What Is the Pacific Islands Forum? How a Summit for the World's Tiniest Nations Became a Global Draw NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — As leaders of Pacific nations were welcomed to their annual meeting ...

In case of abuse, As the world faces an era of intensifying global challenges—from climate change to geopolitical tensions—the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) remains a crucial platform for ...

The Pacific Islands Forum — a group of 18 island nations, plus Australia and New Zealand — initially included a reassertion of the standing of self-governing Taiwan, which China claims as ...

SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The Pacific Islands Forum has endorsed a plan to boost police numbers among its members, cutting the need to rely on external forces in a crisis, with China security ...

Top officials from 18 Pacific Island countries wrapped up their annual forum in Tonga on Friday, endorsing a regional policing initiative funded by Australia and urging donor nations to provide ...

After five days of talks in Tonga, a "cleared" communique was released Friday that reaffirmed a 30-year-old agreement allowing Taiwan to take part in the Pacific Islands Forum. But the wording ...

“If you look at the various communiques and declarations from the Pacific Islands Forum over the last two years, you will see that the reality of competition is something those leaders are ...

As leaders of Pacific nations were welcomed to their annual meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on Monday, they were greeted first by torrential rain and then by an earthquake. The magnitude 6.9 quake ...

has become Japan’s key diplomatic tool to deter China’s security and economic influence in the region by strengthening its ties with the Pacific Island Forum members, stressing its willingness ...

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — As leaders of Pacific nations were welcomed to their annual meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on Monday, they were greeted first by torrential rain and then by an ...