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Iran’s ‘Samson option’: Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic behind Tehran’s next move

ANALYSIS: By Kevork Almassian When the Strait of Hormuz closes, you don’t need to be a military analyst to understand what just happened. You only need to understand what the...

Eugene Doyle: Will Israel and the US wreck the Gulf States along with Iran?

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The United States and Israel have, for decades, pursued the destruction of Iran as a...

From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Joe Carolan makes action plea

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report A peace advocate urged people in New Zealand today to get behind a...

West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military

REVIEW: By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report West Papuan diaspora, academics, students and community activists warmly applauded the screening...

Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum

Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating “ecocide” happening in West Papua will be screened as...

French nuclear testing fallout in Pacific still affecting NZ men decades later

By Jimmy Ellingham Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Moruroa Atoll in French Polynesia. The crew of HMNZS Otago, and...

Decolonising the news: 4 fundamental questions media can ask when covering stories about Māori

ANALYSIS: By Angela Moewaka Barnes, Belinda Borell and Tim McCreanor There is little evidence to suggest Aotearoa New Zealand’s mainstream news media critically evaluate their...

Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal drama and tragedy in Jakarta

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Last Monday, suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was indicted on gratification, bribery and corruption charges in Indonesia’s central Corruption Criminal...

‘We carry the voice of the colonised people’, delegates tell UN

By Finau Fonua France’s grip on its overseas territories in the Pacific may be waning, with pro-independence delegates now claiming to have the support of...

PNG law change empowers police to use lethal force in kidnapping, domestic terrorism

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police will be able to use lethal force to deal with crimes that come under “domestic...

ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta

Asia Pacific Report The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s comments on West Papua during...