ANALYSIS: By Dr Satyendra Prasad Internationally, we are marking the 2025 Human Rights Day at a time of extraordinary retreat from human rights protection across...

COMMENTARY: By Sameer Barghouthi The road from Beijing to Taiwan no longer seems impossible. Nothing appears to prevent Moscow -- should it decide -- from abducting...

Asia Pacific Report The Israeli government has offered to train senior Australian police officers in Israel as part of efforts to combat terrorism and antisemitism,...

RNZ News There is no doubt that Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela was illegal, former prime minister and UN leader Helen Clark says. Over the weekend,...

Kidnap, murder, torture, brutality, subversion, treachery, and barbarism, writes Adrian Blackburn reflecting on US President Donald Trump's New Year present to the world. COMMENTARY: By...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie Vinzons is a quiet coastal town in the eastern Philippines province of Camarines Norte in Bicol. With a spread out population...

As activist groups around the world observe December 1 -- flag-raising "independence" day for West Papua today marking when the Morning Star flag was...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment on treason charges. But a West Papua independence advocate...

A transition in global emphasis from "nuclear to climate crisis survivors", plus new geopolitical exposés. REVIEW: By Amit Sarwal of The Australia Today Forty years after...

COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell The origin of the expression "tuckered out" goes back to the east of the United States around the 1830s. After New...

Asia Pacific Report Protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off the UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People today as Israel faced...

Asia Pacific Report As New Zealand pro-Palestinian protesters prepared for demonstrations across the country today to mark the UN International Day of Solidarity with the...

RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka, the instigator of Fiji's coup culture, took to the witness stand for the first time today -- fronting the Truth and...

ANALYSIS: By Emad Moussa “Israel appears set on destroying the framework created to ensure compliance with international law . . . ”, the International Court...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesian authorities have retrieved a total of eight bodies that were buried following a major...

ANALYSIS: By Dr Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat Indonesia is preparing one of the largest peacekeeping deployments in its history -- a 20,000-strong force of soldiers, engineers,...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea's 2026 National Budget has drawn immediate opposition criticism from East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, who...

RNZ Pacific Fiji marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls  this week with the government saying the day is...

ANALYSIS: By Alessandra Bajec Last week, the UN Security Council endorsed President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, effectively installing American supervision over the Palestinian territory’s...

Asia Pacific Report A news report highlighting Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown yelling "free beer" at pro-Palestine protesters at an Auckland Council governing body meeting on...