Kiribati

Kiribati has established diplomatic ties with Tajikistan.

The Kiribati parliament is to ask New Zealand and Australia to take more i-Kiribati workers in their seasonal worker schemes.

A Kiribati NGO says it will continue to pursue legal action against the government over the Butiraoi ferry disaster, despite an internal dispute.

A group representing the families of victims of Kiribati's Butiraoi ferry tragedy has broken ties with an NGO that had been working with them.

The Kiribati government says it is saddened that several landowners are refusing to move from land around the water reservoir areas at Bonriki in South Tarawa.

The Kiribati government has defended the country sending local students to study in China on Chinese government funded scholarships.

The Kiribati government faced moments of embarrassment on Tuesday when Finance Minister, Teuea Toatu, presented a supplementary budget.

A senior opposition MP in Kiribati, Sir Ieremia Tabai, has called on the president to crack down on one of his ministers he says is corrupt.

The speaker of the Kiribati parliament says he will turn off the microphones of MPs who refused to sit down when he stands.

Kiribati families of victims lost in last year's Butiraoi ferry disaster are fund-raising for a lawsuit against the government.

A recently launched television service in Kiribati says its news will remain sensitive to the culture and traditions of the islands.

As public discussion on climate change and ways to arrest its impact continue around the world, one of many low-lying atolls in the Pacific wrestles with the issue right now.

The president of Kiribati says the country could look to the efficient management of its ocean and air space to help the economy.

The Kiribati government says a New Zealand aid package will help people get one of the basic needs for life.

New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister has called for the world to do more to battle climate change impacts after witnessing the challenges that Kiribati faces first hand.

The New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister has been warmly welcomed in Kiribati.

Six i-Kiribati men who were jailed in Italy on drug-trafficking charges have been acquitted and freed, the Kiribati government says.

A researcher says the number of renewable energy projects being poured into Kiribati are not being supported enough.

The Kiribati government quietly opened a third investigation into the sinking of a ferry that killed 80 people last year.

Three people sailing a yacht have been rescued by a French ship after they sent a distress signal from an uninhabited island in Kiribati last weekend.