The Latest Breaking News from Pacific Islands Forum

The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China's advances in the region, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing the opening of new embassies in Tonga and Kiribati at a key regional summit. Washington will also appoint its first-ever envoy to…

Manasseh Sogavare says relationship with Australia is ‘strong’ despite his recent security pact with Beijing

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed in Suva, Fiji for the Pacific Island Forum leaders' meeting.

Vice-president Kamala Harris has announced postings in Kiribati and Tonga as leaders gather in Fiji for the Pacific Islands Forum

China's rise is never far from the mind at the Pacific Islands Forum, as the US ramps up its diplomacy and regional leaders speak of growing geopolitical pressure.

Despite major powers being sidelined from the Pacific Islands Forum, Vice-President Kamala Harris appears virtually to make a series of announcements showing the US is intent on reasserting its presence in the region as China continues to expand its footprint.

The leader of Vanuatu, pushing to take climate change to the international court, said the slow pace of international negotiations over emissions reduction was "totally out of step" with the impact Pacific islands are seeing.

Japan plans to dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean, but its effects on Pacific nations are not clear, Robert H. Richmond writes as the Pacific Islands Forum meets.

Australia’s foreign minister is urging Pacific island neighbors to unite on their shared challenges of U.S.-China strategic competition, climate change and COVID-19