PNG governor may block Australian naval base bid on Manus
Manus Governor Charlie Benjamin … critical of Port Moresby government’s lack of consultation. Image: RNZ Pacific By RNZ Pacific The governor of Papua New Guinea’s Manus Province has hinted that he could obstruct Australia’s bid to build a naval port on Manus Island. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on November 1 that his country […]
Read More →Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events – allow Beijing state media
Some critics say that China’s latest behaviour toward foreign journalists casts doubt over its vow to treat neighbours with “respect”. Image: Natalie Whiting/ABC News/My Land, My Country By Scott Waide Papua New Guinea’s freedoms of speech, expression and access to information were challenged yesterday when Chinese officials barred both local and non-Chinese media from attending meetings at three Asia-Pacific […]
Read More →OP-ED TURKEY: America Has Chosen the Wrong Partner
TURKEY: America Has Chosen the Wrong Partner Opinion by Mevlut Cavusoglu EDITOR’S NOTE: Mevlut Cavusoglu is Turkey’s minister of foreign affairs. NATO. ANKARA, Turkey — The United States is bound to the Middle East by interests, but Turkey shares about 800 miles of border with Syria and Iraq alone. In this geography and beyond, Turkey […]
Read More →Indonesian soldiers drink snake blood, smash bricks for US Defence Secretary
Elite Indonesian troops drink blood from decapitated snakes during a demonstration for US Defence Secretary James Mattis in Jakarta. Image: PMC still from Washington Post video United States Defence Secretary James Mattis has watched Indonesian special forces smash concrete blocks with their heads, walk barefoot across a flaming log, and drink blood from still-slithering bodies […]
Read More →Trump slams ‘dumb’ Obama Pacific refugee deal with Australia
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sidesteps questions about his reported tense phone conversation with US President Donald Trump. Turnbull adds that he stands up for the Australian people. Video: Fuzion Indigo By Cristiano Lima President Donald Trump has criticised a deal by the Obama administration to take in […]
Read More →Trump’s immigration policy has little impact on Indonesia, says Kalla
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, deplores the immigration policy issued by newly inaugurated United States President Donald Trump, says Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla. The policy bans citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from entering the United States. However, Kalla said Indonesia would not […]
Read More →Florida airport shootings – few basic questions being raised
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Surveillance footage of the accused guman Esteban Santiago opening fire at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida last Friday. Video: TMZ website OPINION: By David Robie Just having missed the shootings by a US veteran at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport last Friday by less than a couple of […]
Read More →U.S. National Park Service turns 100
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: U.S. National Park Service turns 100 Last week we celebrated a special milestone for our friends and fellow rangers in the U.S. National Park Service — 100 years old! National Park Service Centennial The U.S. National Park Service was created on August 25, 1916 by the United […]
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