Credit: Cook Islands Office of the Prime Minister. China took an extraordinary diplomatic step last February by unveiling a ...

William WEST/AFP/AFP Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. These makeshift tools are their ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed mineral exploration and development, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. The Cook Islands ...

"Some women are told their partner has another relationship. When they ask questions, they get a hiding," a Cook Islands ...

New Zealand has paused development funding to the Cook Islands after the tiny South Pacific nation signed agreements with China without the expected level of consultation. The strategic partnership ...

A 26-foot over-the-horizon small boat carrying Coast Guard crew, two Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources fisheries officers and a translator from the U.S. Marine Corps approached a fishing ...

Let the islands’ people decide whether deepening ties with China reflect their collective aspirations – and whether the constitutional relationship with New Zealand still serves their future. From ...

The State Department signed a pact with the Cook Islands months after the island nation inked a similar deal with China. Trump administration officials say they’re in talks with the Cook Islands ...

Glide above the postcard-perfect South Pacific with this breathtaking drone video of the Cook Islands. Witness the stunning, ...

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, New Zealand — New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over the “breadth and content” of agreements the smaller Pacific nation has made with China, ...

A "shadow fleet" of 19 tankers suspected of smuggling oil for Russia and Iran was flagged by New Zealand with Cook Islands ...