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January 8, 2026
By Jake Johnson US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela’s interim leadership will turn over to the United States as many as 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to be sold at market price, part of a broader, unlawful administration effort to seize the South American nation’s natural resources. Trump, who authorised the illegal ... <a title="‘Straight-up piracy and extortion’: Trump says he will control money from sale of Venezuelan oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/straight-up-piracy-and-extortion-trump-says-he-will-control-money-from-sale-of-venezuelan-oil/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Straight-up piracy and extortion’: Trump says he will control money from sale of Venezuelan oil">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, New Zealand responded with unusual speed. Sanctions followed. Condemnations were issued. The language was unambiguous. We were told this was about defending the “rules-based international order” — a phrase our politicians have grown remarkably fond of. Winston Peters has deployed it frequently in his time ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/bryce-edwards-nzs-craven-stance-on-the-us-invasion-of-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Amid widespread condemnation of the United States over its brazen weekend attack on Venezuela around the world and in the UN Security Council today, Senator Bernie Sanders has posted on social media six reasons why the operation to kidnap President Nicolás Maduro on Venezuela was very wrong. Abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told ... <a title="Six reasons why Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnap of Maduro was very wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/six-reasons-why-trumps-attack-on-venezuela-and-kidnap-of-maduro-was-very-wrong/" aria-label="Read more about Six reasons why Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnap of Maduro was very wrong">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Walden Bello US President Donald Trump’s kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has taught me a lesson: that if you think you have a scoop, you file it immediately, not only to get the story out first but to warn the world if it’s about something bad that might be coming. Shortly after ... <a title="Out-scooped by Trump – the US attack in Nigeria did indeed point to the operation to kidnap Venezuela’s Maduro" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/out-scooped-by-trump-the-us-attack-in-nigeria-did-indeed-point-to-the-operation-to-kidnap-venezuelas-maduro/" aria-label="Read more about Out-scooped by Trump – the US attack in Nigeria did indeed point to the operation to kidnap Venezuela’s Maduro">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Sameer Barghouthi The road from Beijing to Taiwan no longer seems impossible. Nothing appears to prevent Moscow — should it decide — from abducting the Ukrainian president from the heart of Kyiv. There is no longer any real immunity protecting political leadership anywhere, including Iranian leaders. The reason is not international chaos. The ... <a title="With the Gaza genocide, the world changed – sovereignty died and thuggery became a system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/with-the-gaza-genocide-the-world-changed-sovereignty-died-and-thuggery-became-a-system/" aria-label="Read more about With the Gaza genocide, the world changed – sovereignty died and thuggery became a system">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Pacific Media Watch The Fijian Media Association (FMA) has demanded better police protection after a journalist working for the state broadcaster Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) was violently attacked outside a courthouse In a statement today, the FMA again called for police to be more vigilant in managing security and threats outside the Suva High Court ... <a title="Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courthouse security after another reporter attacked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/fiji-journalists-condemn-police-over-lack-of-courthouse-security-after-another-reporter-attacked/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courthouse security after another reporter attacked">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
RNZ News There is no doubt that Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela was illegal, former prime minister and UN leader Helen Clark says. Over the weekend, the US attacked the Venezuelan capital Caracas and captured the South American nation’s president and his wife, citing alleged drug offences. Nicolás Maduro is now being held in a ... <a title="US attack on Venezuela ‘clearly illegal’ under UN charter, says former NZ prime minister Helen Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/us-attack-on-venezuela-clearly-illegal-under-un-charter-says-former-nz-prime-minister-helen-clark/" aria-label="Read more about US attack on Venezuela ‘clearly illegal’ under UN charter, says former NZ prime minister Helen Clark">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
A transition in global emphasis from “nuclear to climate crisis survivors”, plus new geopolitical exposés. REVIEW: By Amit Sarwal of The Australia Today Forty years after the bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour, award-winning journalist and author David Robie has revisited the ship’s fateful last mission — a journey that became ... <a title="David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow Warrior 40 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/david-robies-eyes-of-fire-rekindles-the-legacy-of-the-rainbow-warrior-40-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow Warrior 40 years on">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2025
RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka, the instigator of Fiji’s coup culture, took to the witness stand for the first time today — fronting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Suva. The TRC was set up by Rabuka’s coalition government with the aim of promoting truth-telling and reconciliation regarding political upheavals dating back to 1987. The ... <a title="Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/29/fiji-pm-rabuka-blames-insulated-upbringing-for-racially-motivated-1987-coups/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
RNZ Pacific Fiji marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls this week with the government saying the day is a reminder that for too many women and girls violence is a daily reality — not a headline or a statistic. The day also kicked off 16 days of activism ... <a title="Fiji MP: Violence against women and girls ‘permeates every dimension of society’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/fiji-mp-violence-against-women-and-girls-permeates-every-dimension-of-society/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji MP: Violence against women and girls ‘permeates every dimension of society’">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Fijian Media Association (FMA) has demanded better police protection after a journalist working for the state broadcaster Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) was violently attacked outside a courthouse In a statement today, the FMA again called for police to be more vigilant in managing security and threats outside the Suva High Court ... <a title="Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courtroom security after another reporter attacked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/fiji-journalists-condemn-police-over-lack-of-courtroom-security-after-another-reporter-attacked/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courtroom security after another reporter attacked">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto Israeli prison guards punish the prisoners “by breaking their thumbs” said a released detainee as lawyers speak out about torture, abuse, rape, starving and killings in a notorious underground Israeli prison facility where detainees are held without sunlight, brutalised. And nobody in New Zealand says a word. Scores of detainees from ... <a title="Israeli torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners, death penalty law – yet NZ remains silent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/israeli-torture-abuse-of-palestinian-prisoners-death-penalty-law-yet-nz-remains-silent/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners, death penalty law – yet NZ remains silent">Read more</a>
