The Cook Islands started voting Thursday in a general election that will test the Pacific nation's appetite for deep-sea ...

Incumbent Cook Islands leader Mark Brown said he was confident of victory in the nation's general election on Thursday, as ...

The prime minister tells the Guardian that last year’s diplomatic rift with ally New Zealand could be on voters’ minds as ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Between Oct. 1 and 21, a U.S government-funded vessel, the E/V Nautilus, conducted an expedition in the Cook Islands’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. But plans to mine ...

A Pacific island leader says there were "no consultations" before the U.S. announced swaths of nearby ocean could be ...

The Cook Islands should be allowed to “make their own choices” and “have a right to their own future development” in terms of seabed mining, according to former Australian Prime Minister Scott ...

WELLINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Preliminary results ⁠on ⁠Friday showed that Prime ⁠Minister Mark Brown's Cook Islands Party would likely retain ​control of parliament, winning 12 of the Pacific ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last summer, at the United Nations Ocean Conference, French Polynesia established the world's largest contiguous marine protected ...

A Pacific island leader says there were "no consultations" before the US announced swathes of nearby ocean could be auctioned ...