APIA, Samoa (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake has struck in the South Pacific between Samoa and American Samoa. A tsunami alert has been issued for the region.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s main streets were eerily quiet on Thursday as the government stepped up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that has killed 62 people. The government told most ...

The Samoan capital, Apia, was virtually deserted by afternoon, with schools and businesses closed. Hours after the waves struck, sirens rang out with another tsunami alert and panicked residents ...

AN earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck off the South Pacific island nation of Samoa today, seismologists reported, two weeks after a violent quake caused a tsunami that devastated Tonga, Samoa and ...

Hundreds of patients at Samoa's main hospital in the capital, Apia, went without meals after kitchen staff failed to show up for work in protest over unpaid wages on Thursday.

(Reuters) -Samoa held a national election on Friday with the Pacific Island nation's first female prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa seeking to return to office in a race against the long-serving ...

Samoa have outclassed Tonga 34-6 in a Pacific Championships rugby league match on Sunday. The game, held at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, featured a 90-minute lightning delay. Samoa led 16-0 at ...

SYDNEY, March 27 (Reuters) - Climate change and efforts to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence top the agenda for a Commonwealth meeting set for the small Pacific Islands nation of Samoa ...