Pacific Ocean
Cook Islands Creates Huge Pacific Ocean Marine Reserve
The Cook Islands has created one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries, protecting a vast swathe of the Pacific...
‘Earhart’ Photo Taken Years Before Disappearance
A photograph supposedly showing Amelia Earhart alive in the Marshall Islands in 1937 that caused a stir earlier this...
US Conducts Successful Missile Intercept Test Amid NKorea Tensions
The US military has conducted a successful test of a missile intercept system, officials said Tuesday, as tensions soar...
Fresh Quake Rocks Philippine Island
A 5.9-magnitude quake Monday rocked a central Philippine island still reeling from a deadly tremor last week, though...
Military Expert Casts Doubt On Earhart Photo Claims
A Marshall Islands-based military expert has cast further doubt on claims that a blurry photograph shows famed US...
Japan Floods Death Toll Rises To 18
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 18, officials said Sunday, as rescue teams...
Philippine Police Arrest Rare Sea Turtle Poachers
Philippine police said Friday they had seized 70 dead hawksbill marine turtles, a critically endangered species...
Panic, Damage After Deadly Philippine Quake
Residents fled their houses in panic overnight on Friday as aftershocks hit the central Philippines a day after a...
Photo Revives Speculation On Amelia Earhart Fate
It is one of the most tantalizing mysteries in aviation lore -- the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. What happened to...
One Dead As Strong Quake Hits Central Philippines
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake killed at least one person in the central Philippines on Thursday, with at least five more...
6.5-Magnitude Quake Hits Central Philippine Island
A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the central Philippines Thursday, US seismologists said, revising an...
Japan Typhoon Grounds Flights, Injures Three
A typhoon slammed into Japan on Tuesday, grounding dozens of flights, injuring at least three people and prompting...
Successful SpaceX Launch Delivers Satellites Into Orbit
The American company SpaceX on Sunday successfully placed 10 satellites for the communications company Iridium into...
False Alarm As Major Quake Reported In California
An alert issued Wednesday about a major earthquake off the coast of California turned out -- thankfully -- to be the...
North Korea Warns of ICBM Launch
North Korea warned on Wednesday that it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time,...
Rescue Drill Turns Real As US Coast Guard Finds Missing Tongans
A search and rescue exercise turned real for a US Coast Guard crew who found six Tongan fishermen missing at sea for a...
Philippines, US Launch Smaller Military Exercises
The Philippines and United States launched annual military exercises in Manila on Monday but the longtime allies scaled...
Voting Begins In Crucial French Presidential Election
Voting for the next president of France has begun in some overseas territories. As the polls opened Brigitte Trogneux,...
US Tests Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
The US Air Force test-launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California early Wednesday, the...