The USS Carl Vinson is conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, with the George Washington in Japan and the Nimitz in the Eastern Pacific.

(Bloomberg) -- Island nations scattered across the Pacific Ocean are at the center of an ... Lowy Institute calls a new “Great Game.” The countries’ proximity to key shipping lanes and ...

Kiribati is the first country in the world to celebrate 2025. The last country to issue in the new year will the Baker Island and Howland Island.

The Obama administration yesterday announced its intention to designate a vast portion of U.S.-controlled areas of the Pacific Ocean as a nature preserve. Although packaged as part of the president’s ...

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to kick off the New Year's celebrations, with those in the South Pacific Ocean being the first to welcome 2025. Auckland was the first major ...

See the map Since countries are free to choose which date ... Kiribati straddles the equator and is located in the central Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia, northeast ...