SYDNEY (Reuters) -Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has said that 21 donor countries, including the United States and China, will not be invited to the region's top political meeting, a ...

Taiwan on Monday severed ties with the Solomon Islands after learning the Pacific nation had decided to switch diplomatic recognition to China, a decision it described as "extremely regrettable". "The ...

Pacific nation Solomon Islands has said it would exclude non-member nations from a key regional summit in September, a group that includes China, Taiwan and the United States.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, under mounting pressure from Beijing, recently reaffirmed Taiwan’s exclusion from the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. The decision marks ...

Solomon Islands could try to defuse a potentially explosive stoush over Taiwan's participation in a key regional meeting next month by restricting the gathering to Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) members ...

Security and geopolitical concerns drowned out the Solomon Islands’ most pressing issues in 2025 — political instability and ...

It's one of those diplomatic arguments which might strike a lot of people as obscure and bewildering. But the sometimes fierce dispute over which countries will (and will not) be able to attend the ...

As the strategic rivalry between China and the United States intensifies across the Indo-Pacific, the Taiwan Strait is often seen as the key flash point. Yet whether the regional balance holds or tips ...

While not groundbreaking, the meeting indicated steady progress towards China’s goal of a “shared future” with Pacific Island countries – including using them as strategic outposts. Solomon Islands’ ...