Lancet study uses data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it called an ‘unprecedented global epidemic’.
UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention.
Global mean sea levels have risen faster in the 20th century than in any prior century over the past 3,000 years.
The region-wide plan involves the establishment of four training centres across the Pacific with a hub in Brisbane.
US statement on Taiwan’s increasing diplomatic isolation after Nauru’s withdrawal of recognition draws fire
Nauru sees rare earth metals as key to the green transition. But mining them could threaten vital marine ecosystems.
While offshore policy is being wound down, campaigners say ‘dark chapter’ will not end until last refugees leave PNG.
Inaugural Korea-Pacific Islands Summit comes amid Seoul’s concerns over China’s growing influence in Indo-Pacific.
China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016.
Mohammad Shofiqul Islam and Mohammad Kaium have been held on the remote Pacific island of Nauru for nearly 10 years.
Partnership deal signed by 14 nations follows historic summit at the White House and comes as China extends influence.
The US is looking to reengage in a region where China has been steadily expanding its influence.
Samoan Prime Minister’s decision to skip recent summit is latest evidence of growing mistrust of Beijing.
Asylum seeker who set himself on fire in 2019 to protest against his indefinite detention pleads for release.
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