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By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ratu Antonio Lalabalavu has defended the government's handling of the country's HIV crisis. HIV is...

By Minnah Arshad of Zeteo Israel’s Parliament has approved a one-sided death penalty measure to execute Palestinians. It is one of the most extreme laws in...

ANALYSIS: By Ronny P. Sasmita The skies over Tehran and Natanz may still carry the lingering haze of joint US-Israeli bombing operations. Yet the world, filtered...

ANALYSIS: Introduced by Robert Reich From time to time, I post transcripts I’ve come across of particularly insightful conversations. Here’s one that’s particularly relevant to...

RNZ Pacific Former Fijian President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau died on Thursday, aged 84. Ratu Epeli, a chief and former Fiji military commander, served as president from...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk New Caledonia's domestic airline Air Calédonie filed for bankruptcy on Friday, following almost a month of...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook The joint US-Israeli war on Iran has thrust back into the spotlight a divisive debate about whether the dog wags the...

Asia Pacific Report Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate plea for his country's sovereignty in defiance of the...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: An Israeli court has closed an investigation into the death...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A rift within French Polynesia's ruling Tavini Huiraatira party has widened this week, pitting the leadership...

US and Israeli officials invoking women's rights to push their war on Iran should look at their war in Gaza and at home before...

COMMENTARY: By Kellie Tranter The actions of the Trump administration and its AIPAC-Israeli donors have reached new levels of immorality, illegality and unprecedented venality. It is...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Described by analysts as a suicide mission, there are nonetheless rumours the US President has his eye on securing for the...

OBITUARY: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Political leaders and institutions have paid tributes for Lionel Jospin, the "father" of the 1998...

RNZ Pacific Fiji's human rights watchdog has warned that the country's pro-Israel foreign policy and diplomatic engagement works against its international obligations and could be...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman in New York, joined by, for the first time...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire The legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific is unfinished business. From the 1997 disappearance of...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Jessica Corbett Democrats in Congress have sounded the alarm over US President Donald Trump pledging to commit more war crimes in Iran...

RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has doubled down on his decision not to convene Parliament as he hangs on to power leading...

COMMENTARY: By Sarah Leah Whitson In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle You can’t make this stuff up. The President of the United States, while sitting next to the Japanese Prime Minister in...

By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent The Marshall Islands Parliament this week endorsed legislation reducing income taxes for all working people in...