Kiribati

The Kiribati President Taneti Maamau on Sunday met with eight I-Kiribati men who are in custody in Italy awaiting sentence on drugs trafficking offences.

A high-level meeting in Rome has warned that climate change poses an "alarming threat to food systems and food security in the Pacific islands."

A Russian businessman who unsuccessfully tried to revive the Romanov Empire in Kiribati says the project for his 'Alternative Russia' in the Pacific is still alive.

Two infants from Kiribati, who were born with cleft lips and palates, have undergone successful surgery in Taiwan.

Three Kiribati fishermen who were missing for four days in the Pacific Ocean have been found by a New Zealand Defence Force's P-3 Orion.

A New Zealand Defence Force P-3 Orion has been pulled off fisheries patrol to search for three Kiribati fishermen missing since Saturday.

The Green Climate Fund is giving the Kiribati government $US585,927 dollars to help the country better engage with the Fund.

The author of a new book on Pacific nuclear weapons testing says he hopes it will shed more light on Britain's tests in the region.

The minister of health in Kiribati has used Facebook to remind people to check the expiry date on food products they want to purchase.

Kiribati Citizens Against Corruption co-founder claims state owned Kiribati Oil Company chief executive has been seen crashing his company car.

An MP in Kiribati says he is appalled by the payment procedure used by the finance ministry after an open cheque for about $US9000 was given to the wrong person.

The Kiribati government has launched its first ever National Anti-Corruption Strategy.

Health researchers in Kiribati say at least four women die annually from cervical cancer but only ten percent of women in the target age group are being screened.

Kiribati's former president Teburoro Tito has resigned from parliament to become the country's representative to the United Nations in New York.

Solomon Airlines and Air Kiribati have launched a new service linking Brisbane and Tarawa via Honiara.

The opposition leader in Kiribati, Titabu Tabane, says he will not apologise to the House for boycotting a session of parliament.

A former Kiribati president says the late Tony de Brum helped deepen climate change discussions.

The Kiribati parliament has approved almost $US24 million to upgrade infrastructure on the outer islands.

Kiribati's former president, Sir Ieremia Tabai, has called on the government to up its game if it wants its people to be fit and healthy.