Offshore detention food crisis: A new Asylum Seeker Resource Centre report says asylum seekers and community detainees on Nauru are going hungry on Australia’s $260-a-fortnight allowance, with 99% unable to afford enough food, 68% rarely or never getting fresh fruit/veg/meat, and 82% lacking easy access to free, clean drinking water. Legal pressure on Nauru policing: Whistleblowers and an MP allege a quiet change to Nauru policing powers—via community monitoring officers with restrain/search powers—may be aimed at blunting Federal Court challenges tied to the NZYQ deportation cohort. Pacific security diplomacy: Australia’s diplomatic push across the Pacific ramps up amid China concerns, including new defence pacts with Fiji and moves involving Solomon Islands, while Australia also defends pre-COP spending in Fiji as climate talks critical for the region. Travel & visas in the region: Papua New Guinea publishes a 28-country visa-on-arrival list for 2026 that includes Nauru, alongside separate updates on visa-free entry rules for Russia. Commonwealth Games arrivals: Nauru athletes are among Pacific teams heading to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games as the event opens with a pared-back sports program. Critical minerals research: University of Delaware professor Saleem Ali wins a Humboldt Research Award for work on critical minerals and energy transitions, tying research to global supply chains.