Nauru

Nauru has broken ground on its ambitious new port project at Aiwo.

There is a claim that Nauru is being developed as a conduit for international money transfers for Ukraine's separatist republic of Donetsk.

The Government's increasing the money it gives to Nauru, the small Pacific Island Australia uses as an offshore refugee processing centre.

A doctor who blew the whistle on Australia's wilful neglect of refugees detained on Nauru has won an award for free speech.

Nauru President Baron Waqa says China is trying to win over and dominate Pacific Island countries.

The president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Mark Coleridge, says it's time Australia found a home for the refugees and asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru.

An appeal by the Nauru government over the acquittal of the group of protestors called the Nauru 19 has been delayed.

The Tongan prime minister has hosted a delegation from Nauru Airlines to discuss the possibility of a service between Tonga and Brisbane.

Refugees detained in Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island are suing the Australian government for torture and crimes against humanity. Audio

The President of Nauru Baron Waqa has called on world leaders to act now on climate change at the UN climate summit in Poland.

The Australian government has adjourned the House of Representatives to avoid losing a vote that would have eased medical evacuations of sick refugees from offshore detention.

The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has likened the mental health situation on Nauru to that of victims of torture.

At least eight refugees have moved from Papua New Guinea's Manus Island to Nauru.

The group known as the Nauru 19 will go back to court next week in what will be the first sitting of the Nauru Court of Appeal.

Five children have been evacuated from offshore detention in Nauru as Australian teachers prepare to strike on Universal Children's Day.

The Human Rights Law Centre in Australia says it's appalling that the Australian company running the offshore processing centre on Nauru is profiting from abuse.

Refugee advocates say doctors are deeply concerned for the health of a three-year-old girl detained by Australia on Nauru.

The Australian prime minister has distanced himself from reports that his government will transfer all refugee children from Nauru to Australia by the end of the year.