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Sweden's Baltic Sea island of Gotland is once again home to a permanent military presence.

• 14 сентября 2016, 18:16

Singapore officials went door-to-door Monday to wipe out mosquitoes after the discovery of 41 locally transmitted cases of Zika virus.

• 29 августа 2016, 14:14

French oil and gas company Total officially launched a project off Britain's remote Shetland Islands.

• 16 мая 2016, 15:46

Residents in low-lying areas of the Marshall Islands are braced for flooding underscoring the islands' vulnerability to climate change.

• 11 марта 2016, 15:21

China deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, insisting it had a right to build "self-defence".

• 17 февраля 2016, 17:17

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday criticised his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev's weekend visit to disputed islands.

• 24 августа 2015, 15:08

Leaders of 14 Pacific island nations gathered in Japan to start a two-day meeting to discuss their development needs.

• 22 мая 2015, 18:03

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to resolve a row with Russia over an island chain claimed by both nations.

• 07 февраля 2015, 15:14

Powerful typhoon Vongfong barrelled into Japan's main islands, with at least one person missing and dozens injured while more than 500 flights were grounded.

• 13 октября 2014, 14:54

Tourists in Palau clamour to dive among the predators thanks to a pioneering conservation initiative.

• 02 сентября 2014, 13:32

Fourteen animal rights activists have been detained on the Faroe island of Sandoy in the North Atlantic while trying to stop a controversial dolphin hunt.

• 01 сентября 2014, 11:03

Kazakhstan has agreed to sign a agreement with the Republic of Fiji.

• 09 июля 2014, 17:35

The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially lodged an application for entry to the International Monetary Fund, the global financial body said.

• 10 мая 2014, 12:25

The smallest and least known of Spain's Canary Islands, El Hierro, is making a splash by becoming the first island in the world fully energy self-sufficient through combined water and wind power.

• 29 апреля 2014, 10:02

Most New Yorkers don't even know it exists. But a million forgotten souls are buried in mass graves dug by convicts on a tiny, forbidden island east of the Bronx.

• 09 апреля 2014, 11:01

Kazakhstan national youth football team has won over the team of Island at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 2015 qualifications.

• 06 марта 2014, 14:45

Luring millions of tourists a year with its crystal-clear waters, warm winters and precious wildlife, Spain's Canary Islands may hold another treasure -- oil -- that is attracting a less welcome visitor.

• 11 декабря 2013, 10:58

Laden with debt, its economy in recession: Is the US territory of Puerto Rico poised to become another Greece?

• 04 декабря 2013, 16:16

About 30 Haitian migrants died after an overloaded freighter capsized in the Bahamas and 110 others were rescued in rough seas, the US Coast Guard said Tuesday.

• 27 ноября 2013, 17:03

The Pacific region faces serious economic losses due to climate change and it is critical that nations causing the problem step in to help, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday.

• 26 ноября 2013, 11:34