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Break The Silence On Periods, Change Mindsets

Sunday, 1 June 2025, 3:18 pm | Fiji Women's Rights Movement

The annual event, with almost 180 participants from different communities around Suva, is a platform used to share awareness and information about menstruation and its related issues. More >>

Congratulatory Message On Venezuela’s Peaceful, Free, Fair, Inclusive, Credible And Democratic Election Process

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:49 pm | HCIF-PFS

At least 1, 400 international observers monitored the May 25 elections in Venezuela, according to reports. More >>

Alongside China’s, Which Social Credit Systems Are Developing?

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:47 pm | Independent Media Institute

China’s state-run social credit system has drawn global attention for years, but other versions are actively spreading. These systems increasingly shape the behavior and outcomes of citizens’ lives, often without their knowledge. More >>

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Pacific Island Countries Endorse 'Growing The Pacific 2050' Strategy, Advancing Resilient And Inclusive Agrifood Systems

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:44 pm | UN FAO

The transformation of agriculture and forestry for more regeneration, productivity, and resilience was the central theme of the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry. More >>

May: A Grim Month In The Record Of Targeting Journalists In Gaza

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:42 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman

The center reported that the total number of journalists killed since October 7, 2023, has risen to 221, marking the deadliest wave of journalist killings in modern history. More >>

‘Justice Is Long Overdue’: Guterres Calls For Reparations For Enslavement And Colonialism

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:38 pm | UN News

Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora in a speech in New York on Friday. More >>

Education Suffers Amid DR Congo Violence, WHO Greenlights RSV Vaccines, More Hurricanes Ahead For Haiti

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:36 pm | UN News

In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying conflict, intercommunal violence and mass displacement are forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of school. More >>

“Stop The Clock On Madness”: UN Expert Appeals To States After Gaza Aid Distribution Shootings

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:30 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

“To starve a population for months and then shoot at them when they clamour for food is unmitigated cruelty”, Albanese said. More >>

Royal Commonwealth Society Appoints New Chair And Trustees

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:29 pm | Royal Commonwealth Society

Janet Cooper OBE is an experienced chair, lawyer, entrepreneur and trustee. More >>

Hong Kong: New National Security Subsidiary Legislation Further Intensifies Repression

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:27 pm | Fortify Rights

New ‘national security’ measures strengthen Beijing’s stranglehold on freedoms. More >>

Rwanda Must Avoid Balancing Budget On The Backs Of The Poor: UN Poverty Expert

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:25 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

The challenge now is to reach the approximately 3.6 million people still living below the poverty line, in an environment of cuts to international aid and the national budget. More >>

Criminalisation Of Istanbul Bar Assoc & Dismissal Of Executive Board, A Chilling Attack On The Independence Of Lawyers

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:24 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

“The executive body of a bar association must be able to perform its functions without external interference,” the experts said. More >>

Announcement Of A Visa Restriction Policy Targeting Foreign Nationals Who Censor Americans

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:22 pm | U.S. Department of State

It is unacceptable for foreign officials to issue or threaten arrest warrants on U.S. citizens or U.S. residents for social media posts on American platforms while physically present on U.S. soil. More >>

New African Development Bank President Has A Chance To Shift The Continent To Clean Energy, For And By Communities

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:20 pm | Joint Media Statement

Now is the time for transformative public finance models which serve the people of Africa, not fossil fuel interests. More >>

Cultivating A Brighter Future In Maka: A Story Of Resilience And Revitalization In West Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:15 pm | EU STREIT PNG

Once struggling with low agricultural productivity and limited market access, an isolated rural community in West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea has been transformed into a centre for valuable commodity production, thanks to the EU-STREIT PNG Programme. More >>

Fiji: Follow The Right Procedure When Evicting Tenants

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:55 pm | Consumer Council of Fiji

Fiji currently operates without comprehensive legislation specifically regulating rental housing. The existing framework consists solely of the Self-Regulating Guideline for Landlord and Tenant in Fiji, which serves as a non-binding reference for rental ... More >>

Chief Economists Warn Global Growth Under Strain From Trade Policy Shocks And AI Disruption

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:51 pm | World Economic Forum

The growth outlook is divided, with weak prospects in North America, resilience in Asia-Pacific and cautious optimism in Europe. More >>

Defend The Adivasis Of Central India. Ceasefire And Peace Talks Now

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:49 pm | People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty

All this brutal violence is justified under the pretense of counter-insurgency, which has reinforced the land grabbing and forcible displacement of communities. More >>

FAO Presents Credentials To Tonga’s PM, Reaffirms Commitment To Agricultural & Fisheries Development

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:43 pm | UN FAO

This landmark event brings together Pacific Island nations to collectively address shared challenges and explore opportunities to advance agriculture and forestry across the region. More >>

