American Samoa and Guam have each submitted formal applications to the Pacific Islands Forum requesting Associate Membership and elevating their current Observer status.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a meeting to address negative social impacts of Pacific labour mobility.

The islands of American Samoa hide secrets beneath their lush rainforests and volcanic cliffs—secrets that crack open the story of life in a world long vanished. Imagine standing on a sun-baked ...

In soccer, most matches are closely contested—especially when teams are evenly matched. But that doesn’t mean they lack ...

American Samoa is one of the few places in the world with zero reported COVID-19 cases. The U.S. territory, 2,600 miles from Hawaii, shut down its borders in March to commercial flights to prevent ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar congratulated Samoa on Independence Day, emphasising the commitment to enhance Pacific Islands partnerships. Samoa, the first Pacific nation to gain ...

June 2025 - Every year on Olympic Day, we celebrate more than just athletes. We honour the courage it takes to chase a dream, ...

USCG Cutter Harriet Lane and Cook Islands enforce maritime laws, inspect six vessels, and find one suspected violation in EEZ ...

But the islands’ residents have never been so considered — Congress declined to extend birthright citizenship to American Samoa in the 1930s — and many American Samoans don’t want it.

Eventually the archipelago was divided, with the western islands becoming the independent nation of Samoa and the eastern ones becoming American Samoa, overseen by the Navy. The leaders of American ...

Crew members from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) and Fishery Officers from the Cook Island Ministry of ...