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May 5, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Kiwi Julien Blondel’s face may be bloodied but it is unbowed. So far the New Zealand government has done nothing after Blondel and other New Zealand peace activists were savagely beaten by Israeli soldiers who attacked the Global Sumud flotilla near the Greek Island of Crete on April 30. The flotilla ... <a title="After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/after-israels-brutal-attack-on-kiwis-the-nz-government-does-nothing/" aria-label="Read more about After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
By Charlotte England of Novara Media Israeli soldiers beat and tortured flotilla organisers Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila after abducting them in international waters near Greece in the early hours of Thursday morning, allege lawyers and diplomats. After illegally intercepting 22 boats and kidnapping around 200 activists hundreds of miles from Gaza, Israel transferred the ... <a title="Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/gaza-flotilla-organisers-subjected-to-extreme-brutality-in-illegal-israeli-detention/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2026
RNZ News – The Global Sumud Flotilla is demanding the New Zealand government intervene to uphold international law, after being intercepted by Israel. It said 22 boats carrying aid for Gaza were illegally intercepted in international waters near the Greek island of Crete. New Zealanders Jerome (Jay) O’Connor, Mousa Taher, Julien Blondel, and Sean Janssen ... <a title="Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli interception" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/03/global-sumud-flotilla-calls-on-nz-govt-to-intervene-after-israeli-interception/" aria-label="Read more about Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli interception">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Brett Wilkins Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has slammed European leaders — and the West at large — for what he said is their complicity in Israel’s abduction of two leaders of the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla seized off the coast of Greece. In what numerous critics have called an act ... <a title="Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap of Gaza flotilla leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/02/former-greek-minister-slams-western-complicity-over-brutal-israeli-kidnap-of-gaza-flotilla-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap of Gaza flotilla leaders">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian security forces to halt their crackdown on peaceful protest in the wake of this month’s massacres in Dogiyai and Puncak. Interim president Benny Wenda accused Indonesian authorities of suppressing peaceful action in order to “stoke a cycle ... <a title="Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/wenda-calls-on-indonesia-to-halt-crackdown-on-peaceful-papua-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold in the coming days — a return to diplomacy or a resumption of the war with the US and Israel. While President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian government ... <a title="As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/as-trumps-narrative-on-negotiations-flails-iran-is-setting-its-own-terms-for-ending-the-war/" aria-label="Read more about As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh off the back of a natural disaster which highlighted the need for low-orbit satellite services in the country. Last December, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that ... <a title="Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing path" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/starlink-set-to-return-to-png-after-court-quashes-ban-clearing-path/" aria-label="Read more about Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing path">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has confirmed that a police officer seriously injured during a checkpoint incident in Laqere is his daughter. In a statement, Tikoduadua said the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at a joint checkpoint involving the Fiji Police Force and ... <a title="Injured Fiji police officer in checkpoint incident ‘is my daughter’, says Tikoduadua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/injured-fiji-police-officer-in-checkpoint-incident-is-my-daughter-says-tikoduadua/" aria-label="Read more about Injured Fiji police officer in checkpoint incident ‘is my daughter’, says Tikoduadua">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2026
As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine, New Zealand journalist David Robie reflects in a speech at Te Komititanga Square today. MEDIA FREEDOM: By David Robie In a week’s time next Sunday, it is World Press Freedom ... <a title="Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/26/israels-diabolical-killing-machine-and-how-it-targets-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has appealed to ACT MP Nicole McKee to condemn Israel’s deliberate bulldozing of New Zealand war graves in the besieged Palestinian Gaza enclave. PSNA co-chair John Minto has asked for the MP to take this action after McKee had posted on Facebook yesterday a message of strong ... <a title="PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war graves in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/26/psna-calls-on-mckee-to-condemn-israels-bulldozing-of-nz-war-graves-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war graves in Gaza">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
By Jeremy Loffredo of Drop Site News Prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil has been killed in what appeared to be a targeted attack by the Israeli military in the town of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Her employer, Al-Akhbar, confirmed the death of their correspondent on Wednesday evening. Khalil and Zeinab Faraj, a freelance photojournalist, were ... <a title="Targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil bombed and left to die by Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/targeted-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil-bombed-and-left-to-die-by-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil bombed and left to die by Israel">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid growing threats from climate change, writes Dr Lee Duffield. REVIEW: By Lee Duffield The journalist, professor and peace activist Dr David Robie, was one of a media party on the ill-fated ... <a title="Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/nuclear-now-climate-change-new-book-on-how-great-powers-have-plagued-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific">Read more</a>
