On a visit to Wellington, Hungary's Foreign Minister Szijjarto talks about being snubbed in Washington, and why Donald Trump is good for the world.

Kiwi conflict resolution experts have slammed the country's "dangerous double standard" on the Israel-Palestine problem.

If Australia's Turnbull got Grumpy Trump, English got "friendly, warm, thoughtful" Trump and even an invite to the White House "if you're passing by".

No issue appears to have flummoxed GOP lawmakers as much as Trump's consistent defense of Vladimir Putin.

US President Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin discuss coordinating on ISIS and Syria, Kremlin says.

The CIA has released records that show US concerns about the rise of communism in New Zealand and Russia's spreading influence in the Pacific.

The CIA has finally made public previously top secret files including about 4000 records about New Zealand.

Russia will not expel US diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to the White House's decision to send home Russian officials suspected of spying.

COMMENT: Welcome to the return of an independent foreign policy.

The US Admiral who ordered the USS Sampson to divert to the earthquake disaster zone has a long history with New Zealand.

India's quest to join a nuclear club will be discussed when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts John Key in New Delhi today.

Prime Minister John Key has finally made it to India after a plane breakdown shortened his trip.

Controversial President Rodrigo Duterte has already told Barack Obama to "go to hell". Now he has struck another blow against the US.

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian baby had many authors - Boko Haram's viciousness, his own government's negligence, and starvation's relentlessness.

More UK citizens are researching their family histories online in the hopes of securing an EU passport, despite voting to Brexit.

COMMENT: Far be it for us to suggest Peters would be motivated by old grudges, but there are old grudges aplenty.

NZ Trade and Enterprise has released a new set of guidelines for doing business with post-sanctions Iran.

In a speech before a business group, Jeb Bush, expected to announce a run for the US presidency, praised his father George H.W. Bush but failed to mention his brother.

Hillary Clinton has fallen silent on the TPP, an interesting departure from her statements as the nation's top diplomat.

It may not be making much news, but New Zealand's UN Security Council role is stretching the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade.

Every political party laid claim to the moral high ground in the argument over sending a team of army training personnel to Iraq, John Armstrong writes.

The decision to commit NZ military contingent to Iraq is a case of misguided foreign policy.

So much for the catchphrase "Don't mention the war" - these days no leader in want of a free trade deal should let a historic war go to waste, writes Claire Trevett.

The domestic dimension of the response to Isis, which according to Key is a "game-changer for NZ", contained confusions of its own, writes Toby Manhire.

Isis is a nasty, brutish group that uses terror in parts of the globe, but it doesn't threaten the entire world. So Kiwis don't need to fight, says David Shearer.

If New Zealand becomes a member of the UN Security Council early tomorrow, hoping to get a pay-off for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in schmoozing we've done to get there, let us see how much of an independent voice we will retain.

PM John Key appears to have been misinformed by the Defence Force about the nature of a Washington meeting of the United States-led coalition to defeat Islamic State.