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...

‘Up to French people’ to decide on New Caledonia’s future, says academic

RNZ Pacific An Australian-based French law professor says it is up to the French people as a whole, and not the voters in New Caledonia,...

Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood their homes and crops

ANALYSIS: By Merewalesi Yee, The University of Queensland; Annah Piggott-McKellar, Queensland University of Technology; Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne, and Karen E McNamara,...

Paris court overturns statute of limitation in Tahiti corruption case

RNZ Pacific France’s highest court has revived French Polynesia’s largest corruption case, which had been closed almost more than three years ago. Eight people, including former...

Behind the News: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji Times

By John Mitchell in Suva In any true democracy, the role of journalists and the media outlets they represent is to inform the people so...

Rabuka tells Bainimarama: provide evidence ‘for your lies’ or face law

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Fiji’s opposition leader Voreqe Bainimarama has been warned to provide evidence of allegations he has made against the coalition government...

Fiji sacks PR consultants Qorvis Communications and Vatis

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirms termination of the Corvis contract. Video: The Fiji Times By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Qorvis Communications and Vatis — the...