Nauru

The government of Nauru has announced payment of US$369 thousand to widows who lost money when the Bank of Nauru collapsed in 2006.

Opinion - The detention of children that has created such outrage in the US has been happening in our backyard for years, Ian Rintoul writes.

The Nauru government says it will appeal a Supreme Court ruling that a recently passed law is unconstitutional.

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat says that while Nauru has stated its concerns about media reporting, the Forum has always stood by the principles of free and open media.

Amnesty International says the Nauru government's decision to ban Australia's ABC from the Pacific Islands Forum summit is a brazen attempt to suppress critical coverage.

Australia's public broadcaster says it still plans to go to this year's Pacific Islands Forum summit, after Nauru's government banned it from entering the country.

New Zealand's parliamentary press gallery has echoed outrage in Australia at the Nauru government's decision to ban the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The ABC has been banned from covering the Pacific Islands Forum after the Nauruan government accused the public broadcaster of "continued biased and false reporting' about the country.

The Iranian community on Nauru has launched a petition calling for the body of asylum seeker Fariborz Karami to be brought to Australia

A Singapore court has fined a local company buying and shipping phosphate from Nauru with corruption.

The Nauru government says it has no comment about a hefty bill it has been ordered to pay by today by a Supreme Court judge.

A Supreme Court judge in Nauru has declared legislation passed earlier this month 'null and void'.

The Pacific Islands Forum is seeking to raise concerns about the state of the Nauru judiciary with the country's president.

A Nauru judge has ruled that the state must assist the defence with its costs in the case of the so-called 'Nauru 19'.

The United Nations Development Programme is to lead a two-year project to strengthen the capacity of the Nauru Electoral Commission.

It is hoped the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting on Nauru will draw attention to the plight of refugees Australia detains there, an advocate says.