TINY ISLAND

Indigenous Guna families from Gardi Sugdub were relocated to Isberyala due to rising sea levels. The new community offers cooler temperatures and government-constructed houses. Some families chose to stay on the low-lying island despite climate chal...

Gardi Sugdub, an island off Panama's Caribbean coast, are witnessing a massive shift taking place due to global warning.

For nearly two weeks, we would sleep with the sonorous drone of choppers circling over our Hotel Le Paris, and we had no way of leaving the island. A state of emergency had been declared, a strict curfew imposed, and no restaurants or shops were ope...

China's Foreign Ministry has declared the formal restoration of diplomatic relations with Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation that had recently cut its ties with Taiwan earlier in the month. Nauru's decision came just two days following Taiwan's pre...

The number was more than 2.4 lakh in 2022 while over 2.11 lakh Indians flew to the Maldives in 2021. The Maldives was also one of the few countries open for international tourists during the pandemic and nearly 63,000 Indians visited the country in ...

Taiwan's Kinmen island, located 200 kilometers from Taiwan island but only seven kilometers from the Chinese mainland, is preparing to vote in a crucial presidential election on Saturday. Kinmen, which lies 200 kilometers from Taiwan island but only...

The tragic plane crash in the Caribbean claimed the lives of US actor Christian Oliver, his daughters Annik, 12, and Madita, 10, along with pilot Robert Sachs. The crash occurred near Petit Nevis island, en route to St Lucia. Authorities are investi...

The COP28 presidency declared unity and action, but the Alliance of Small Island States was confused as the UAE consensus was approved without the presence of small island developing states. Aosis emphasized the need for a phase-out of fossil fuels ...

Australia announced on Friday the security guarantee to the tiny Pacific Islands nation to respond to military aggression, protect it from climate change and boost migration. Australia, a United States ally, has been working to shore up its Pacific ...

The deal will expand an existing commercial project by Google in the region to the nations of Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

"The Philippine Coast Guard vessel 4409 deliberately stirred up trouble and reversed in a premeditated manner," state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing the foreign ministry, adding "the malicious collision heated up the situation".

Once one of the many obscure top-level domains assigned to countries and territories, .ai websites experienced a slow but steady increase in demand in recent years. But the sudden spike in .ai domains nine months ago highlights the broader frenzy ar...

Blinken's visit helped highlight the opening of a new U.S. Embassy in Tonga and the return of Peace Corps volunteers following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Pacific island state of Palau has confirmed that it is under pressure from China to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China. Palau has refused to give up its diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, and President Surangel Whipps Jr. says that th...

Australia definitely has reasons to worry about China's attempts to win over the South Pacific island nations. Strategic access to these island nations could help China's military manoeuvres in the event of a conflict involving Australia or the US. ...

CNEOS 2014-01-08, the rather imaginative name given to a piece of rock, is now confirmed to be the first object from outside our solar system. The interstellar immigrant was spotted exploding above the ocean near Papua New Guinea in January 2014.

Plan a trip to these notable reopenings in some of the world’s most beloved tropical locales.

Ecuador has a coastline of 2,237 km, against India’s 7,000 km. But the South American country has pipped us in shrimp exports. Without urgent policy and tech support, India is in danger of seeing a permanent loss.