Politics

Corruption reporting project mourns the loss of Dan McGarry, pioneering Pacific editor and investigative journalist

OBITUARY: By Aubrey Belford, Australia and South Pacific regional editor of OCCRP The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dan McGarry,...

Caitlin Johnstone: Iran is forcing the world to care about US-Israeli warmongering

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Westerners are about to start paying a lot more attention to the war in Iran...

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...

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...

MSG leaders defer Papua membership decision to Pacific Islands Forum

By Kelvin Anthony in Port Vila The leaders of five Melanesian countries and territories avoided a definitive update on the status of the United Liberation...

Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations

By Doddy Morris in Port Vila Melanesian prime ministers have have signed off two declarations addressing the pressing issues of climate crisis and national security. The...

‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders over West Papua, says Wenda

By Hilaire Bule in Port Vila Benny Wenda, the interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), has welcomed the Melanesian Spearhead...

‘This is a big step’ – Japan releases nuclear wastewater into Pacific

By Lydia Lewis Japan’s release of more than one million tonnes of treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific is officially underway. Tokyo Electric Power Company...

Yamin Kogoya: Rev Yoman’s message of hope and prayers for the Papuan dream in Vanuatu

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) is like a big house or boat, says Reverend Dr Ambirek G....

Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in Port Vila

By Kelvin Anthony in Port Vila The leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has expressed confidence that the leaders’...