The Cook Islands, named after Capt. James Cook, the British explorer who visited the South Pacific area in the mid-1770s, became a self-governing territory in 1965 and has sought to rename itself ...

The Baltic Sea is better known than the North Sea for highlighting the vulnerability of the alliance's critical undersea ...

The funding cut leaves the Cook Islands facing a sudden financial shortfall, prompting warnings that Wellington's approach ...

Cook Islands, with a population of 15,000, ... A Russian media outlet is raided in Azerbaijan’s capital as tensions rise between Moscow and Baku. June 30, 2025.

Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on marine science, climate resilience and economic cooperation so far during a trip to China that ...

President Biden urges Putin to engage in de-escalation and diplomacy 02:51. A Russian anti-submarine destroyer chased off a U.S. submarine near the Kuril Islands, forcing it to leave the country's ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands government after its Pacific neighbour signed agreements with ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters in Rarotonga. Photo / RNZ Pacific / Eleisha Foon. Opinion by Richard Prebble.

MOSCOW – Russia has dismissed Norway's protests over a weekend visit to a Norwegian archipelago by a delegation that included Russia's deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin. During a visit to the ...

Russia's Foreign Ministry says Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono plans to visit Moscow next week for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the four Pacific islands that have been ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday dismissed Norway's protests over a weekend visit to a Norwegian archipelago by a delegation that included Russia's deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin.

Russian authorities say they are naming two small, previously unnamed islands in the disputed Kurile Island chain for a Soviet general and an academic. Accessibility links Skip to main content ...