Nauru

Nauru's government says it has deployed extra police to prevent further protests on the island and has again accused suspended opposition MPs of trying to destabilise the government.

The Australian Greens Party says it's concerned at reports that Australia is offering to change official travel warnings to Iran so it can deport Iranians who have failed to be granted asylum.

Two more opposition MPs on Nauru have been arrested, the latest twist in a government crackdown on political opposition.

The Pacific Islands Forum's Secretariat says it is ready to assist Nauru if the government seeks help amid an ongoing political crisis there.

A suspended Nauru MP and former justice minister, Mathew Batsiua, who was arrested earlier in the week, was given bail yesterday with strict conditions.

Australia is reportedly poised to deport back to Tehran all Iranians who have failed to be given asylum.

There is speculation in Nauru that another two MPs are about to be arrested amid ongoing clampdowns on movement and expression of opposition MPs.

Landowners on Nauru are threatening to shut down a main hotel on their land if the government continues to ignore their concerns.

A group of Australian security guards stood down after they posted a series of posts on social media hostile to Muslims have reportedly returned to work at Canberra's asylum seeker detention centre on…

A former president of Nauru, who has been involved in anti government protests this week, says opposition MPs are waiting for a response to their demands.

A suspended Nauru MP and former justice minister, Mathew Batsiua, is expected to appear in court shortly after spending the last two nights in custody.

Nauru's former finance minister Roland Kun has been stopped from leaving the island with his passport confiscated. Audio

There are reports a Nauru MP, who was suspended from Parliament in May last year, has been stopped from leaving the island and had his passport confiscated. Audio

There are plans today to continue a protest outside the Nauru parliament with people demanding that five suspended MPs be re-instated. Audio

Over a hundred protesters remained outside Nauru's Parliament until late last night, demanding the release of opposition MP Mathew Batsiua, after his arrest in a protest that the government had dubbed… Audio

Nauru's government has dubbed today's protest at the island's parliament a 'riot', and accused suspended opposition MPs of spearheading it.