They were 18, 19, 20, very young and they got sent to war.” From Munda, I depart for a half-hour boat trip to face a violent legacy that has nothing to do with World War II. Welkam to Skull Island.

Manasseh Sogavare, the Solomon Islands prime minister who drew his nation close to China, sharpening the United States' focus on the strategic importance of the Pacific Islands, has bowed out of ...

Explosive ordnance technicians from six countries helped remove more than 3,200 World War II-era bombs, shells and bullets from the Solomon Islands this month. Sixty-five U.S. soldiers and Marines ...

In August, the Solomon Islands leader declined to meet with two visiting US lawmakers, one of whom later likened Beijing’s relations with the country to a “viper slithering around its prey”.

While Chinese influence and interest in the Pacific had been growing for years, this agreement was a turning point—a clear manifestation of China’s attempts to establish a foothold in the Pacific, a ...

ROCKY MOUNT — A monument honoring 70 Black soldiers who served in the Union Army during the Civil War soon will be erected in Rocky Mount after the Franklin County Veterans’ Memorial ...

The Solomon Islands will bar all foreign military ships from docking at its ports, the country’s government said late Tuesday, more than a week after requests from a U.S. Coast Guard ship and a ...

The Solomon Islands has moved to temporarily stop all foreign naval vessels from using its waters, apparently as part of a bid to shore up control over its exclusive economic zones.. Manesseh ...

The United States reopened its embassy in the Solomon Islands Thursday after a 30-year hiatus, part of a bid to counter China's growing influence in the South Pacific.

Provides an overview of Solomon Islands, including key facts about this Pacific island nation. BBC Homepage. ... 1942-45 - During World War Two the islands are occupied by Japan.

A high-ranking U.S. delegation lands in the Solomon Islands on ... Wendy Sherman heads the U.S. delegation visiting the Solomons for three days to mark the 80th anniversary of the World War II ...

This year, as America celebrates the 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birth, I find myself on an itty-bitty palm-shrouded uninhabited island in the far-far-flung South Pacific, with a … ...