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March 23, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jessica Corbett Democrats in Congress have sounded the alarm over US President Donald Trump pledging to commit more war crimes in Iran after he traded threats to energy infrastructure with the Iranian government, with the Republican declaring Saturday that he would take out the country’s power plants unless it reopened the Strait ... <a title="‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over Strait of Hormuz" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/maniacal-tyrant-trump-and-iran-trade-threats-to-energy-infrastructure-over-strait-of-hormuz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over Strait of Hormuz">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire Climate crisis concerns shouldn’t overshadow the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, where there are lingering health and sociopolitical insecurities. For example, there are concerns in French Polynesia about the mysterious fate of a former anti-nuclear investigative journalist and editor of the now closed Les ... <a title="From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/from-nuclear-to-climate-crisis-survivors-unfinished-business-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle You can’t make this stuff up. The President of the United States, while sitting next to the Japanese Prime Minister in the Oval Office, just celebrated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. When asked by a Japanese reporter on Friday why the US didn’t consult with allies before launching the surprise ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Trump celebrates Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/eugene-doyle-trump-celebrates-japanese-attack-on-pearl-harbour/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Trump celebrates Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Sarah Leah Whitson In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and civilian residences and infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf by Iranian forces. They have cited the illegality of such attacks, urged global condemnation, and demanded that human rights organisations speak ... <a title="No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s ‘lawbreaking’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/no-bigger-hypocrisy-in-the-world-than-israel-complaining-about-irans-lawbreaking/" aria-label="Read more about No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s ‘lawbreaking’">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Global oil and natural gas prices are soaring after Israel bombed a massive natural gas reserve in Iran, the largest in the world. Iran retaliated by twice attacking the world’s largest liquid natural gas production facility, located in Qatar. ... <a title="End of the petrodollar? How Iran war is reshaping the global economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/end-of-the-petrodollar-how-iran-war-is-reshaping-the-global-economy/" aria-label="Read more about End of the petrodollar? How Iran war is reshaping the global economy">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: Reporters Without Borders Since the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations with China in 2019, the Pacific country has become a strategic arena for Beijing’s influence. By capitalising on the economic fragility of the local media sector, China has stepped up conditional funding, editorial partnerships and influence programmes to disseminate its narratives. Reporters Without ... <a title="China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/chinas-growing-grip-on-the-fragile-solomon-islands-media-sector/" aria-label="Read more about China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
The Labor government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled. Michael West Media reports. SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephanie Tran The Albanese government has rejected a proposal to strip tax-deductible status from Australian charities found to be supporting illegal occupations, amid mounting scrutiny over ... <a title="Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/australian-charities-funding-israels-illegal-settlements-untouchable-says-labor-govt/" aria-label="Read more about Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Niamh O’Flynn To most of us in Aotearoa, the current illegal war in Iran feels distant. We see it in our news feeds, we feel it at the petrol pump, and we hear about it in “trade disruptions”. We tell ourselves we’re just a small, peaceful nation caught in the crossfire of superpowers. ... <a title="Project Vault: Peace in the moana or military outpost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/project-vault-peace-in-the-moana-or-military-outpost/" aria-label="Read more about Project Vault: Peace in the moana or military outpost?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
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 world runs on. Oil. Gas. Shipping lanes. Insurance rates. Container schedules. Energy prices that decide whether factories hum or go dark, whether households heat or ... <a title="Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic behind Tehran’s next move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/irans-samson-option-deterrence-restored-or-nothing-the-logic-behind-tehrans-next-move/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic behind Tehran’s next move">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Greenpeace AotearoaThousands of people have signed a petition demanding New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stand up and condemn the illegal attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel. Greenpeace delivered the petition to opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins in Wellington today. Standing on the steps of Parliament, Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Dr Russel ... <a title="Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/thousands-urge-nz-prime-minister-luxon-to-condemn-illegal-us-israeli-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
INTERVIEW: C.J. Polychroniou and Idan Landau Israel’s war on Iran is a direct result of a political culture that depends for survival upon a permanent state of war, says Israeli academic and left-wing activist Idan Landau in the interview that follows. He observes that Israeli society on the whole has embraced a fascist mindset, “reflecting ... <a title="Israel caught in a permanent state of war mindset – peace is taboo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/israel-caught-in-a-permanent-state-of-war-mindset-peace-is-taboo/" aria-label="Read more about Israel caught in a permanent state of war mindset – peace is taboo">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Pacific Media Watch Western legacy media is failing to tell the truth on the US-Israeli war on Iran, says a leading US academic and analyst. “Mass murder has been normalised,” said Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs in an interview with the Chinese channel CGTN Live. He argues that mainstream media in the US and Europe ... <a title="Western media failing to tell truth about war on Iran, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/western-media-failing-to-tell-truth-about-war-on-iran-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Western media failing to tell truth about war on Iran, says academic">Read more</a>
