Politics

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 as massive US-Israeli escalations point to a coming energy crisis set...

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...

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...

PNG’s Marape condemns ‘jungle justice’ after 6 gunmen shot dead

By Cretilda Alokaka in Port Moresby Six hired gunmen in Enga were shot dead by men from the Ambulin tribe on Friday in what Papua...

Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – Fiji anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer

By Asenaca Uluiviti and Sadhana Sen Fiji recently lost Dr Meraia Taufa Vakatale, a monumental woman leader who broke many glass ceilings with her numerous...

Owen Wilkes dead since 2005 – but SIS still won’t release his personal file

By Murray Horton, editor of Foreign Control Watchdog New Zealand's globally renowned peace researcher Owen Wilkes has been dead since 2005, but he is still...

USAID launches ‘reinvigorated’ Pacific mission to help sustainability goals

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva The United States government’s overseas development aid arm US Agency for International Development (USAID) opened two new offices in Papua...

West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene in Port Vila

By Kelvin Anthony The Pacific region’s focus will shift briefly to Port Vila next week when Vanuatu hosts the heads of governments from Fiji, Papua...

NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’

By Alisha Evans After a 12-year fight, mana whenua will get a seat at the table after the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has...