Marshall Islands

Who are Taiwan’s formal diplomatic allies?
China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016.
Published On 15 Mar 2023
Climate change gets ‘highest priority’ in US, Pacific agreement
Partnership deal signed by 14 nations follows historic summit at the White House and comes as China extends influence.
Published On 30 Sep 2022
US has agreed Pacific Islands deal, offering ‘big dollar numbers’
The US is looking to reengage in a region where China has been steadily expanding its influence.
Published On 29 Sep 2022
‘Like Wildfire’: COVID cases skyrocket on Marshall Islands
Authorities in Marshall Islands declare health disaster as COVID-19 cases surge in Pacific nation’s capital, Majuro.
Published On 15 Aug 2022

China-Taiwan fistfight in Fiji raises concerns that broader US-China rivalry could destabilise the Pacific.

Venezuelan foreign minister warned that US moves to inhibit crude exports would complicate food and medicine imports.

Marshall Islands expresses ‘profound appreciation’ to Taiwan, criticises China efforts to ‘expand territory, footprint’

The Marshall Islands wants to reduce its dependence on the US dollar with what it is calling the Marshallese sovereign.

The concrete dome was built in the late 1970s as a dumping ground for waste from the nuclear tests.

Islanders, who blame nuclear tests before 1958 for health damage, accuse the nations of breaching legal duty to disarm.

Warships seize control of Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and escort it to Bandar Abbas.

Marshall Islanders are well-acquainted with the horrors of the nuclear arms industry.

Negotiators battle to emerge with an all encompassing climate deal in capital Lima as meetings head into a 13th day.

Annual UN meeting on global warming overruns in Peru as delegates are split over issues including greenhouse gas cuts.

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