Monthly Archives: March 2026

Asia Pacific Report The Israeli military prosecution has controversially cancelled the indictment of five soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee at the notorious...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist For a country with a record of large deforestation projects, Indonesia's current activities in the far southeastern corner of...

Only one of these four paths protects humanity — the other three are likely destroy it. ANALYSIS: By Qasim Rashid This week Donald Trump threatened more...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto I came across this statement from an independent media source this week: “The mainstream media is doing what it always does in...

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist An American right-wing think tank is proposing a "Pacific Charter" that advocates for a greater United States presence in...

RNZ Pacific The seventh narco sub in Pacific waters was discovered last week as the wave of methamphetamine becomes the latest crisis challenging the region. 1News...

Israel’s war on Iran reveals a deeper crisis: the collapse of a psychological doctrine built on fear and invincibility. The Palestine Chronicle reports. ANALYSIS: By...

By 'Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson says growing global instability is a reminder that Pacific nations must strengthen cooperation within...

Asia Pacific Report  A professor of US and international politics at University College Dublin, says Washington's objectives in the war against Iran are “slightly different”...

Drop Site News Right now, the United States and Israel are continuing their bombardment of Iran. As the confirmed death toll climbs past 1330 and hospitals,...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has increasingly presented himself on the international stage as a mediator and promoter of peace. Yet this global...

REVIEW: By Lee Duffield Declining population in West Papua, and critical loss of life through clashes with the Indonesia military raise the question of genocide...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist A Papua New Guinean anthropologist has warned that a campaign by authorities to remove communities from informal settlements in...

Zahra Sultana has mocked US and Israeli pretensions, saying in a BBC interview on Sunday -- International Women’s Day -- that the girls in...

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The United States military has begun the formal environmental review process for the continuation...

REVIEW: Asia Pacific Report West Papuan diaspora, academics, students and community activists warmly applauded the screening of the new investigative documentary, Pesta Babi (Pig Feast):...

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle Three more schools and a major hospital have been bombed in Iran and more in Lebanon by the US-Israeli military, all...

Thousands of anti-war demonstrators yesterday marched through central London, calling for an immediate halt to US and Israeli military operations against Iran and an...

ANALYSIS: By Hana Saada In an era when images can circle the globe in seconds and newsrooms claim to uphold universal humanitarian principles; one might...

Pacific Media Watch Journalists in Iran have been working amid hostile air strikes for almost a week since the start of the US-Israeli offensive while...

ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes and Rubayat Chowdhury There is no doubt that the war Israel and the United States have launched against Iran will have...

Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating "ecocide" happening in West Papua will be screened as a world premiere at a weekend...