Nauru

Nauru has updated its Crimes Act, decriminalising homosexuality and abolishing suicide as an offence.

The fire that gutted a unit in a Nauru refugee camp earlier this week was part of a suicide attempt, according to the victim's husband.

Canberra could do a lot more to encourage a move back to good governance in Nauru, according to an Australian academic.

Political stability in Nauru over recent years has enabled an authoritarian approach to governance, according to an Australian academic.

A Somali refugee and her baby are both in a critical condition in a Brisbane hospital after an emergency caesarian section was performed on Nauru.

The Australian government claims a 26-year-old Bangladeshi refugee died from suspected heart failure in Nauru.

Australia's former immigration minister, Scott Morrison, says he won't apologise to Save the Children over the removal of its staff from Nauru amid unsubstantiated claims.

Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton owes a young African refugee raped on Nauru a duty of care, a Federal Court has ruled.

Australian immigration officials have told a Senate hearing the lack of a suitable plane delayed the medical evacuation of two Nauru refugees who had set themselves on fire.

Australia and Save the Children have reached a confidential settlement over the controversial removal of staff from Nauru.

A leading government minister in Nauru says he understands that it is distressing for refugees that they have few long-term solutions offered to them.

United Nations Refugee Agency has called for the immediate transfer of refugees and asylum seekers out of the Australian-run detention camps on both Manus Island and Nauru.

A Somali refugee who set herself on fire in Nauru earlier this week remains in a critical condition in an Australian Hospital.

Australia should do more to help refugees and asylum seekers find a permanent home according to a Nauru opposition MP.

Lawyers for more than 700 asylum seekers held in the Australian detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have filed an injunction aiming to halt their transfer to the detention centre on…

The Nauru President says advocates and activists have overstepped the line by telling refugees and asylum seekers to quit their jobs and become full-time protesters.

Nauru is due to hold elections about the middle of this year but opponents of the government say campaigning will be difficult given curbs on what they can say.

A Somali refugee is reported to be in a dire situation in a Brisbane hospital after setting herself alight on Nauru.