Sunday, 11 October 2020 _A new book has revealed that the US military has contaminated the Pacific Ocean with radioactive waste and weapons-grade chemicals for decades.
Sunday, 14 June_US Senate Armed Services Committee has approved a $740 billion military budget that partially calls for spending nearly $7 billion over two years to launch an aggressive move towards deterring China and shoring up American military buildup in the Pacific region.
TEHRAN, August 5 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says negotiations have begun with three island nations in the Pacific Ocean to renew an agreement that would help Washington counter China’s growing influence in the region..
TEHRAN, May 27-Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will visit the Solomon Islands next week, he said on Monday, as Western nations seek to rein in China’s influence on the tiny Pacific island. With the United States and its allies keen to ensure China does not increase its foothold in the Pacific, protecting diplomatic recognition for self-ruled Taiwan has emerged as a flashpoint in regional ties.
TEHRAN, May 18 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was vital "to save the Pacific to save the world" as he wrapped up his brief South Pacific tour in Vanuatu on Saturday.
TEHRAN, May 16 - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the leakage of radioactive material from a concrete dome built to contain waste from atomic bomb tests by the United States amd France during the Cold War.
TEHRAN, Jan 16 - BAE Systems has signed a five-year, $79.8 million contract to assist the U.S. Navy in maintaining and operating electronic, communication and computing platforms across the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
TEHRAN, November 15 -U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told leaders of Southeast Asian nations on Thursday that there is no place for “empire and aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region, a comment that may be widely interpreted as a reference to China’s rise.
TEHRAN, November 13 - China said South Pacific islands don't fall within any country's sphere of influence, amid growing resistance to its efforts to broaden its footprint in a region that involves the United States, Australia and their allies.
TEHRAN, September 22 - North Korea’s foreign minister said Pyongyang is considering a powerful nuclear weapon test in the Pacific Ocean in response to US President Donald Trump’s recent threat against the North.
Tehran, YJC. Political analyst says that a nuclear agreement with Iran is key to a US long-term plan to ensure its presence in the Far East and the Pacific.
Scientists have uncovered a giant mountain in the Pacific Ocean, with the summit of the seamount rising 1,100 meters from the 5,100-meter-deep ocean floor. The discovery was made around 2,600 kilometers south of Hawaii.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega endorsed Tuesday a route chosen by a Chinese firm commissioned to dig a 40 billion dollar canal linking the Caribbean and the Pacific.
US President Barack Obama's tour of Asia-Pacific region countries was aimed at "the escalation of tensions in that volatile region," a statement of the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Monday.