Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands has received the nod from the Micronesian Games Council meeting in Yap to host the 10th Micronesian Games in 2022.

A freshwater reservoir for Majuro - the Marshall Islands capital which depends on rainfall, but is regularly afflicted by prolonged droughts - may finally be in sight after years of delays.

More than 4000 Majuro residents have been screened for tuberculosis and leprosy during the first three weeks of a mass-screening programme.

A public elementary and a public high school in the Marshall Islands have gained US accreditation.

A fish-spotting helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff from a purse seiner last week near Nauru, killing both the pilot and a passenger on impact, according an official with the fishing boat's agent…

The Marshall Islands has received its highest grade in six years from the US government's 2018 Trafficking in Persons report.

The Compact of Free Association and the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) are legally compatible, according to a Harvard Law School review issued this week.

More than 20 nations have committed to "lead from the front" in setting new, tougher goals by 2020 to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris climate agreement.

The Marshall Islands says international talks underway in Europe on contributions to reducing carbon emissions have been constructive.

The Marshall Islands ministry of health has launched a programme to screen 26,000 people for tuberculosis and leprosy.

The president of the Marshall Islands has called on leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies to free up access to sustainable climate finance.

Law enforcement cooperation between the United States and its affiliated countries in the north Pacific is set to expand with the assignment of an FBI special agent in the region.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and a team of parliamentarians from Australia have wrapped up a whirlwind five-day visit to three north Pacific nations with a final stop in the Marshall Islands.

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is visiting the Marshall Islands today and tomorrow amid concern about China's growing influence in the Pacific region.

Over 26,000 people in the Marshall Islands are to be targeted by a mass tuberculosis and leprosy screening programme which begins next week.

Haze attributed to the ongoing Hawaii volcano eruption on the Big Island of Hawaii has blanketed some Marshall Islands, thousands of kilometres away.

The plight of pregnant mothers and babies born during and after nuclear testing in the Pacific has been highlighted by a climate change activist from the Marshall Islands.