"Everyone associates the Cook Islands with New Zealand", so a Cooks vessel possibly aiding Russia's shadow fleet isn't ideal, ...

A Finnish court ordered the seizure of an oil tanker suspected of damaging key telecommunications and power cables in the ...

Finland police said in a news release that the vessel, Eagle S, was registered in Cook Islands. MarineTraffic ... costly Western sanctions that were imposed after the start of the Ukraine war in 2022.

The Group of Seven democracies have sought to crimp Russia’s oil export earnings that help fund the war against Ukraine.

Still, the official announcement declined to use the word war to characterize Moscow’s activities outside Ukraine. Instead, ...

Provides an overview of the Cook Islands, including key facts about this Pacific country. An overview of the media in Cook Islands, including links to broadcasters and newspapers. The Cook Islands ...

More than 60 names in Cook Island Maori are being considered The Cook Islands in the South Pacific is considering a name change to reflect its Polynesian heritage. The nation was named after ...

In total, the United States is sanctioning 183 oil-carrying vessels, Russian oil traders and oilfield providers, the two ...

We are not neutral – we are giving a lot of support to Ukraine, and I believe that’s the right thing to do. “But it does create an anomaly when a Cook Islands-flagged vessel is engaged or ...