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June 17, 2025
By Laura Bergamo in Nice, France The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) concluded today with significant progress made towards the ratification of the High Seas Treaty and a strong statement on a new plastics treaty signed by 95 governments. Once ratified, it will be the only legal tool that can create protected areas in international waters, ... <a title="‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/be-brave-warning-to-nations-against-deepsea-mining-from-unoc/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
RNZ Pacific A renowned Samoan fashion designer was fatally shot at the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, the Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) has confirmed. Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, known as Afa Ah Loo, an “innocent bystander” at the protest, died despite efforts by paramedics to save his life, police ... <a title="Samoan fashion designer fatally shot at Salt Lake City ‘no kings’ protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/samoan-fashion-designer-fatally-shot-at-salt-lake-city-no-kings-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan fashion designer fatally shot at Salt Lake City ‘no kings’ protest">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but that Israeli support for the war may wane if the destruction continues. “I think it’s going to continue escalating because we are just in the first days of the war ... <a title="Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says analyst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/israelis-now-realise-what-palestinians-and-lebanese-have-been-suffering-says-analyst/" aria-label="Read more about Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says analyst">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
RNZ News Palestinian advocate Issa Amro has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for his decades of work advocating for peaceful resistance against Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The settlements are illegal under international law — and a record 45 were established last year under cover of the war ... <a title="Issa Amro: Youth Against Settlements – ‘life is very hard, the Israeli soldiers act like militia’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/issa-amro-youth-against-settlements-life-is-very-hard-the-israeli-soldiers-act-like-militia/" aria-label="Read more about Issa Amro: Youth Against Settlements – ‘life is very hard, the Israeli soldiers act like militia’">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2025
By Anish Chand in Suva The son of a Fiji assistant minister is under investigation for allegedly driving a government vehicle without authority and causing an accident that killed two men. The accident took place along Bau Road, Nausori, last night. The vehicle involved in the accident was the official government vehicle issued for the ... <a title="Vehicle issued to Fiji assistant minister involved in fatal accident – driver’s son implicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/vehicle-issued-to-fiji-assistant-minister-involved-in-fatal-accident-drivers-son-implicated/" aria-label="Read more about Vehicle issued to Fiji assistant minister involved in fatal accident – driver’s son implicated">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Iran and Israel are at war, with the US already intimately involved and likely to become more so. Which of course means we’ll be spending the foreseeable future getting bashed in the face with lies from the most powerful people in the ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: We are, of course, being lied to about Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/caitlin-johnstone-we-are-of-course-being-lied-to-about-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: We are, of course, being lied to about Iran">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Islamic Council of New Zealand (ICONZ) has protested over Israel’s “unprovoked military strikes” against Iran, killing at least 80 people — 20 of them children, and called on the NZ government to publicly condemn Israeli’s actions. An open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, read out to a Palestine rally in ... <a title="NZ’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’ military strikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/nzs-islamic-council-calls-on-luxon-to-condemn-israel-over-unprovoked-military-strikes/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’ military strikes">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2025
By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo Unlike the Palestinian message, the Israeli message is not global, but very much a localised cry for help — get us out of Gaza. This is not your typical video. The event itself might be similar to numerous other events in Gaza — a fighter emerging from a tunnel, ... <a title="A video like no other – why the Israeli military revealed its own failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/a-video-like-no-other-why-the-israeli-military-revealed-its-own-failure/" aria-label="Read more about A video like no other – why the Israeli military revealed its own failure">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Labour MP for Te Atatu Phil Twyford criticised the New Zealand government today for failing to take stronger action against Israel over its genocide and starvation strategy in Gaza, saying that NZ should implement comprehensive sanctions and recognise Palestine. Speaking at a rally in Henderson organised by the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa ... <a title="Twyford condemns weak action by NZ over Israel’s ‘ruthless’ apartheid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/14/twyford-condemns-weak-action-by-nz-over-israels-ruthless-apartheid/" aria-label="Read more about Twyford condemns weak action by NZ over Israel’s ‘ruthless’ apartheid">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, Presenter/producer of RNZ Pacific Waves Fiji’s Embassy in Abu Dhabi says it is closely monitoring the situation in Iran and Israel as tensions remain high. Israel carried out a dozen strikes against Iranian military and nuclear sites on Friday, claiming it acted out of “self-defence”, saying Iran is close to building a ... <a title="Fijian in Abu Dhabi worried about Pacific communities in Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/14/fijian-in-abu-dhabi-worried-about-pacific-communities-in-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian in Abu Dhabi worried about Pacific communities in Middle East">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle I have visited Iran twice. Once in June 1980 to witness an unprecedented event: the world’s first Islamic Revolution. It was the very start of my writing career. The second time was in 2018 and part of my interest was to get a sense of how disenchanted the population was — ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/14/eugene-doyle-team-genocide-and-the-wests-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye If you imagined Western politicians and media were finally showing signs of waking up to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, think again. Even the decision this week by several Western states, led by the UK, to ban the entry of Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, two far-right ... <a title="Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they have no shame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/13/greta-thunberg-tried-to-shame-western-leaders-and-found-they-have-no-shame/" aria-label="Read more about Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they have no shame">Read more</a>
