The most frustrating thing about South Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, is its lagoon. Looks like paradise, doesn’t it? My colleagues are probably cursing under their breath right now, wondering how ...

TARAWA, KiribatiTARAWA, Kiribati — Master Sgt. James M. Fawcett got on his knees and gently mixed his father’s ashes with sand on the same Pacific beach where the elder Fawcett fought his way ashore ...

This June 1 photo provided by History Flight shows graves of U.S. servicemen under the water table in Tarawa, Kiribati. (Eric Albertson/Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency/History Flight via AP) A ...

Forensic anthropologist Gregory Fox and his team sifted dirt on the remote Pacific atoll of Tarawa at what they thought might be graves of U.S. Marines and sailors killed in one of World War II’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo taken in Tarawa, Kiribati (Sammy Toar Heintje Mantow / EyeEm via Getty Images) The Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which ...

When we landed in Tarawa, a tiny atoll in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, after a 24-hour trip from Los Angeles, the plane windows were soaked with rain. I had been warned that the island would ...

HONOLULU – An organization that searches for the remains of U.S. servicemen lost in past conflicts has found what officials believe are the graves of more than 30 Marines and sailors killed in one of ...

TARAWA, KIRIBATI, 29 February, 2016 – Representatives from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Governments of Australia and Kiribati gathered today to officially open the ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Tarawa Atoll in the Republic of Kiribati – a remote Pacific nation threatened by rising seas. The Republic of Kiribati is an independent island ...

A Malibu man’s personal crusade to clean up a trash-strewn beach 5,000 miles away will gain national attention this week when it is the focus of a cable television documentary. For more than three ...

SOUTH TARAWA, Kiribati (Reuters) - The ocean laps against a protective seawall outside the maternity ward at Kiribati's Nawerewere Hospital, marshalling itself for another assault with the next king ...