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No passport needed to visit paradise
AS
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July 4, 2025
Even if you don’t have a passport, or if the one you have has expired, there are a number of locations that US citizens can travel to without the need to produce your travel documents on entry. However, it’s recommended to carry some form of ID...
Strategic test site professionals support NASA mission
The Redstone Rocket - Alabama
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A Space and Missile Defense Command team played a behind-the-scenes role in supporting NASA’s Sporadic-E Electro Dynamics sounding rocket mission. NASA launched a Sporadic-E Electro Dynamics sounding rocket from Roi Namur, Kwajalein Atoll in the...
Marshallese bring cultural event to Enid
Enid News & Eagle - Oklahoma
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ENID, Okla. — Ebon Joor Day is a cultural event that is celebrated on Ebon Island in the Marshall Islands. It's a day for local events, community engagement and celebrating island life. This weekend, many Marshallese will celebrate the event in...
MV Matthew crew were no mere cogs — they played a vital role in cocaine trafficking venture
Irish Examiner
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July 5, 2025
Sailors sentenced to prison for their involvement in major international drug trafficking through Ireland were not mere cogs in the wheel but vital parts of the engine that drives international drug trafficking, a court has heard. Guilty pleas...
Revealed: How Hezbollah fundraisers helped finance the €157m MV Matthew drug operation
The Journal
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July 4, 2025
THE KINAHAN CRIME group and international drug criminals partnered up with Iranian fundraisers for Hezbollah and paid €5 million up front for the cocaine that was to be shipped to Ireland on board the MV Matthew, The Journal has learned. The money...
Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Gateway Pundit
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July 4, 2025
Credit: FOX Sunday Morning Futures screenshot A seabed mining agreement with the island nation of Nauru would reduce China’s influence while establishing America as an industry authority This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire. By...
GLOBAL: US clamps down on more companies and vessels contravening Iranian sanctions
Bunkerspot
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July 4, 2025
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced another raft of sanctions targeting networks and vessels involved in transporting and purchasing Iranian oil, including companies run by Iraqi businessman...
Explosion hits oil tanker off Libyan coast, no injuries reported
The Libya Observer
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An oil tanker sailing under the Marshall Islands flag was damaged by an explosion off the coast of Libya, according to the vessel's operator. The Vilamoura was en route from Zueitina to Gibraltar on 27 June when the blast occurred in the engine...
US designates 12 tankers and Iraqi terminal in first Iran sanctions since bombing nuclear sites
Lloyd's List
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THE US sanctioned an Iraqi oil terminal and more than 30 individuals, entities and “shadow fleet” tankers on Thursday as the “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign on Iran resumed for the first time since Washington bombed the Islamic Republic’s...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’
Asia Pacific Report
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July 1, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials meetings this week in Majuro, with the official opening for top leadership from the islands tomorrow...
Guam's decolonization efforts face new hurdles amid Iran military action fallout
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam's push for United Nations recognition of its decolonization efforts has gained momentum with recent amendments to its resolution, but the territory faces significant challenges ahead as it seeks approval for a visiting mission from the Trump...
US Tightens Sanctions On Iran Oil Networks And Shadow Fleet
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) United States authorities have implemented a sweeping array of sanctions targeting companies, vessels and networks that facilitate clandestine oil exports from Iran. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control moved...
Guam nuclear radiation survivors ‘heartbroken’ over exclusion from compensation bill
Asia Pacific Report
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July 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist People on Guam are “disappointed” and “heartbroken” that radiation exposure compensation is not being extended to them, says the president of the Pacific Association for Radiation Survivors (PARS),...
The GSD Told The Details Of The Fire On The Tanker Of The "shadow" Fleet Of The Russian Federation
Charter 97
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The tanker was flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. The tanker Vilamoura, on which there was an explosion in the engine compartment, repeatedly transported oil products from Russian ports. This was reported on Tuesday, July 1, by the Main...
Swimmer Amaya Bollinger wins silver in 200M butterfly
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam earned its first swimming medal at the 12th Pacific Mini Games on Thursday in Koror, Palau. Amaya Bollinger delivered a standout performance in the 200-meter butterfly, capturing silver - on her 17th birthday - in 2 minutes 24.77 seconds....
Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Virginia Star
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July 4, 2025
by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...
Day 5 at Pacific Mini Games: 3 more medals for Guam
Pacific Daily News
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Guam got another three medals after swimmer Amaya Bollinger and track and field athletes Hugh Kent and Alonzo Acosta won in their respective sports with the total medals for Guam at six as of Friday morning. Bollinger was second place in the 200m...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania powers into the weekend as medal race heats up
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - After three stops of 3x3 action, the inaugural FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania has already delivered history-making performances, nail-biters, and regional bragging rights in the making. With a rest day on Friday, all eyes...
Greek-owned tanker hit by explosion was carrying Russian oil
Kathimerini
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July 1, 2025
NEWS [File photo] An explosion on a Greek-owned tanker off the coast of Libya could be the result of an ongoing sabotage operation. Vilamoura, which flies the Marshall Islands flag, is owned by shipowner George Economou’s TMS Tankers Ltd, itself...
Limpet mine threat in the Mediterranean grows
Splash 247
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July 4, 2025
A series of suspected limpet mine attacks and unexplained blasts targeting commercial tankers in the Mediterranean has reignited concern over the evolving nature of maritime threats. “These incidents – marked by stealth, ambiguity, and...