Nauru

A Nauru opposition MP has been jailed on an assault charge.

Nauru's government has rejected criticism of its refugee detention centres by a former Nauru president as "pure fiction".

The group known as the Nauru 19 is back before the courts today, with the Nauru government appealing a Supreme Court decision last year in which the group was granted a permanent stay.

A former Nauru president who signed the original offshore detention agreement with Australia, has described it as akin to, "making a deal with the devil".

The Nauru government is taking issue with reports it caused delays in Sprent Dabwido's cancer treatment.

Nauru's parliament has passed a resolution rejecting China's claims over Taiwan and its military intimidation of the state.

Taiwan and Nauru are expected to sign a maritime agreement as part of a state visit by President Tsai Ing-Wen.

Refugees on Nauru have reportedly been exposed to asbestos, with Australia urging the government to take action.

A date has been set for the Nauru government appeal against a group of 19 Nauruans acquitted over an anti-government protest nearly four years ago.

A former Nauru president, Sprent Dabwido, wants an end to the offshore processing of refugees on the island.

A former president of Nauru who was long denied medical treatment overseas, has been told by his doctors he may have just weeks to live.

Refugees detained on Manus Island and Nauru considered to be of "adverse character" will be sent to Christmas Island if they try to come to Australia under new medical evacuation laws.

Refugees detained on Manus Island and Nauru considered to be of "adverse character" will be sent to Christmas Island if they try to come to Australia under new medical evacuation laws.

Nauru's government has defended its treatment of a refugee evacuated from Nauru, amid an Australian probe into his death.

The last four children detained by Australia on Nauru have left the country to be to be resettled in the US.

Nauru is capable of handling medical transfers off the island without assistance from health advocates, its government says.

An Australian coroner today begins an inquest into why it took 31 hours to medically evacuate a refugee from Nauru who had set fire to himself.

Australia's opposition should force New Zealand's refugee resettlement offer through parliament, Manus refugees say.

Amnesty International is describing new laws in Nauru restricting medical transfers off the island a "dangerous and callous act."