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Palestinian journalists treated like ‘robots’ by Western media, says Gaza reporter in wake of latest Israeli killings

August 26, 2025

Pacific Media Watch An Al Jazeera journalist who has documented Israel’s trail of atrocities for almost the past two years has condemned Western news agencies covering the war on Gaza as treating Palestinian reporters like “robots”. “You see how Palestinian journalists are treated. There’s no protection when they are alive,” Hind Khoudary told Al Jazeera ... <a title="Palestinian journalists treated like ‘robots’ by Western media, says Gaza reporter in wake of latest Israeli killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/26/palestinian-journalists-treated-like-robots-by-western-media-says-gaza-reporter-in-wake-of-latest-israeli-killings/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian journalists treated like ‘robots’ by Western media, says Gaza reporter in wake of latest Israeli killings">Read more</a>

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French PM’s confidence vote hits New Caledonia’s political negotiations

August 26, 2025

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s surprise announcement yesterday that he will call for a parliamentary confidence vote in his government is set to further complicate protracted talks in New Caledonia on the French territory’s political future. The announcement comes as French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls ... <a title="French PM’s confidence vote hits New Caledonia’s political negotiations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/26/french-pms-confidence-vote-hits-new-caledonias-political-negotiations/" aria-label="Read more about French PM’s confidence vote hits New Caledonia’s political negotiations">Read more</a>

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‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex

August 26, 2025

RNZ Pacific Fire engulfed the Marshall Islands Nitijela (Parliament building) just after midnight on last night with firefighters risking their lives as they battled the blaze early today in a bid to save the complex. “Sometime around midnight or shortly after this morning, the Parliament building in Majuro caught fire, started burning,” RNZ Pacific’s correspondent ... <a title="‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/26/all-destroyed-fire-engulfs-marshall-islands-parliament-complex/" aria-label="Read more about ‘All destroyed’: Fire engulfs Marshall Islands parliament complex">Read more</a>

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Why the International Criminal Court is under attack – it must be defended

August 25, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Greg Barns If it were China or Russia, the imposition of sanctions and threats of harm to prosecutors and judges of the International Criminal Court would be front page news in Australia- and in New Zealand. The Australian’s headline writers and columnists, for example, would be apoplectic. Prime Minister Albanese, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland ... <a title="Why the International Criminal Court is under attack – it must be defended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/why-the-international-criminal-court-is-under-attack-it-must-be-defended/" aria-label="Read more about Why the International Criminal Court is under attack – it must be defended">Read more</a>

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Gearing up for the 2025 Samoan general election – three-way split?

August 25, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Asofou So’o Although seven political parties have officially registered to contest Samoa’s general election this Friday, three have been politically visible through their campaign activities and are likely to share among them the biggest slice of the Parliament’s 51 seats. The question on everyone’s lips is: which one of them will win enough ... <a title="Gearing up for the 2025 Samoan general election – three-way split?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/gearing-up-for-the-2025-samoan-general-election-three-way-split/" aria-label="Read more about Gearing up for the 2025 Samoan general election – three-way split?">Read more</a>

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200,000 plus march in Australia to demand Canberra sanctions Israel, ends arms trade

August 25, 2025

By Pip Hinman and Alex Bainbridge of Green Left More than 200,000 people took the streets across Australia on Saturday in a national day of action demanding that the Labor government sanctions Israel and stops the two-way arms trade. It comes after 300,000 people marched, in driving rain, across Sydney Harbour Bridge on August 3 ... <a title="200,000 plus march in Australia to demand Canberra sanctions Israel, ends arms trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/200000-plus-march-in-australia-to-demand-canberra-sanctions-israel-ends-arms-trade/" aria-label="Read more about 200,000 plus march in Australia to demand Canberra sanctions Israel, ends arms trade">Read more</a>

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NZ’s Christopher Luxon condemns Israel’s West Bank settlement plan

August 25, 2025

RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is condemning Israel’s E1 settlement plan for the occupied West Bank, despite New Zealand not signing a joint statement on the matter. Twenty-seven countries, including the UK and Australia, have condemned Israel’s plans to build an illegal settlement east of Jerusalem. The countries have said the plan would “make ... <a title="NZ’s Christopher Luxon condemns Israel’s West Bank settlement plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/nzs-christopher-luxon-condemns-israels-west-bank-settlement-plan/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Christopher Luxon condemns Israel’s West Bank settlement plan">Read more</a>

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Bombs fail to silence West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor

August 24, 2025

By Alifereti Sakiasi in Suva West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor has vowed not to be silenced despite years of threats, harassment and even a bomb attack on his home. The 51-year-old founder and editor-in-chief of Jubi, West Papua’s leading media outlet, was in Fiji this week, where he spoke exclusively to The Fiji Times about ... <a title="Bombs fail to silence West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/bombs-fail-to-silence-west-papuan-journalist-victor-mambor/" aria-label="Read more about Bombs fail to silence West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor">Read more</a>

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Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?

August 24, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames So here we are, 2025, and Israel has finally achieved what no terrorist group, no hostile neighbour, no antisemitic tyrant ever could: it has become the most dangerous country on earth — for its own people. Not because of rockets or boycotts, but because its government has decided that the ... <a title="Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/is-israel-becoming-the-nightmare-prophecy-it-was-meant-to-escape/" aria-label="Read more about Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?">Read more</a>

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Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla

August 24, 2025

Two New Zealand Palestinians, Rana Hamida and Youssef Sammour, left Auckland today to join the massive new Global Sumud Flotilla determined to break Israel’s starvation blockade of the besieged enclave. Here, two journalists report on the Asia-Pacific stake in the initiative. Ellie Aben in Manila and Sheany Yasuko Lai in Jakarta Asia-Pacific activists are preparing ... <a title="Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/asia-pacific-activists-ready-to-set-sail-with-largest-ever-gaza-aid-flotilla/" aria-label="Read more about Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla">Read more</a>