Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
Rising waters during a heavy storm and high tide on Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, in January. With each tide creeping higher, villagers fear their island may soon become uninhabitable.
All around Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands and host of a regional summit, are not-so-subtle hints of donor nations competing for hearts and minds.
Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
Rising waters during a heavy storm and high tide on Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, in January. With each tide creeping higher, villagers fear their island may soon become uninhabitable.
Australia has accused Iran of directing an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Sydney through a web of intermediaries. The operation on the ground, court records suggest, was messy.
Lewis’ Continental Kitchen, a kosher restaurant in Sydney, on Tuesday. It was the site of an arson attack last year that Australia says was orchestrated by Iran.
Mike Burgess, left, Australia’s intelligence chief, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra, the capital, on Tuesday. Mr. Burgess accused Iran of using a “web of proxies” to hide its involvement in arson attacks in Australia.
The government abruptly severed diplomatic ties and ejected Iran’s ambassador, saying the country had orchestrated attacks in Sydney and Melbourne last year.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, and Mike Burgess, Australia’s intelligence chief, at a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, the capital, on Tuesday.
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