The Cofa deals were originally meant to be passed as part of the federal budget in October, when the new fiscal year began. The House of Representatives passed the bill …
First signed in the 1980s with the three island nations, the Cofa agreements provide Washington exclusive military access to strategic swathes of the western Pacific in exchange for economic help. …
Palau, an archipelago of more than 500 islands, is one of 11 nations that continue to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Since 2016, Taiwan has lost around a dozen diplomatic …
That strategy arguably descends from the Compact of Free Association (Cofa), a pact that for decades has steered US ties with the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau. Amid growing fears …
“Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, none of their islands are above two metres. In Palau, we have some islands that are above two metres, but we also have islands that are …
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the island of Mindanao in the Philippines late on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, and tsunamis were expected to hit the Philippines and Japan. The Philippine Institute …
Some 165 photographers working on assignment for National Geographic shot more than 2.1 million images in 2023. Now, 29 are featured in its annual “Pictures of the Year” retrospective. The …
At stake, experts say, is a return to a democratic election timeline slated for April 2024 as well as the increasing influence of Beijing, which critics fear could back Sogavare’s …