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Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque, demands govt action

July 24, 2026

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has condemned the latest Israeli assault on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, where thousands of illegal Israeli settlers stormed one of Islam’s holiest sites in a “deliberate act of provocation and religious aggression”. The settlers were escorted by heavily armed occupation forces and

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Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear – ‘either all or none’

July 24, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean “If we can’t sell oil, we will make sure you can’t too.” That is the message Iran’s parliamentary Speaker has just sent to the entire Gulf — and to US President Donald Trump. The Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, has delivered the starkest ultimatum of this war. Responding to Trump’s threat to

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Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head with a man

July 24, 2026

RNZ Pacific reporters Vanuatu’s government has issued a stinging rebuke to the country’s customary leaders who have reportedly called for revoking the appointment of the first woman to lead the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat. Dr Anna Naupa, a Pacific politics expert and ni-Vanuatu woman, was appointed MSG Secretariat Director-General last month, with Vanuatu Prime