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Solomon Islands bars China and Taiwan from top Pacific summitSolomon Islands has decided to exclude non-member nations, including China, Taiwan, and the United States, from the upcoming Pacific Island...- Pacific Islands delay security plan that could open door to ChinaThe Melanesian Spearhead Group, comprising Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Fiji, has delayed adopting a joint security stra...
- Solomon Islands says Chinese police to assist cyber, community securityThe US, Australia, New Zealand and Solomon Islands' opposition party have called for Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to "immediately" publ...
- Australian defence minister in Solomon Islands for security talksAustralia is a major aid donor and has a decades-long security relationship with the Solomon Islands. China has recently stepped up its fun...
- US President Joe Biden to meet 18 South Pacific leaders in Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea foreign minister Justin Tkatchenko told a news conference Biden would attend bilateral talks with his hosts and is "also h...
- China holds policing discussion with officials of Pacific island nationsChina's attempt to strike a security and trade deal with 10 Pacific island nations in May fuelled concern in Washington and Canberra about ...
- Tsunami warning as magnitude 7 quake strikes Solomon IslandsThe quake's epicenter was in the ocean about 56 kilometers (35 miles) southwest of the capital, Honiara, at a depth of 13 kilometers (8 mil...
- Australia boosts defence, Pacific diplomacy spending in budgetPrime Minister Anthony Albanese's first budget since his centre-left Labor government was elected in May lifts funding for defence by 8% in...
- US initiative checkmates China in Pacific islandsAfter the March 2022 news leak that Beijing was working on a secret deal with the Solomon Islands to open the door for a Chinese naval base...
- Solomon Islands to ban American navy ships from ports: US embassy"On August 29, the United States received formal notification from the Government of Solomon Islands regarding a moratorium on all naval vi...
- China says 'no intention' to build Solomons military baseThe Chinese minister, who was in Honiara at the start of an extensive tour of Pacific island states, said the security agreement Beijing se...
- Solomons confirms a security deal coming with China; Australia and NZ concernedThe security treaty, if concluded, would be a major inroad for China in a region that U.S. allies Australia and New Zealand have for decade...
- Washington plans Solomon Islands embassy in push to counter ChinaSecretary of State Antony Blinken will announce plans for the embassy in the Solomon Islands, which switched its diplomatic allegiance to C...
- US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassyThe State Department said Solomon Islanders cherished their history with Americans on the battlefields of World War II, but that the U.S. w...
- View: China’s economic engagement and protests in three continentsThere have been protests in three countries located on three different continents. The common thread is the presence of Chinese investments.
- Why rioters are burning and looting in the Solomon IslandsAngry riots that left buildings burning in the Solomon Islands capital on Thursday are the latest flare-up in two decades of tensions in th...
- Australia looks to partner India in the pacific region for joint projects amid Chinese inroadsTeam to undertake training and engagement with other forces; convening an annual Joint Heads of Pacific Security Forces event in Australia ...
- 6.9-quake hits off Papua New Guinea's Bougainville: USGSAccording to the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami.
- Sharp 6.1 quake shakes eastern Solomon Islands; no tsunamiA sharp, magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the eastern Solomon Islands on Tuesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or in...
- 'Piracy-prone' zones identified on Indian coastlineThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in its latest global piracy alert has identified anchorage points on the Hooghly river along wi...
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