1878-88 - Nauruan Civil War: ... One-third of the island's 1,400 inhabitants are estimated to have died in the war. 1888 - Nauru is annexed by Germany as part of the Marshall Islands Protectorate.

In “Civil War,” the British filmmaker Alex Garland explores the unbearable if not the unthinkable, something he likes to do. A pop cultural savant, ...

Releasing a movie called Civil War in this election year is certainly one way to grab headlines. Surprisingly, though, Alex Garland's ambitious new thriller largely sidesteps the politics of the ...

When asked what makes “the cause of the Civil War” so difficult for some folks, historian Edward Ayers cited an episode of “The Simpsons.” In this episode, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an ...

December 27, 1940 - a ship flying Soviet colors approached Nauru. But it was a trap. Germany’s hidden raider, the Komet, opened fire, devastating the island’s vital phosphate operations.

Editor’s Note: This is the 598th in a series of articles recalling vintage Huntington scenes. In 1913, a half century after the Civil War, the city of Huntington welcomed hundreds of grizzled ...

Australia's controversial detention centre on Nauru is empty, after the last remaining refugee was evacuated into the night last week. It pauses over a decade of Australia's processing of asylum ...

Nauru continues to assert its sovereignty and independence and aims to sustain amicable international relations. During the Chinese civil war in the 1940s, Taiwan served as the final sanctuary for ...

The case of Patient A is a further illustration of the new and lethal situation we have come to in the situation of mandatory detention and the camps.

Asylum seekers on Nauru when it first opened in 2001 Australia's controversial detention centre on Nauru is empty, after the last remaining refugee was evacuated into the night last week. It ...