Tag: Middle East

COMMENTARY: By Ahmad Ibsais On June 22, American warplanes crossed into Iranian airspace and dropped 14 massive bombs. The attack was not in response to a...

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Amid uncertainty in the Middle East, one thing remains clear -- most Pacific governments continue to align themselves with...

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)...

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....

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand's opposition Green Party has called on the government to condemn the United States for its illegal bombing of Iran and...

By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter The Defence Force is sending a plane to the Middle East to assist any New Zealanders stranded in...

The US-Israeli attack against Iran will intensify the forces that are already destroying international law legacies and the UN system in the Middle East...

Democracy Now! Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, held talks with France, Germany, and the United Kingdom yesterday in Geneva as Israel’s attacks on Iran entered...

Asia Pacific Report A leading Middle East analyst has pushed back against US President Donald Trump's dismissal of the conclusion of his own national intelligence...

Pacific Media Watch The Big Picture Podcast host, New Zealand-Egyptian journalist and author Mohamed Hassan, interviews Middle East Eye editor-in-chief David Hearst about the rapidly...

RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands Foreign Ministry says five people who completed agriculture training in Israel are safe but unable to come home amid the...

Asia Pacific Report A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle "Just do it, before it is too late," US President Donald Trump said. The Western media described Trump’s and Israeli Prime Minister...

By Susana Suisuiki, Presenter/producer of RNZ Pacific Waves Fiji's Embassy in Abu Dhabi says it is closely monitoring the situation in Iran and Israel as...

Nakba Day today marks 15 May 1948 -- the day after the declaration of the State of Israel -- when the Palestinian society and...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter In 1979, Sam Neill appeared in an Australian comedy movie about hacks on a Sydney newspaper. The Journalist was billed...

RNZ Pacific Fiji's Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs is facing a backlash after announcing that he was undertaking a multi-country, six-week "official travel overseas"...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle It generally ends badly.  An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps. They are heedless to wise counsel...

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...

What will happen to Australia -- and New Zealand -- once the superpower that has been followed into endless battles, the United States, finally...

COMMENTARY: By Andrew Mitrovica I have wrestled with what to say in this urgent moment, long yearned for and that often appeared beyond reach during...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! As we continue our discussion of President Jimmy Carter’s legacy, we look at his policies in the...