Nauru

An Iranian refugee who suffered severe burns after setting himself alight on Nauru has died.

The Australian company found to be holding hundreds of people in Papua New Guinea illegally has agreed to a buy-out.

The fate of hundreds of people detained illegally in Papua New Guinea remains uncertain, after a court struck a blow to Canberra's policy of sending asylum seekers abroad.

A former president of Nauru says his country has the capacity to house the 850 asylum seekers in limbo on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.

ANALYSIS: This week's Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruling has underlined how Australia's adherence to human rights norms is regressing and causing problems in the Pacific.

The zika virus has been found in Nauru - the sixth country in the Pacific to be affected by the mosquito borne virus.

Nauru says an Iranian refugee who suffered severe burns after setting himself alight has been flown to Australia.

An Iranian asylum seeker being held on Nauru is in a critical condition after setting himself alight, the Nauru government says.

Five asylum seekers detained on Nauru have attempted suicide in the past 24 hours as the United Nations' refugee agency visits the island, an NGO says.

Nearly half of the children who were sent back to Australia after being held in a detention centre in Nauru have a mental illness, Australia's Senate has been told.

Refugee advocates are concerned that another refugee will be charged with attempted suicide after Nauru police arrested a 38 year-old Iranian refugee.

Australia's opposition Greens have called on the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to offer a woman, allegedly raped on Nauru while suffering an epileptic seizure, safe passage to Australia for a...

The Nauru government says a report about the Australian bank Westpac cutting ties with it is misleading.

Westpac is to stop doing business with the government of Nauru and its entities.

Nauru has become the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Five suspended MPs in Nauru are seeking international financial help with their legal costs.

The Nauru government says it has set up a sovereign trust fund with an initial deposit of just over US$15 million.

The Refugee Action Coalition says a dismissive letter from Australia's Border Force prompted the latest protests at the detention camps in Nauru.