back to parliament after winning the Central Bougainville seat. Jimmy ...

Police suspect the company, which made significant profits running offshore detention, may have misused public funds, as a ...

Deep in the abyssal plain of the ocean, the Clarion-Clipperton zone hosts what is estimated to be trillions of dollars of ...

Australia plans to significantly boost surveillance of Pacific Islands territorial waters, spending A$477 million ($310.72 ...

Analysts warn that developments in the Second Island Chain - which has seen increased manoeuvring from Washington and Beijing to fortify their own presence and contain each other’s access there - ...

The Cook Islands, an archipelago with a modest landmass but an extensive Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), has emerged as a ...

As SBS celebrates 50 years of storytelling, we share the stories of those who made the at times perilous journey across the ...

Nauru was the latest to do so in January 2024 ... “I'm certain that once they have strong political influence, they could have access to either port or air facilities in some of these islands,” he ...

China is taking further steps towards high seas boarding of fishing boats in the Pacific for the first time, risking tensions with Taiwanese fleets and U.S. Coast Guard vessels that ply the region, ...

Papua New Guinea’s push for a defence treaty with Canberra sends a message to all competing interests in the region that the ­Pacific nation “stands with Australia” and supports the international ...