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Cyclone Gabrielle, headed for New Zealand, brought destructive winds to Australia's Norfolk Island on Saturday as it closed in on the tiny external territory in the Pacific Ocean.

An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile has been launched from California to test the defense system, the US Air Force Global Strike Command said. The Minuteman III missile lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:01 p.m. Thursday and its reentry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) over the…

New Zealand says seizure of more than three tonnes of cocaine is the country’s largest drugs seizure

It marks the country’s biggest-ever drugs seizure, and is thought to be enough to supply all of Australia for a whole year

New Zealand police have found more than 3 tons of cocaine floating in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean after it was dropped there by an international drug-smuggling syndicate

New Zealand authorities believes 3.2 tonnes of cocaine floating at sea was bound for Australia.

Authorities say the haul, which is the largest seizure of illicit drugs made by the country’s law enforcement, was destined for Australia

OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN — The interior of the plane looked like a cross between a private luxury jet and a space mission control room.

The former Boeing 727 has been built into the canopy of the jungle in the Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and regularly visited by friendly monkeys

Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean gets up to 3°C warmer (what we know as an El Niño event) or colder (La Niña) than usual, triggering a cascade of effects felt around the world. This cycle is called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) because every El…

Exclusive: Operation Catalufa was named after a species of ray-finned fish that lives deep in the Pacific Ocean