Tag: USA
New Zealand ‘shameful’ over Iran stance, says Peace Movement Aotearoa
Peace Movement Aotearoa
"One can oppose a hateful regime and, at the same time, oppose an unjustified and dangerous military intervention," says Spanish Prime Minister...
Alternative Jewish Voices: Stop this Iran catastrophe!
Alternative Jewish Voices -- Sh’ma Koleinu
We, Alternative Jewish Voices, deplore Israel and America’s illegal war of aggression against Iran. We also condemned the repression...
US-Israel’s war of aggression – Epic Fury or Epic Screw-up?
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Western countries, including Australia and New Zealand, were quick to line up to support Operation Epic Fury, the US-Israeli blitzkrieg on...
How a US-Israeli attack on Iran could crash UK, German, NZ...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If Israel and the US attack Iran, the cosy worlds of Europe, Australia and New Zealand could be swept up in...
Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
US Empire managers have been making some surprisingly honest admissions in recent days, with Senator Lindsey Graham saying the wars of...
US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations
RNZ Pacific
The United States has designated two high-profile public office holders from Palau and the Marshall Islands for "significant corruption", the US Department of...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post guts staff in news cover...
The New Arab
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, began widespread layoffs this week that will drastically shrink the size of the...
New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
The New Zealand government says it hopes an electrification aid project that was halted in Papua New Guinea...
The IDF in West Bank, the US in Afghanistan, or ICE?...
COMMENTARY: By Viet Thanh Nguyen
Is this the IDF in Gaza or the West Bank, or the US military in Afghanistan or Iraq, or ICE...
Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Pacific delegates in the United States Congress are warning efforts to fast-track deep-seabed mining...
Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the...
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges
The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would...
Eugene Doyle: Mark Carney’s moment – a new non-aligned movement?
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at Davos this week that signals there may still be a leader in...
Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the...
One year into Trump’s second term – repressive US president on...
Reporters Without Borders
After winning re-election in 2024, Donald Trump promised to be a dictator “on day one”.
When it comes to press freedom, he has...
Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If you want to understand what’s going on in Iran, abandon what the Persians invented centuries ago: Manichaeism. We use the...
China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after...
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
Just over a week after the United States announced its withdrawal from the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) --...
Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights...
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...
Activist slams Pacific’s ‘dreadful response’ to Palestine amid growing links with...
By 'Alakihihifo Vailala of Pacific Media Network
As Israel expands its relationships with Pacific Island nations, an activist is criticising the region for its “dreadful...
NZ ‘lagging behind’ world by failing to recognise Palestinian statehood, says...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor
New Zealand is lagging behind the rest of the world through its failure to recognise Palestinian statehood,...
Is the international community finally speaking up about Israel’s Gaza genocide?
Al Jazeera
International public opinion continues to turn against Israel for its war on Gaza, with more governments slowly beginning to reflect those voices and...
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...
Eugene Doyle: How centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The surprise US-Israeli attack on Iran is literally and figuratively designed to unleash centrifugal forces in the Islamic Republic.
Two nuclear powers...


































