Tag: Iran
The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report...
Asia Pacific Report
In the new weekly political podcast, The Bradbury Group, last night presenter Martyn Bradbury talked with visiting Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal.
They...
Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not...
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle
Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel Aviv or Tehran), I am personally...
Iran accuses US over ‘torpedoed diplomacy’ – passes bill to halt...
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem
Kia ora koutou,
I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across...
Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the Middle East conflict was one of the discussions of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)...
Ramzy Baroud: The fallout – winners and losers from the Israeli...
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestinian Chronicle
The conflict between Israel and Iran over the past 12 days has redefined the regional chessboard....
A war on diplomacy itself – Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran
ANALYSIS: By Joe Hendren
Had Israel not launched its unprovoked attack on Iran on Friday night, in direct violation of the UN Charter, Iran would...
Editor calls for NZ to immediately expel Israeli envoy for unprovoked...
EDITORIAL: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
The madness has begun.
We should have suspected something when the cloud strike shut down occurred.
Israeli Prime...
‘Cutting off communications’ – did Trump really just turn his back...
ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh
Israel is in a weak position and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremism knows no bounds. The only other way around an...
Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws independent journalism into chaos
Pacific Media Watch
President Donald Trump has frozen billions of dollars around the world in aid projects, including more than $268 million allocated by Congress...
As Donald Trump plays God in Gaza, Israel acts like spoiled...
The Gaza ceasefire deal proves that Israeli politics can only survive if it is engaged in perpetual war.
COMMENTARY: By Abdelhalim Abdelrahman
US President Donald Trump...
Why the draft ‘foreign interference’ bill is so dangerous for Aotearoa
COMMENTARY: By Maire Leadbeater
Aotearoa New Zealand's coalition government has introduced a bill to criminalise "improper conduct for or on behalf of a foreign power"...
Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the...
‘Holding world to ransom,’ claims NZ defence minister over Yemen action
RNZ News
New Zealand's defence minister has defended a decision to send six NZ Defence Force staff to the Middle East to help "take out"...
Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump...
ANALYSIS: By Clive Williams, Australian National University
Tensions are running high in the Middle East in the waning days of the Trump administration.
Over the weekend,...
NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status
By RNZ News
Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand.
Boochani has been in New Zealand since...
Meet Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, NZ’s first refugee in Parliament
By Kirsty Johnston of The New Zealand Herald
Most of Golriz Ghahraman's childhood memories are of war.
She remembers howling sirens, sending families scurrying into basements....
Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia
ANALYSIS: By Dr Tarek Cherkaoui
Diplomatic quarrels in the Arabian Peninsula have a long history, and small Gulf States, such as Qatar, align themselves with...
Iran condemns air strike on Syria – UK, Australia, NZ give...
An unidentified US Navy destroyer launching missiles at a Syrian government air base. Video: TheMozzextras
Iran has condemned a United States strike on a Syrian...
Fiji authorities unaware as Iranian refugee slips into Nadi
An Iranian national slipped into Fiji using false documents last week and is seeking asylum after being a refugee on Manus Island in Papua...