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  Jaishankar Meets Global Leaders At UN, Reaffirms India’s Stand On Cyprus And Bilateral Ties
United Nations: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar continued his diplomacy among the top officials gathered here for the high-level session, convening meetings on Security Council reform, and outreach to the Pacific. He also met...
 
    
  EAM Jaishankar calls for unity of Global South on UNSC reforms
United Nations: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar continued his diplomacy among the top officials gathered here for the high-level session, convening meetings on Security Council reform and outreach to the Pacific. He also met...
 
    
  EAM Jaishankar Hosts Meetings On UNSC Reform, Pacific Outreach
United Nations: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar continued his diplomacy among the top officials gathered here for the high-level session, convening meetings on Security Council reform, and outreach to the Pacific. He also met...
His search for the Titanic concealed a top-secret military operation. How the iconic discovery unfolded
Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared on the video feeds in the command center of Knorr, a research vessel searching the Atlantic seafloor for the world’s most famous...
 
    
  Report on infrastructure partnership launched
A new report, Building Together – five years of infrastructure partnership between Solomon Islands and Australia, has been officially launched in Brisbane, Australia this week. Minister for National Planning and Development Coordination, Hon....
 
    
  Expedition Reveals Thirteen Shipwrecks from WWII Battles off Guadalcanal
From Clifford Davis, Naval History and Heritage Command, Aug. 12, 2025 HONIARA, Solomon Islands — A multinational expedition led by the Ocean Exploration Trust aboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has completed a groundbreaking...
 
    
  Vatican: More Than 1,600 Christians Murdered for Their Faith Since the Year 2000 – Real Number Likely Much, Much Higher
Illustration created by AI using OpenAI’s DALL·E, based on user-provided description (2025). The Vatican has officially documented 1,624 Christians killed for their faith between 2000 and 2025, honoring them as modern martyrs across denominations....
Three new broadband towers on Guadalcanal now fully operational
BY CHRIS ALEX Solomon Islands has achieved three new communication towers under the Solomon Islands National Broadband Infrastructure Project (SINBIP). The towers are located in Wanderer Bay (M122), Sotona (M124) in West Guadalcanal, and Veuru in...
 
    
  JDS Fellows pay courtesy visit to the Honorary Consul of SI in Tokyo
In early August, a group of fellows from Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS), who recently arrived in Japan to pursue graduate studies, paid a courtesy visit to the Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Tokyo. The visit...
 
    
  USP leads Pacific conservation
[Photo: Supplied] The South Pacific Regional Herbarium at the University of the South Pacific’s Centre for Sustainable Future has become one of the Pacific’s most important centres for biodiversity and cultural preservation. What began in 1933 as...
 
    
  New Survey Maps WW2 Wrecks
An international expedition has completed detailed surveys of more than a dozen World War II shipwrecks in Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands, using advanced deep-sea technology. The mission, conducted aboard the exploration vessel Nautilus and...
 
    
  PM Manele Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthening Ties with Switzerland
Prime Minister Honourable Jeremiah Manele, MP, has reaffirmed the Solomon Islands’ commitment to deepening diplomatic and development cooperation with Switzerland during a courtesy meeting with Her Excellency Barbara Anna Gonzenbach. In...
 
    
  China, Trump & The Indo-Pacific: Why France Looks At India
Home China China, Trump & The Indo-Pacific: Why France Looks At India It may not be well known in India that France is an Indo-Pacific power with vast territories and exclusive economic zones. Securing that is a problem. “The big question of our...
'Overstayers not a problem': Advocates slam proposed deportation laws
The Immigration and Protection Tribunal has heard a teen's plea to remain in New Zealand. Photo: NZ Herald / Supplied Migrant advocates are lashing out at the government's proposed deportation laws, saying they put Pacific people at risk and are...
'Overstayers not a problem': Migrant advocates criticise govt's proposed deportation laws
The Immigration and Protection Tribunal has heard a teen's plea to remain in New Zealand. Photo: NZ Herald / Supplied Migrant advocates are lashing out at the government's proposed deportation laws, saying they put Pacific people at risk and are...
 
    
  Search for the Titanic concealed top-secret military operation - how it unfolded
(CNN) — Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared on the video feeds in the command center of Knorr, a research vessel searching the Atlantic seafloor for the world’s most famous...
 
    
  Driving transformative changes in community schools through education infrastructure
Honiara, Solomon Islands [28 July 2025] – Surrounded by lush hills and dense mangroves inside the Maramasike passage in Malaita Province, Hunanawa Community High School serves as a central hub for education in that remote East Are’Are region. Due...
 
    
  His search for the Titanic concealed a top-secret military operation. How the iconic discovery unfolded
(CNN) — Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared on the video feeds in the command center of Knorr, a research vessel searching the Atlantic seafloor for the world’s most famous...
The man who found the Titanic is still searching for shipwrecks four decades later
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared on the video feeds in the command center of Knorr, a research vessel searching the Atlantic seafloor for the...
 
    
  Pioneering Folk, Pop Indie: Izack JL brings rare genre to Solomons
The Solomon Islands music scene is set for a fresh wave of sound, with rising artist Izack Junior Lekelalu — known by his stage name Izack JL — pioneering the rare Folk, Pop Indie music. While the style is far from the island reggae, contemporary...