IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a special room about the size of a tatami mat is a ...

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Along a string of small islands and atolls that make up what’s dubbed the Second Island Chain, Washington and Beijing have stepped up military and diplomatic manoeuvring as they work to fortify ...

According to an article in Yale Environment 360, many atoll islands face an uncertain future, with some having "already irreversibly lost their natural adaptive capacity" due to human interference ...

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Two people were pulled from the water in Connecticut after a plane went down off the coast near the Thimble Islands on Sunday morning, according to the US Coast Guard. Their aircraft went down in the ...

discovering a secret island is, after all, the stuff of childhood dreams. Here are some of the fantasy islands where it’s already possible to set sail. In 1977, this was the first island to be ...

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The Cook Islands Health Ministry confirmed two cases of illness last week, taking to seven cases reported within a 18-day span. The cases are currently confined to the isle of Rarotonga ...

The Cook Islands is seeking clarification on why it was removed from an international shipping database aimed at combating illicit shipping activities. Maritime Cook Islands (MCI) staff were told in ...

(CNS): Having announced that the rollover (term limit) policy will now apply to civil servants, the Cayman Islands Government is set to extend the two-year term-limit break to all expatriate workers.

On the waters off Kuba Island in the East China Sea, less than 200 kilometers from Japan’s Senkaku Islands, a growing sense of unease swept through Tokyo’s defense circles over the weekend. The ...