Once known as Pleasant Island, Nauru was first settled by Micronesian and Polynesian people thousands of years ago. It later became a colonial territory under German, British, and Australian ...

The teeny Pacific Island nation of Nauru has been in the spotlight recently because it runs a refugee base for Australia. Instead of allowing refugees to enter Australia, the government pays for ...

Australia set up a detention centre in Nauru in 2013 Australia says the last four migrant children detained at a camp on the Pacific island of Nauru are being moved to the US. The children will be ...