COMMENT: New Zealanders deserve to know why the issue of settlements has become so challenging, and why it came before the council in December

The European Union seems keen for a trade agreement with New Zealand.

New Prime Minister Bill English arrives in Brussels tonight on his first overseas trip as PM.

Bill English leaves today for a trip to Brussels, London and Berlin - his first trip since former PM John Key stood down last December.

Last year was the hottest ever record, according to a European climate agency and a US-based climate centre.

Facebook risks a multimillion-euro fine for allegedly misleading EU merger watchdogs when it won approval to buy the WhatsApp messaging service.

Apple has furiously rejected charges from Brussels that it should pay €13 billion in unpaid Irish taxes.

British Prime Minister Theresa May was met with awkward silence following a brief presentation to EU leaders.

A new trade agreement is going to be a priority for New Zealand's new High Commissioner to London.

If you think 2016 is a mess, just wait until you see what's next. A toxic mix of potential disasters could send Europe into a death spiral.

The next 18 months presents Europe with a series of potentially existential challenges that could lead to the end the EU as we know it.

A far-Right extremist has been told he will never be released after being convicted of murdering British Labour MP Jo Cox.

The Government may be disappointed by Donald Trump's TPP policy but it is pushing NZ interests in other markets, including Iran.

Tony Blair is hunting for a new office near Westminster as he plots a return to frontline politics to influence the Government's approach to Brexit.

Prime Minister John Key is hoping to speak to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Apec summit in Lima today

Trump's policies are typically lacking detail and often facing strong criticism from economists. Here are the key questions answered.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.

The United Nations have said that at least 239 migrants have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya.

A new wave of prefabricated homes are planned in a bid to solve Britain's housing crisis.

A Pirate victory in Iceland this week would add to a string of once-impossible election results in the West.

Theresa May is coming under mounting pressure to reveal her Brexit strategy before she triggers formal negotiations.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully to attend a major conference hosted by Afghanistan just a fortnight after criticising its leadership as "dysfunctional."

The German bank will cut about 1000 jobs in its home market, insiders say.

Britain must look beyond Europe for economic success, PM has said as she suggested there would be no deal on immigration to keep the UK in single market.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he would like to "slaughter" millions of addicts just like Adolf Hitler "massacred" millions of Jewish people.

What is going on in the banking industry? The big questions answered.

Deutsche Bank is battling rumours the German government is readying a rescue plan, but is another German bank also in trouble?

The man who co-led Deutsche Bank for three years until July last year, was careful not to mention the gigantic elephant in the room.

Brexit backers have quietly dropped a slogan printed on a bus during the campaign, but others aren't willing to let them forget.

Small developing states in the Pacific have traditionally relied on imports of fossil fuels.