June 1944. Library of Congress. On June 15, 1944, American forces invaded the island of Saipan, part of the Mariana Islands in the Central Pacific. Securing Saipan was of critical importance to ...

For just the third time in over 27 years, three tropical cyclones are active simultaneously in the South Pacific ... Fiji and American Samoa. This normally sun-soaked area is now very stormy ...

President Donald Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have promised sweeping changes to the U.S. military.

The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky ...

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central, and South America, including the marine iguanas of the Galapágos and the ...

U.S. Congresswoman Amata Radewagen, who represents American Samoa, has urged the Trump administration to reopen most of Pacific Islands Heritage (PIH) Marine National Monument, a vast protected ...

For the politicians, diplomats, academics and business figures on the tropical Chinese island of Hainan this week for the ...