The Cook Islands, a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, have been closely tied to New Zealand for decades. Crumbling Partnership in the Pacific Though the Cook Islands govern their own ...

The Baltic Sea is better known than the North Sea for highlighting the vulnerability of the alliance's critical undersea ...

The Shtandart was built in 1999 and sails under the flag of the Cook Islands since changing its registration from Russia in ...

Martus, from St Petersburg in Russia, attempted to rectify this in 2024 by reflagging the ship with that of the Cook Islands.

The prime minister has wrapped up his trip to China, dismissing suggestions the superpower is working with Russia, Iran and ...

A controversial sailing ship which is a replica of a vessel built by Russia's Peter the Great in the early eighteenth century ...

A controversial sailing ship has left Irish waters after spending three hours in berth at Clogherhead during the middle of ...

MarineTraffic, a global ship tracking website, also stated that the ship was flying under the flag of Cook Islands and was sailing between St. Petersburg, Russia, and Port Said, Egypt.

Western governments should remind the nations involved—countries such as Gabon and the Cook Islands—that flagging shadow vessels brings modest income but risks their nations’ reputations ...

Three crew members from a Cook Islands-registered vessel, believed to be part of Russia’s ghost fleet, are currently facing charges in Finland over damage to an undersea cable that prosecutors ...

New Zealand has what is known as a "free association" relationship with the Cook Islands, and helps the latter with defence ...