Nauru

Pacific island countries have called for help in dealing with refugees at a major UN gathering in New York.

Nauru Airlines is considering adding a second freighter to its current sole Boeing 737-300 to cater to its growing demand for imports.

Nauru's Justice Minister has called for help at the United Nations to resettle the hundreds of refugees living in limbo on the island.

Aslyum seekers in offshore Australian detention centres could face a lifetime ban on visiting Australia, according to media reports.

A company contracted to provide support for refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru is pulling out, after deciding it would not re-tender for the contract.

A former Nauru opposition MP says he's been denied access to parliamentary records, which could help in a bribery probe embroiling Nauruan politicians.

Australia is passing the buck by suggesting New Zealand should have separate talks with Nauru to resettle the refugees, the Labour Party says.

A UN Committee has told Nauru to focus on countering discrimination against refugees and eradicate violence against children.

Australia is passing the buck by suggesting New Zealand should have separate talks with Nauru to resettle the refugees, the Labour Party says.

An Australian expert has cast doubt on the veracity of some testimony of asylum-seekers held by Canberra in Nauru.

A new report says Australia's asylum seeker detention policy has cost more than $US7.5 billion since it was reactivated in 2013.

Australia's Parliament will investigate allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers detained on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.

Two electoral petitions in Nauru had been thrown out on technicalities - namely they were not presented in time.

A former secretary of justice in Nauru says people still have the option to appeal if their passports are seized. Audio

Leaders of the Pacific's Smaller Island States want to see improvements made to air transport services in the region.

One of the Danish MP denied access to Nauru last week says the secrecy surrounding Australia's detention camps in Nauru calls for a massive international condemnation.

A Nauru court has adjourned a hearing on whether the President, Baron Waqa, was correctly served a petition against his election in July.

The Nauru government has passed amendments to the country's passport laws to give it broader powers to cancel passports.

An independent Australian MP Andrew Wilkie, who has been denied access to Nauru, says he believes the Australian government has much to hide.

The Nauru Supreme Court will hold a hearing tomorrow to decide whether an election petition filed against the country's president was correctly served.