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March 3, 2026
RNZ Pacific A Solomon Islands academic says the US and Israel illegal bombing of Iran is “deeply alarming” and the Pacific region does not need “more global instability” US President Donald Trump warned yesterday that Operation Epic Fury against Iran — “one of the largest, most complex, most overwhelming military offensives the world has ever ... <a title="Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/solomon-islands-academic-warns-pacific-economies-at-risk-from-us-israel-iran-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Nury Vittachi The West is in turmoil over countries’ top legal minds declaring the US-Israel attack on Iran to be illegal, as China did. But Israel-friendly Western politicians, including Starmer, von der Leyen, Albanese, and others are desperately blocking their ears as they try to justify actual war crimes. Here’s what the specialists ... <a title="12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the West over US-Israel’s ‘manifestly illegal’ war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/12-reasons-why-a-huge-split-is-opening-up-in-the-west-over-us-israels-manifestly-illegal-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about 12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the West over US-Israel’s ‘manifestly illegal’ war on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Funny . . . back when Russia invaded Ukraine, New Zealand didn’t wait for Vladimir Putin to tell us whether his acts of aggression were legal under international law. Instead, we immediately decided the invasion was illegal, and forthrightly condemned Russia’s actions at the time, and ever since. Different story when ... <a title="Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible end game for its war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/gordon-campbell-why-the-us-has-no-credible-reason-or-credible-end-game-for-its-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible end game for its war on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle When I heard the terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 165 children this week in an elementary school in Minab in Southern Iran it took me back to a wonderful day I spent in Isfahan in 2018. I met lots of Iranian school children and their ... <a title="Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/minab-school-massacre-hands-off-the-children-of-iran-donald-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
By Mahmoud Aslan in Lamerd, southern Iran Dozens of teenage girls were attending their regular training sessions of volleyball, basketball, and gymnastics in the main sports hall in Lamerd, a city near the Persian coast, when a missile slammed into the building at 5pm on Saturday. Additional strikes hit two nearby residential areas and a ... <a title="After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos and ‘continuous screaming’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/after-a-sports-hall-in-iran-was-bombed-witnesses-describe-chaos-and-continuous-screaming/" aria-label="Read more about After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos and ‘continuous screaming’">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
REVIEW: Jubi Media Yasinta Moiwend was startled when, on a quiet morning, a massive ship docked at her village pier in West Papua. The vessel carried hundreds of excavators and was escorted by military forces. It was the first convoy of 2000 heavy machines to arrive in Papua under a National Strategic Project for food ... <a title="Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new film exposing Papua’s political ecology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/pesta-babi-pig-feast-a-vivid-new-film-exposing-papuas-political-ecology/" aria-label="Read more about Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new film exposing Papua’s political ecology">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson Look around this morning. America and Israel, nuclear-armed states have attacked Iran. Israel, which has never declared its nuclear stockpiles nor its borders, has spent 2.5 years committing genocide against Gaza, a trapped community with no significant defensive weapons. Israel has bombed six countries which are not at war with it. ... <a title="Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of impunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/marilyn-garson-waking-up-to-terror-in-this-new-world-of-impunity/" aria-label="Read more about Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of impunity">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
OBITUARY: By Joel Paredes Having known the Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut, who died yesterday aged 69, for nearly half a century, I feel that looking at his photos — how he documented the events that unfurled during his lifetime — reveals his own lifelong search for himself. By documenting the rawest parts of human existence, ... <a title="Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an ailing society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/filipino-photojournalist-alex-baluyut-an-extraordinary-sense-of-truth-in-an-ailing-society/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an ailing society">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Amnesty International Amnesty International has condemned Israeli authorities over unleashing a series of unlawful measures deliberately designed to dispossess Palestinians in the occupied West Bank — including East Jerusalem — and to make the annexation of the territory an irreversible reality. These decisions since December 2025 represent an unprecedented escalation – in scale and speed ... <a title="Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/amnesty-slams-global-impunity-fueling-israels-illegal-west-bank-annexation-measures/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Did ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s actions merit an ICC trial? Here is how the prosecution, the victims’ representatives, and the defence are presenting their cases during the pre-trial at the International Criminal Court. Report compiled by Rappler. By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila The confirmation of charges hearings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) kicked off on ... <a title="Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say about the drug war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/dutertes-icc-pre-trial-in-the-hague-what-prosecution-victims-defence-say-about-the-drug-war/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say about the drug war">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A number of remand prisoners at Papua New Guinea’s Bomana Prison have been injured in a confrontation with Correctional Services officers. Port Moresby General Hospital has confirmed to local media that nine inmates were rushed to hospital, and that two are in a critical condition. Sources at the ... <a title="Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/inmates-in-critical-condition-after-alleged-attack-by-png-corrections-officers/" aria-label="Read more about Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
The Palestine Chronicle New Zealand activist Roger Fowler, a longtime Gaza solidarity organiser and Palestine Chronicle contributor, who died last Saturday, leaves a legacy of principled resistance. Roger Fowler was a beloved figure in the global solidarity movement and a steadfast advocate for justice in Palestine. He leaves behind a legacy defined by courage, compassion, ... <a title="The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/the-palestine-chronicle-roger-fowlers-legacy-a-palestinian-tribute/" aria-label="Read more about The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute">Read more</a>
