Monthly Archives: May 2026

ANALYSIS: By Robert Reich On Saturday, Trump took revenge on Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy for Cassidy’s vote five years ago to convict Trump, in his...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The French Senate has endorsed proposed changes to New Caledonia's restricted electoral roll to allow "native"...

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace International has condemned Israeli armed forces for illegally attacking a peaceful Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters for the second...

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist A multinational police investigation implicating 11 Fiji police officers in collusion with drug traffickers has been handed over to...

Asia Pacific Report Irish President Catherine Connolly’s sister is among the Gaza-bound Global Sumud flotilla activists detained by Israeli forces, reports Middle East Monitor. Dr Margaret...

Asia Pacific Report Türkiye has condemned Israel’s intervention against the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, describing it as “a new act of piracy”,...

Tehran believes Trump will attack in the next 48 hours -- and is ready to counter-escalate, writes US-Iran affairs analyst Trita Parsi. ANALYSIS: By Trita...

Middle East Monitor Israel is now perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, according to new global polling published by Nira Data...

ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta The eighth floor of the Tempo building in Jakarta became the setting for a gathering rich with meaning. What brought...

Asia Pacific Report Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is "open to all except its adversaries", and any passage through the trajectory of this...

COMMENTARY: By Kathrine Ross What a blast at the Auckland Writers Festival today, I had tickets for Marika and I to attend Palestinian writer Tareq...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A West Papuan church leader has warned that ongoing killings of young Papuans allegedly by Indonesian security forces...

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Niue's assembly has re-elected Dalton Tagelagi as its prime minister, continuing his leadership for the next three years. Tagelagi,...

PROFILE: By Campion Ohasio The Solomon Islands has entered a new political era. In a historic morning at Parliament House yesterday, Matthew Cooper Wale was...

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three...

Fijian Media Association Fiji’s media workers finally got to celebrate their World Press Freedom Day this week 11 days late -- on Thursday, May 14. The...

ANALYSIS: By Alison Broinowski of Declassified Australia Most of the Western media refuse to join the dots and explain Israel’s decades-long obsession with defanging Tehran. The...

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has criticised plans for the country taking part in next month's military exercises with Israel and...

COMMENTARY: By Frances Palmer While appreciating certain points in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s speech "Securing NZ’s Future in a more Volatile World" on current challenges...

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International says it is "deeply alarmed" over the obstruction of justice and chaotic scenes -- including gunfire -- witnessed at the...

The NSW Parliament’s antisemitism report was folded into the Bondi Royal Commission, missing the airing of contesting views and rigorous questioning, reports Michael West...

By Kim Wingerei Saher Alghorra, a Palestinian photojournalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize for a series of photographs published in The New York Times. What’s...