The U.S. Virgin Islands cover 133.73 square miles and have a population of 106,105. The islands are U.S. territories, but their citizens are not eligible to vote in U.S. presidential elections. 5.

The U.S. military is planning a major expansion on the island of Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

The Caribbean island, which shares a close yet fraught relationship with the U.S. mainland, faces a multilayered economic and social crisis rooted in long-standing policy and compounded by natural ...

U.S. officials began administering the islands after capturing them in World War Two, the CIA says. They became a U.S. territory and residents became American citizens in 1986.

LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) is involved in a proposal that aims to create a US international ship registry domiciled in the U.S. territory, the island's governor said.