Opinion

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...

‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob Howarth’s legacy will live on

TRIBUTE: By Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo The world has lost a giant with the passing of Australian media legend Bob Howarth. He was 81. He was...

Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone There was another IDF massacre in Gaza on Saturday, reportedly killing dozens of Palestinians. Israel as usual claimed it was responding to...

Ramzy Baroud: Pathetic attempt to achieve by Gaza decree what US-Israel failed to gain through brute force

COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud UNSC Resolution 2803 is unequivocally rejected. It is a direct contravention of international law itself, imposed by the United States with...

The 60+ UN member states complicit with the Gaza genocide – why their role will haunt them

UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese’s talks to journalist Chris Hedges about her new report that examines how 60+ countries are complicit in...

Caitlin Johnstone: The US empire keeps getting creepier

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Secretary of War™ Pete Hegseth said during a speech on Friday that the US is at “a 1939 moment” of “mounting...

Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six months in Palestine showed me

Returning to Aotearoa after half a year in the occupied West Bank, Cole Martin says a peace deal that fails to address the root...