1798 - British navigator Captain John Fearn, sailing past Nauru from New Zealand to the China Seas, names it Pleasant Island. 1878-88 - Nauruan Civil War: between forces loyal to incumbent King ...

Anna Neistat says the levels of mental trauma she saw on Nauru were higher than war zones she'd been in like Syria and Afghanistan. 'In a war, there is a reason for it. People are much better ...

Schools and workplaces on the tiny Pacific island of Nauru will close and areas will be evacuated on Thursday while Australian army sappers try to defuse a 500-pound (227-kilo) "armed and dangerous" ...

Nauru is 4,500 km from Australia, with infrequent air links. It was the scene of fighting between the United States and Japan in World War Two. The unexploded bomb was discovered by construction ...