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BAHAMAS NAVY INTERCEPTS BOAT CARRYING 76 HAITIAN MIGRANTS, TURNS THEM OVER FOR REPATRIATION
The navy said Sunday the Haitians were aboard a 40-foot 13-meter boat stopped about 20 miles 12 km west of the Exuma islands... READ MORE›
BEIJING WORKS ON 'GREAT WALL OF SAND' IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AS US IS DISTRACTED
Australia is not a party to the South China Sea issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at the time... READ MORE›
ON A REMOTE ATOLL, A CONCRETE DOME HOLDS A LEAKING TOXIC TIMEBOMB
It's Manit Day on Enewetak Atoll, a celebration of Marshall Islands culture when the Pacific nation's troubled past seems a distant memory... READ MORE›
ST HELENA TOURISM CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AS AIRPORT OPENS
Indeed the small plane can bring less than 4,000 people, including residents, to the island each year... READ MORE›
INCONSISTENCIES CAST STORY OF SAILORS RESCUED AFTER 5 MONTHS AT SEA INTO DOUBT
Archived NASA satellite images confirm there were no tropical storms around Hawaii that day... READ MORE›
BITCOIN CAN BUY YOU CITIZENSHIP IN ONE OF THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES
Vanuatu, a South Pacific archipelago of some 80 islands, will now let outsiders use the volatile cryptocurrency to apply for so-called investment citizenship... READ MORE›
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AFTER IRMA, A ONCE-LUSH GEM IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS REDUCED TO BATTERED WASTELAND
Debris and destruction caused by Hurricane Irma is seen on St. John Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands... READ MORE›
COUPLE TO RUN DESERTED FRENCH ISLAND
The French government is looking for a new couple to take over the tiny Brittany island of Quemenes... READ MORE›
US CARRIER GROUP BEGINS 'ROUTINE' PATROLS
US aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson has started what it calls routine operations in the South China Sea, with a fleet of supporting warships... READ MORE›
FIRST PICTURES OF NEW ISLAND FORMED BY UNDERWATER VOLCANO
Revealed First pictures of new island formed by underwater volcano... READ MORE›
CHINA READY TO LAUNCH MILITARY POWER FROM ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
In any case, strategists concede that freedom of navigation exercises will not necessarily hinder the militarisation of China's new sand islands... READ MORE›
U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER STRIKE GROUP PATROLS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
The navy said the force, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, began routine operations in the South China Sea on Saturday... READ MORE›
REMOTE ISLANDERS SAW 'LOW-FLYING JUMBO JET' ON THE DAY MH370 DISAPPEARED
Now residents of the Maldives island say they saw a plane with red and blue markings on the fatal day... READ MORE›
OCTOPUS DUBBED CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST COULD BE NEW SPECIES
Scientists say they have discovered what might be a new species of octopus while searching the Pacific Ocean floor near the Hawaiian Islands... READ MORE›
VANUATU DEATH TOLL IS LIKELY TO RISE AS GLIMPSES OF CYCLONES FURY EMERGE
Vanuatu has a population of about 270,000 people on 65 inhabited islands, with 50,000 people in Port-Vila... READ MORE›
HOW MORE THAN 13,000 PLANT SPECIES HAVE MADE A NEW HOME IN FOREIGN LANDS
This is probably explained by the vulnerability of islands to invasive species caused by their long geographical isolation which was shattered by European exploration... READ MORE›
HOW MH370 DEBRIS COULD HAVE REACHED RA(C)UNION, AND WHERE IT COULD GO NOW
MH370 search Oceanographer predicted debris would wash up on RA C union island a year ago... READ MORE›
EXPERTS URGE CAUTION OVER ''MH370 WRECKAGE' FOUND IN MALDIVES
But in June this year, Maldives authorities said they doubted the plane seen from their islands was MH370... READ MORE›
'I'M GOING TO HAVE FUN' - LAST WORDS OF HONG KONG MURDER VICTIM TO FRIENDS
Ms Lorena had been sending money back to Indonesia where she was building a house, he added... READ MORE›
MARSHALL ISLANDS URGE AUSTRALIA TO FOLLOW ITS AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS
It might be one of the worlds smallest countries but the Marshall Islands has set an ambitious target to cut its greenhouse gas emissions... READ MORE›
VANUATU PRESIDENT: CYCLONE PAM WAS 'A MONSTER'
A boy kick a ball through the ruins of his family home as his father picks through the debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu... READ MORE›
'CRUEL IN THE EXTREME': AUSTRALIA DELIBERATELY IGNORING ABUSE AT REFUGEE CAMPS, RIGHTS GROUPS ALLEGE
But researchers from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said they were able to enter the country last month, spending 12 days interviewing 84 refugees and asylum seekers... READ MORE›
YOUTH CAMP RESUMES ON ISLE 4 YEARS AFTER NORWAY MASSACRE
Several of the island's few traditional wooden rustic buildings have been renovated with newly built Scandinavian-style glass-and-wood meeting rooms and a cafeteria... READ MORE›
CHINA READY TO LAUNCH MILITARY POWER FROM ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
In any case, strategists concede that freedom of navigation exercises will not necessarily hinder the militarisation of China's new sand islands... READ MORE›
THESE COUNTRIES ARE THE 'MORAL CENTER' OF THE CLIMATE DEBATE. WILL THEY BE LEFT BEHIND?
The president on Tuesday was slated to meet with heads of small island nations, the countries that are the most threatened by climate change... READ MORE›
JULIE BISHOP SAYS MISSILE LAUNCHERS SHOULDN'T DETER FLIGHTS
South China Sea Julie Bishop says missile launchers shouldn't deter flights... READ MORE›
PARIS DEAL 'WON'T SAVE ISLAND NATIONS', KIRIBATI SAYS
COP21 Paris deal won't save low-lying island nations from rising sea levels, Kiribati President warns... READ MORE›
HERE COMES AN ANSWER TO RISING SEAS
Olthuis said the technical challenges of artificial island construction could be resolved, and he hoped the French Polynesia project would succeed... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN MAN GREGORY JONES DIES IN JAKARTA FERRY MISHAP
An Australian man has died trying to save a drowning ferry crew member off Jakarta, police say... READ MORE›
CABIN SMOKE FORCES CATHAY PACIFIC FLIGHT TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING
Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles makes emergency landing on remote US military airport after smoke appears in cabin... READ MORE›
BEACHES YOU CAN HAVE ALL TO YOURSELF
Vlasoff Cay, Queensland It is, of course, possible to get some private beach action without heading to the Pacific Islands... READ MORE›
CANOE RETURNS TO HAWAII AFTER EPIC ROUND-THE-WORLD VOYAGE
After returning, Hokulea will embark on an eight-month trip sailing throughout the Hawaiian islands... READ MORE›
BEIJING'S ACTIONS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AIMED AT 'HEGEMONY,' U.S. ADMIRAL SAYS
China's foreign minister, visiting Washington, said his country has 'a right to uphold its territorial integrity.'... READ MORE›
LAPIERRE FAMILY MOURNED BY TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY ON MAGDALEN ISLANDS
The funeral service itself will be intimate and reserved only for family members and Madelinots... READ MORE›
GIRL 3 BRAIN DAMAGED AT BIRTH RECEIVES HSE APOLOGY... COURTS
The Lamma IV quickly sank after it was struck by the Sea Smooth just off the coast of Lamma Island, one of Hong Kong's outlying islands... READ MORE›
THE BEST ISLANDS IN THE WORLD IN 2016
There was no place for any of the UK's islands in the global line-up - though TripAdvisor has produced a separate ranking system just for them... READ MORE›