Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian...
IRNA News Agency
When news reports first indicated that US Vice-President JD Vance was going to lead the Americans in the negotiations with Iran, the...
Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath
RNZ Pacific
Cyclone Maila has been downgraded to a tropical low but has caused widespread damage in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
Ten people were...
Iranian envoy slams ‘rule of the jungle’ in criticism of NZ...
Pacific Media Watch
Iran's ambassador has criticised New Zealand's failure to condemn the US and Israeli strikes on Iran as damaging the relationship between the...
Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island
RNZ News
Weather warnings in New Zealand's North Island are starting to lift, as Tropical Cyclone Vaianu tracks away from the country.
Red and orange wind...
Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...
Asia Pacific Report
Thousands of protesters took part in the “Stop Wars Aotearoa” rallies across New Zealand today, calling for an end to the illegal...
‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: As the US and Iran prepared to hold ceasefire talks in Pakistan today, Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon.
The death...
Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious
To make lasting peace in the Middle East, the US must end its blank cheque to Israel’s perpetual wars and join with the rest...
Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...
RNZ News
Severe weather warnings are set to come into place this weekend as Cyclone Vaianu bears down on New Zealand.
Coromandel and parts of the...
Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time
COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich
An hour before Trump said he’d cause the death of a “whole civilisation” if Iran didn’t open the strait of Hormuz,...
PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
Papua New Guinea's Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph has stepped aside to allow investigations into allegations he interfered...
‘Heinous’ Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in genocidal...
Pacific Media Watch
Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah has been killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Gaza Strip, the Qatari television news channel...
What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire
COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi
Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended -- just ten hours later --...
How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit...
COMMENTARY: By Yanis Varoufakis
Having launched an illegal, destructive war that brutally struck the entire planet’s economy (and confirmed once again Europe’s combination of irrelevance...
Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived
There is a bitter truth that must be spoken before we can talk honestly about what is happening to us now. Michael West Media...
‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back...
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, of Sh'ma Koleinu - Alternative Jewish Voices
Vietnam survived Nixon’s madman theory and the world survived the era of mutually assured...
This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war
The Murdoch press runs cover for an illegal war by blaming the wrong man entirely, instead of informing the public of facts. Michael West...
Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent...
OPEN LETTER: By Nureddin Abdurahman to NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Minister,
You are about to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time...
Eugene Doyle: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Nordstream’ pipeline is waiting to be hit
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If the US-Israelis escalate, the Saudis should fear for the future of the Yanbu pipeline.
So should we -- even if you...
Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise to join Global Sumud Flotilla mission to Gaza
By Brett Wilkins
Greenpeace International has announced that the MY Arctic Sunrise -- one of its largest vessels -- will be taking part in the...
‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Finance Minister says she has "never felt so dependent on the actions and feelings of one administration and its leaders", as...




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