MALE, Maldives (AP) — The president of the Maldives said Saturday that his country’s small size doesn’t give anyone the license to bully it, in a sign of defiance toward India, the archipelago state’s ...

Curaçao clinched a spot in the 2026 World Cup, becoming the smallest nation to ever qualify.

Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation, uniquely lacks an officially declared capital city. Its administrative functions are concentrated in the Yaren district, serving as a de facto capital due to its ...

The SIDS vary widely (see maps). Belize, Guyana and Suriname are not even islands. Far from counting as developing, Singapore is one of the world’s richest societies. Many of the others are not ...