Australia: PWDA Calls For Clarity And Inclusion Following Delays To Foundational Supports Rollout

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:40 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA

PWDA welcomes the Government’s ongoing commitment to disability reform and stands ready to work collaboratively to ensure foundational supports are implemented in a way that is timely, inclusive, and sustainable. More >>

Rise In Production And Trafficking Of Synthetic Drugs From The Golden Triangle, New Report Shows

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:39 pm | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Rise in production and trafficking of synthetic drugs from the Golden Triangle, new report shows. More >>

PH 2025 Elections Did Not Meet Int’l Standards For Free, Fair Elections –Observer Mission Report

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:49 pm | ICHRP

Voter disenfranchisement, vote-buying, systematic repression, and foreign interference cited as key findings. More >>

Biennale Of Sydney Announces 2026 Exhibition: Rememory

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:05 pm | Biennale of Sydney

The edition will highlight marginalised narratives, share untold stories, and inspire audiences to rethink how memory shapes identity and belonging, giving voice to stories from Aboriginal communities and the divergent diasporas that shape Australia today. More >>

GKC Delivers Essential Building Materials To Ghatere Health Clinic Improvement

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 5:35 pm | Solomon Islands MRD

The support was made possible under the national government’s Constituency Development Funds (CDF) programme with funding from the GKC budget allocation for 2024. More >>

Minister Waneoroa Opens CDF Governance Workshop For Constituency Officers In Honiara

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 5:34 pm | Solomon Islands MRD

The workshop is one of the key priority activities under MRD annual work plan for this year with the sole objective to; capacitate constituency officers with foundational knowledge on the CDF Act 2023 and the CDF Governance Framework. More >>

Central Honiara Constituency Gives Back Over $500K Funding To Churches, Promotes Transparency

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 5:28 pm | Solomon Islands MRD

This initiative was made possible through the SIG Church Grants arrangement for church organizations under the Ministry of Traditional Governance and Ecclesiastical Affairs (MTGEA) and the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), under the Constituency Development ... More >>

Call For Action Against Violence In Papua New Guinea

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 4:25 pm | RNZ

Another gruesome video is circulating social media from Enga Province, which has a recent history of tribal conflict. More >>

PNG Faces Deadline For Fixing Issues With Money Laundering And Terrorist Financing

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 4:18 pm | RNZ

Papua New Guinea has five months remaining to fix its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing systems or face repercussions. More >>

Milestone Moments: Profiling Pasifika Graduates

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 4:09 pm | RNZ

For many Pacific Islanders, academic graduations are momentous familial moments. More >>

Statement By MSF Secy-Gen, Christopher Lockyear, On The Dehumanising And Ineffective Plan To Militarise Aid In Gaza

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 1:19 pm | MSF

Only a lasting ceasefire and the immediate opening of Gaza’s borders for humanitarian aid – including food, medical supplies, fuel and equipment – can ease this man-made catastrophe. More >>

BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY Announce NZ Show

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:05 am | NicNak Media

Twenty years on from their last release, the influential group has recently celebrated the reveal of new track ‘AWW SHIT’ (out now via Greenback Records) and have now dropped details of a highly anticipated Australia and New Zealand live return this ... More >>

World Health Assembly: Health Community Hails Adoption Of Climate & Health Action Plan, But Slams Fossil Fuel Omissions

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:57 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance

Without action to mitigate climate change through reduction of fossil fuel use, the health impacts of climate change will soon outstrip the capacities of health systems to respond. More >>

India: Government Arbitrarily Detained & Forcibly Transferred Rohingya Human Rights Defender In Defiance Of U.N. Ruling

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:50 am | Fortify Rights

Amid ongoing crackdown, U.N. Working Group calls on India to prevent future violations, ensure reparations, and cooperate with U.N. refugee agency. More >>

Flavoured Nicotine Products Driving Youth Addiction, WHO Warns

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:46 am | UN News

For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the drug is a flavoured product – making it easier, and more appealing, to try. More >>

Gaza Is The ‘Hungriest Place On Earth’, As Israel Continues Stranglehold On Aid

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:43 am | UN News

Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday. More >>

IOM Doubles Down On Electoral Disenfranchisement In Response To Comelec’s Garcia

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:17 am | ICHRP

IOM echoed the calls of Filipinos that Comelec should focus its attention where it is most needed: on the issues raised by voters, civil society, and the broader public. These include persistent reports of vote-buying, dynastic dominance, red-tagging, ... More >>

Oxfam Delivers Lifesaving Aid To Women And Girls In Gaza Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis

