Articles

What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire

COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended — just ten hours later — with the announcement of a...

Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a...

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich Mr Trump, may I have a word? Bad enough for you to insist — in the...

How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives

COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that...

Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate...

Stan Grant stands up to racist abuse. Our research shows many diverse journalists have copped it too

ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Carlson, Faith Valencia-Forrester, Madi Day and Susan Forde Stan Grant, a well-known Aboriginal journalist and soon-to-be former host of Q+A, has made...

Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific

ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to...

‘There must be clarity’ – PNG students protest over US defence deal

By Scott Waide and Lydia Lewis University students in Papua New Guinea are protesting against the signing of a defence cooperation agreement with the United...

Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy

ANALYSIS: By Melissa Conley Tyler and Andrea Fahey Today is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters are deciding on 65 members of Parliament to represent...

Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests

Jubi News in Jayapura Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of...

Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations

By Kelvin Anthony Allegations of sexual harassment have emerged in the case of a senior United Nations manager at the Fiji multi-county office who has...