France has announced a sweeping agreement granting more autonomy to the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

Although its land area is modest – only 1.7 square kilometers – Clipperton’s strategic and ecological significance is ...

The jets will operate under direct NATO command following a transfer of authority for the duration of the deployment.

The ongoing crisis in New Caledonia threatens to unravel more than three decades of French diplomatic engagement, as well as ...

Europe’s overseas territories are particularly vulnerable to climate change Failure to consider the risks overseas territories face from climate change isn’t a new thing for European countries.

The French Foundation for the Memory of Slavery is convinced that France must confront its history of slavery, both abroad and in its overseas territories. This call is directed at the government ...

The EU has 13 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) across the Atlantic, Antarctic, Arctic, Caribbean, Indian, and Pacific regions – all of which are islands.

In the Portuguese overseas territories the natives live and work side by side with the whites as Portuguese citizens, absorbing Western culture gradually and without being hurried toward an ...

Like British-owned India, The Netherlands Indies is divided into territory governed by native rulers in treaty relations with the Dutch, and territory governed directly.