Friday, 30 May 2025, 5:33 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa

Despite the ongoing aid obstruction, constant bombardment and movement restrictions, Oxfam, together with local partners Juzoor and Aisha, distributed 5,000 dignity kits in Northern Gaza and additional 2,100 in Southern Lebanon. More >>

Kiribati's Considerable Kava Consumption - And Concerns

Friday, 30 May 2025, 12:30 pm | RNZ

Michael Louze, former chairman of the Vanuatu Kava Industry said when you break it down, it's about four kilograms of kava per person annually if half the population drinks. More >>

Fiji's Anti Corruption Commissioner Suspended

Friday, 30 May 2025, 12:26 pm | RNZ

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said the president had taken several actions in response to recommendations of a report by the Commission of Inquiry. More >>

Civil Society Calls For Overhaul Of Canada’s Approach To Digital Policy

Friday, 30 May 2025, 11:34 am | OpenMedia

The letter concludes with five core recommendations for future legislation, including placing overall coordination responsibility for digital policy under a single department. More >>

Farewell To The Last Lens: The Story Of Journalist Yahya Sobeih’s Martyrdom

Friday, 30 May 2025, 11:24 am | Julie Webb-Pullman

PJPC & several international human-rights orgs have demanded an independent investigation into the targeting of Yahya Sobeih, stressing that "the continued targeting of journalists without accountability constitutes a compound crime and a blatant violation of international ... More >>

‘We Are The Present’: Tajik Climate Activist Urges Leaders To Include Youth Voices In Dialogue

Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:17 am | UN News

A young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show that her generation can be part of the solution to combat climate change. More >>

UN Honours Service And Sacrifice Of Its Peacekeepers

Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:06 am | UN News

The United Nations is honouring staff serving at its field missions through several events to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday. More >>

Real Cost Of Disasters Is 10 Times Higher Than Previously Thought, Says UN

Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:01 am | UN News

As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, education and employment. More >>

Vanuatu's Market Mamas Forced To Move After December Earthquake

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 5:49 pm | RNZ

Fresh produce seller Leidab David said when the earthquake struck they were at the national market in town and they all ran. More >>

Climate-Affected Health In The Pacific To Be Discussed At Auckland Conference

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 5:47 pm | RNZ

Experts will gather in Auckland to discuss how to cope with the health impacts in the Pacific that are due to climate change. More >>

Package Believed To Hold Drugs Washes Up On Norfolk Island Beach

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 5:42 pm | RNZ

A package believed to contain about 40 kilograms of cocaine has turned up on a Norfolk Island beach. A statement from the Australian Federal Police said the package, which is More >>

New Zealand-led Task Force, With Royal Navy, Seizes NZ$1b Worth Of Drugs In Arabian Sea

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 12:46 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

Commodore Rodger Ward, Commander of CTF 150, stated this was the largest value narcotics interdiction made under New Zealand command this year. More >>

New Findings On Iran Pursuant To The Iran Freedom And Counter-Proliferation Act

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:15 am | U.S. Department of State

The United States has broader sanctions authorities to prevent Iran from acquiring strategic materials for its construction sector under IRGC control and its proliferation programs. More >>

Tough Action Against Cuban Judges And Prosecutor For Arbitrary Detention, A Gross Violation Of Human Rights

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:12 am | U.S. Department of State

The Department is designating prosecutor Yanaisa Matos Legrá and judges Gladys Maria Padrón Canals, Maria Elena Fornari Conde, and Juan Sosa Orama. As a result, these regime officials and their families are ineligible for entry into the United States. More >>

Sanctioning High Ranking Members Of Cártel Del Noreste

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:10 am | U.S. Department of State

The United States remains committed to protecting our nation by keeping illicit drugs off our streets and degrading the ability of cartels to arm themselves, a critical step toward the total elimination of these organizations. More >>

U.S. Support For UK And Mauritius Agreement On Chagos Archipelago

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:08 am | U.S. Department of State

Although the United States is not a party to this agreement, we remain responsible for operating the U.S. Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia, which continues to play a vital role in supporting forward-deployed operational forces and advancing ... More >>

Imposing Measures On Sudan For Its Use Of Chemical Weapons

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:04 am | U.S. Department of State

The United States calls on the Government of Sudan to cease all chemical weapons use and uphold its obligations under the CWC. More >>

Pandemics To Pollution: WHO Assembly Delivers Landmark Health Decisions

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:37 am | UN News

The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global health. Delegates adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement and approved a significant boost in core funding for the World Health Organization ... More >>

Commitment To End Tobacco Must Translate To Bold Actions On The Ground

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:21 am | CNS

Commitment to end tobacco must translate to bold actions on the ground, said Dr Tara Singh Bam. He exhorted the new government of Indonesia to sign and ratify the global tobacco treaty (formally called the World Health Organization Framework Convention ... More >>