Two Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a nighttime exercise in a remote military preserve of the Hawaiian islands, killing six soldiers and injuring 11.

What alleged involvement in the prostitution business had failed to do, accusations of bribery is expected to finish.

Pacific Island delegates at a conference in the Philippines have discussed growing concerns with the issue of poverty in the Pacific region.

Visitor arrivals to the Northern Marianas climbed 3.92 percent in January to reach 45,613, which shows that the island's distressed tourism industry is slowly waking up from a three-year slumber that started in 1998.