Tag: Donald Trump

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Two American service members are dead. Another is missing. Four more were medically evacuated after Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean The most important response to Trump’s Hormuz announcement did not come from Beijing, Brussels or the United Nations. It came from...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean The United States went to war to stop Iran charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. It has now imposed a...

OBITUARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The only positive thing about the Iran war heating up again is that Lindsey Graham won’t be around to enjoy it. The...

ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean Former US Vice-President Mike Pence wants Donald Trump to "finish the job" in the Strait of Hormuz. After 130 days of war...

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle “They’re scum … they’re led by sick people and they’re vicious, violent people. There’s something wrong with them. They’re cuckoo. As far...

ANALYSIS: Drop Site News Since President Donald Trump’s self-congratulatory tour for “ending” the Israeli war on Gaza last October, followed by a UN Security Council...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific The new US Ambassador to New Zealand is introducing Donald Trump's agenda of "disruption" to the Pacific. Jared Novelly arrived...

The con of neoliberalism has gutted our democracy and paved the way for fascism. COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges Neoliberalism, better understood by its less sanitised term...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: In Britain, Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party following growing pressure from...

Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: The United States and Iran have officially signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war in Iran. The signing...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Two days ago, I wrote an article and posted on FaceBook describing the US-Iran ceasefire as a surrender document. That article...

By Mark Rabago of RNZ Pacific A conservation group has condemned Donald Trump's decision to allow commercial fishing in parts of the Mariana Trench Marine...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand policy research and advocacy group released a detailed blueprint today for a fresh "independent" Te Tiriti and Pacific-based approach...

COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean In my view, the greatest source of instability in the Middle East today is the increasingly aggressive and expansionary posture of...

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...

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 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...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Why is US President Donald Trump carrying on with his State visit to Beijing this week on May 14? I wouldn't...

COMMENTARY: By Prince Taofeek Ajibade The signals are now coming from both sides of the negotiating table. American sources confirm it. Pakistani mediators confirm it. The...