Israel orders patients, staff to ‘evacuate’ last two hospitals in northern...
Asia Pacific Report
Israel is forcing two hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate under threat of attack as its ethnic cleansing campaign continues.
Israeli forces have...
Fiji police charge man with rape and sexual assault of Virgin...
Fijivillage News
A man has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of one of the Virgin Australia crew members in the early hours...
Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set...
Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonisation plus a 50th birthday party, reports a BenarNews contributor's...
‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – Auckland hospital...
Asia Pacific Report
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on “medical professionals worldwide” to suspend...
Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
With the door now shut on 2024, many will heave a sigh of relief and hope...
‘Crime against journalism’: Gaza journalists slam PA’s Al Jazeera ban
By Maram Humaid in Deir el-Balah, Gaza
Journalists gathered at Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital expressed outrage and confusion about the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) decision to...
Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister
By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News
The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth due to its...
The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and...
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped...
Pryde ‘may have to wait’ over tribunal report, says Fiji President’s...
By Cheerieann Wilson in Suva
Fiji's Office of the President has confirmed that the Tribunal’s report on allegations of misconduct against suspended Director of Public...
Virgin Australia confirms ‘serious security incident’ with crew in Fiji
By Anish Chand in Suva
Virgin Australia has confirmed a “serious security incident” with its flight crew members who were in Fiji on New Year's...
CPJ condemns ban on Al Jazeera – network decries bid to...
Pacific Media Watch
The New York-based global media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned a decision by the Palestinian Authority to suspend Al Jazeera’s...
New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
An emergency 231 million euro (NZ$428 million) French aid package for New Caledonia has been reduced...
A ‘genocidal project’ – Dr Abu-Sittah on Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s...
Democracy Now!
Gaza’s Health Ministry has confirmed that close to 46,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s ongoing assault, but Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah estimates the...
Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter’s ‘pivotal role’ for CNMI
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
The Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas has paid tribute to former...
Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ – Israeli tennis...
Asia Pacific Report
A Palestine solidarity group has protested over the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko in New Zealand's ASB Tennis Classic in...
Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year...
By Ella Stewart, (Ngāpuhi, Te Māhurehure, Ngāti Manu), RNZ longform journalist, Te Ao Māori
On a sticky day in January, dozens of nannies and aunties...
Valls hopes to tackle New Caledonia in Rocard-style ‘spirit of dialogue’
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Overseas Minister Manuel Valls, who was appointed yesterday as part of the new French government...
Killing of five Gaza journalists by Israel strike highlights weak NZ...
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
My message today is really simple but brutal.
Israel kills the journalists deliberately. This is unprecedented. The Western...
Fiji’s PM dismisses Tabuya as Minister for Women and Children
RNZ Pacific
Fiji MP Lynda Tabuya has been dismissed as the country's Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said in a...
‘Bloc’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent, French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's territorial government has been toppled on Christmas Eve, due to a mass resignation within...