Nauru

Nauru's government has partnered with a deep sea mining company which is exploring the country's waters for valuable resources on the seafloor.

The Nauru government should expect scrutiny of refugee camps on the island when overseas journalists visit for the Pacific Islands Forum, a human rights watchdog says.

Twenty-three more refugees, who were detained by Australia on Nauru, flew to the United States yesterday to be resettled a day after thousands of Australians took to the streets.

A group of refugees on Nauru is pleading with the New Zealand government to let them resettle in the country.

The body of an Iranian asylum seeker, who took his own life on Nauru more than a month ago, has been flown to Brisbane.

An Iranian woman was amoung 21 refugees from Nauru who flew to the United States yesterday to be resettled.

A fish-spotting helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff from a purse seiner last week near Nauru, killing both the pilot and a passenger on impact, according an official with the fishing boat's agent…

Canada should be asked to resettle refugees exiled by Australia that cannot enter the United States, a Papua New Guinea lawyer says.

The chief executive of the Nauru Phosphate company, Ronphos, says the island could expect to be mining phosphate for another 25 to 30 years.

Taiwan, which is excluded from formal Pacific Islands Forum meetings at the behest of China, is nonetheless helping pay for the upcoming summit in Nauru.

Thirty-six refugees exiled to Nauru by Australia flew to the US yesterday to be resettled after attacks on women refugees increased, an advocate says.

The largest global grouping of public broadcasters says Nauru's ban on Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalists attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit is completely unacceptable.

A research academic at the Australian National University says regional bodies like the Pacific Islands Forum must have a role in encouraging the Nauru government towards more democratic practices.

Refugees exiled to Manus Island and Nauru by Australia have a new champion in the form of a boxer who says he is fighting on their behalf. Video

The Nauru government's refusal to allow journalists from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to cover the Pacific Forum Leaders summit has been condemned by the Pacific media watchdog.

The Pacific Islands News Association is calling on Nauru and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to use the "Pacific way" to resolve what it calls the impasse between them.