The Latest Breaking News from Solomon Islands

Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi is touring eight Pacific island nations as part of a strategy to increase Beijing's clout in the region. The move triggered Western countries to strengthen ties and may re-boot the relationship between France and Australia, still suffering from a submarine deal that went wrong.

China will consider building a police training centre in Solomon Islands, as Foreign Minister Wang Yi tours the Pacific in a bid to increase its influence in the region.

Pacific countries in the centre of a geopolitical tug-of-war between China and the US and its allies face a big decision this week

China has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Solomon Islands on civil air transport, laying a foundation for airlines of both countries to open air routes, China's aviation regulator said on Friday.

When China signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands in April it raised concerns from the U.S. and its allies that Beijing may be seeking a military outpost in the South Pacific, an area of traditional American naval dominance

Australia urged South Pacific nations to spurn China's attempts to extend its security reach across the region Friday, seeking to fend off a high-level charm offensive by Beijing. Foreign Minister Penny Wong was in Fiji on her first solo visit, seeking to woo island states after the Solomon Islands took…

Australia wants to show region it is a reliable partner, says foreign minister, and to make up for a ‘lost decade on climate action’

On her first visit to a Pacific nation as incoming Foreign Minister, Penny Wong makes a public pitch to maintain Australia's influence in the region.

Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong warned on a visit to Fiji on Friday that there were regional consequences to the Solomon Islands' security pact with China, after her Chinese counterpart said interference in the deal would fail.

Countries such as Vanuatu and Kiribati expected to seek Wang Yi’s support for development and infrastructure.

Yet more proposed Chinese “security agreements” in the Pacific Islands have been leaked.