SYDNEY (Reuters) - Vanuatu delayed a landmark security and development agreement with Australia because of concerns it could limit the Pacific island nation receiving infrastructure funding from other ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Vanuatu is not yet ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia over concerns the bilateral pact could restrict the South Pacific island nation’s ability to ...

SANTO ISLAND, Vanuatu — Australian officials have become increasingly concerned about China’s influence in the small island countries of the South Pacific, especially around infrastructure like a ...

The small Pacific nation of Vanuatu, 2,600 kilometres northeast of Sydney, has been embroiled in a deepening political crisis involving a dispute over the signing of a security agreement last December ...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australia would view "with great concern" any foreign military bases being built in the South Pacific, following reports Beijing was in talks with ...

SYDNEY, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Australia signed a security deal on Tuesday with the Pacific islands nation of Vanuatu, it said in a statement, amid concern over China's military ambitions for the ...