Kiribati island: Sinking into the sea ... Getty Images A burial at sea for US marines killed in the Battle of Tarawa Since 2015, the remains of 272 service members who died on Tarawa have been ...

Although educated in the U.K., former President of Kiribati Anote Tong’s passions never strayed far from home. When he served three terms as President of the small South-Pacific nation of ...

I-Kiribati now live with the reality of marawa ... where a lower-than-expected tide stranded American landing craft during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943, leading to a bloodbath.

The South Pacific nation of Kiribati has been dealt an unfavourable hand in the global fight against climate change. It is literally losing ground as its 33 coral atolls and islands are being ...