United States

The FBI has been searching an address in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the mayor said, after a bomb squad set off an explosive device left at a train station.

At least eight people were wounded in a stabbing attack at a shopping mall in the US state of Minnesota, before the suspected attacker was shot dead by police, officials say.

The United States has admitted carrying out an air strike in northeastern Syria believed to have killed scores of Syrian government soldiers.

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting in Laos with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has called him a "son of a whore".

A sarcastic tweet aimed at China and posted on the US Defense Intelligence Agency's Twitter account has fuelled a row over protocol at the G20 summit.

The US has banned 2000 antibacterial hand and body wash products, saying they are no more effective than soap and water and could cause long-term harm.

Pacific Island leaders are mindful of an imminent US administration change as President Obama promises funding to assist islands cope with climate change Video

Guam's education department could lose access to some US$50 million in federal funding if no company is hired to manage the US grants within two months.

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has agreed to ask the US government to address a range of concerns about a proposal to expand Hawaii's protected waters.

Separate shooting incidents in the Texas capital of Austin have left one woman dead and several others injured.

Environmental and cultural preservation groups have filed a lawsuit opposing the US military's decision to conduct live-fire training on islands in the Northern Marianas.

New Zealand will not ask the United States to confirm or deny whether the naval ship being sent here will be carrying nuclear weapons, the Foreign Affairs Minister says.

The US will have to comply with New Zealand law when it sends a naval ship here in November, Prime Minister John Key says. Video

Investigative journalist Nicky Hager says the New Zealand public has won the anti-nuclear debate with America. Audio

United States Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Auckland tonight for a whirlwind visit. Audio

A bill that aims to give American Samoa more say in fishery management in the Western and Central Pacific has passed another hurdle. Video

Bomb-making material, rifles, ammunition and a combat journal have been found at the home of the suspect in the Dallas shootings, officials say.

At least 20 people, including an eight-year-old boy and a toddler, have died in flooding in West Virginia, according to the state governor.