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The West called it terrorism – Iran called it the architecture...
ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean
For four decades, the West presented Iran's regional strategy as the work of a rogue state exporting revolution and chaos. They...
Indonesian soldiers accused of wounding two Papuan teenagers in Titigi
Asia Pacific Report
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULWP) has accused the Indonesian military of shooting and wounding two teenagers in Titigi village,...
At the World Cup, the Western media has set up a...
COMMENTARY: By Patrick Gathara
“Why is it that African teams and Middle Eastern teams have to answer for what their governments are doing but European...
Bougainville volcano ups gears, as Titan Ridge submarine volcano cools off
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Explosive activity has picked up in recent days at Bougainville's Mt Bagana volcano.
Papua New Guinea's Rabaul Volcanological Observatory declared...
ACT candidate resigns in NZ after Chinese political group link revealed
By Justin Wong, Local Democracy Reporter
An ACT candidate has withdrawn from a new Wellington electorate race at November's election, after failing to declare her...
A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in...
ANALYSIS: By Shannon Bosch
A recent United Nations report has detailed serious allegations of Israel deliberately targeting Palestinian children during the conflict since October 2023.
The...
Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
The widow of a deceased Fijian farmer is claiming that her husband was beaten by police during a raid...
Iran’s heartbroken Team Melli exit World Cup amid silver lining of...
By Anushe Engineer
Iran’s bittersweet, logistically complicated, politically charged, and heartbreaking World Cup run found a silver lining in Mexico, where the men’s football team...
Official results confirmed for New Caledonia’s provincial elections
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
The official results of New Caledonia's provincial elections held on Sunday were proclaimed last evening.
In a comprehensive document, the...
Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's military has hit out against budget cuts it copped last Friday.
In a social media post, the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF),...
Time to pull plug on power-hungry ‘bludger’ AI data centres, says...
Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) has warned that a planned AI data centre in Southland would...
Pro-French, pro-independence blocs remain in New Caledonia election
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
The one-round provincial election held in New Caledonia yesterday has produced a few surprises, but essentially maintained the existing...
Counting underway at polling stations in New Caledonia provincial elections
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ, RNZ Pacific reporters
Polling stations have now closed in New Caledonia, as electoral officials begin tallying votes in today's provincial...
Heavy security deployed as New Caledonia’s crucial elections begin
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
Heavy security has been deployed in New Caledonia as crucial provincial elections are being held in the French Pacific...
Pakistan PM drops a ‘truth bomb’ on US about the Iranian...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, one of the signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the US,...
The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for...
Israel's legitimacy has been catastrophically squandered. It can only begin to be rebuilt through justice for the Palestinian people, writes Lim Tean.
ANALYSIS: By Lim...
New Caledonia’s political parties make final pitch to voters before campaigning...
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
Campaigning in New Caledonia officially closed yesterday at midnight local time -- two days ahead of election day tomorrow,...
NZ anti-war protesters call for independent foreign policy and peaceful planet
COMMENTARY: By Liz Remmerswaal
Up to 1000 people joined a March for Peace in Auckland last weekend to demand that Aotearoa New Zealand become a...
This is the story that Trump and the West don’t want...
ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean
Across my social media platforms, I encounter daily a particular brand of ignorance that I find increasingly impossible to ignore. Iran...
Cook Islands set to head to the polls in six weeks...
RNZ Pacific
Cook Islanders are set to head to the polls in six weeks' time, the King's Representative of the Cook Islands, Sir Tom Marsters,...
Fiji will remain unstable while Indigenous people are economically sidelined, says...
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific
A former coup convict in Fiji claims the country will remain unstable while the Indigenous iTaukei are economically marginalised.
Josefa...
Lim Tean: Marco Rubio embarrasses himself – and America – over...
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has told the world that Iran’s foreign policy is driven by “pure theology” and...






















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