Nauru is one of the world’s smallest countries and lies about 4,000km northeast of Sydney. (AFP pic) KOKOPO: An “armed and dangerous” World War II bomb was dug up and defused today on the ...

An "armed and dangerous" World War II bomb was dug up and defused Thursday on the small Pacific island of Nauru, the country's police force said. Schools were closed and Nauru's 12,000 residents ...

Australia has signed a treaty with the Pacific island nation of Nauru to provide aid, banking and other infrastructure support, the latest maneuvering for influence in the region between China and ...

Nauru will take on the top diplomatic post of the Pacific Islands Forum — an 18-member regional bloc representing Pacific Island nations — in 2024 from the Cook Islands with Nauru’s former ...

The Nauru facility was opened in 2001 as part of the Howard Coalition government’s globally notorious “Pacific Solution” of transporting refugees to remote islands in former Australian ...

BEIJING — China and Nauru formally restored diplomatic relations Wednesday after the tiny Pacific island nation cut its ties with Taiwan earlier this month, in a further move by Beijing to ...

Refugee Council of Australia figures show that more than 70 percent of the 3,129 people detained on Manus Island and Nauru since 2013, when the Rudd Labor government declared the policy of denying ...

The Pacific island country of Nauru announced Monday it was severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of the People's Republic of China, just two days after Taiwan's electorate defied Beijing ...

China and Nauru have formally agreed to resume diplomatic relations after the tiny Pacific island severed ties with Taiwan last week. A signing ceremony to seal the renewal of relations took place ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- One of Taiwan's few remaining diplomatic allies, the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru, has cut ties with the self-governed island in favor of Beijing. The move comes just days ...