Pacific Island

18-year-old Indonesian boy reunited with family after surviving 49 days adrift at sea near island in Pacific Ocean

18-year-old Indonesian national Aldi Novel Adilang's harrowing tale began in mid-July when he was working solo on a fishing hut.

Vanuatu denies report of China wanting to establish military presence on Pacific island nation

Vanuatu’s foreign minister Ralph Regenvanu on Tuesday denied a media report that China wanted to establish a permanent military presence on the Pacific island nation.

Mystery solved? Researchers say piece of Amelia Earhart's plane found on Pacific island

Researchers probing the 1937 disappearance of famed American aviator Amelia Earhart's plane said on Wednesday they now believe a slab of aluminum found decades ago on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean came from her aircraft.