COMMENT: Steve Braunias looks back on satire and the secret diaries of 2016.

Comedian Tom Arnold says he has a tape of Donald Trump saying "every offensive thing ever". But releasing it would cost him big time.

Andrea Bocelli finally gave a definitely "no" to performing at Trump's inauguration after getting "too much heat" from fans.

COMMENT: The situation is complex even for the people who live there, let alone us trying to understand it. None of our business.

The US President-elect, Donald Trump, (which still sounds like a joke) made Twitter his preferred means of communication in his election campaign.

To the West he's the world's most threatening figure, but is North Korea's leader simply misunderstood?

What happens to the working class when millionaires and billionaires are in charge?

Time magazine got it wrong. The Person of the Year is Pinocchio, and 2016 will be remembered for its lies.

Of all the events of 2016, the Syrian conflict has been the darkest.

The end of an economic era may have occurred yesterday.

Lauren Batchelder stood up and asked a simple question of the now President-elect last year. He slammed her on Twitter, then this happened.

Donald Trump rejected the CIA's claims that Russia interfered in the US election, as senators demanded a probe.

President-elect Donald Trump said he won't spend any time working on the new version of the TV reality show he starred in.

Melania Trump has said she wants to stay in New York so her son Barron can finish his final year at a prestigious primary school.

If everything you know about the world's most famous plane is from the movie, then fasten your seat belt. It's even better in real life.

The contest for the National Party leadership and the job of Prime Minister lasted barely 72 hours.

The murder of an anti-crime campaigner points to police involvement in the wave of vigilante killings.

On the day Donald Trump lashed out at Boeing for the cost of replacing Air Force One it was making the first 787-10 Dreamliner.

Syrian government forces swept through the old city of Aleppo as rebel forces debated when to withdraw from their shattered stronghold.

David Shearer is a loss to our politics.

Vladimir Putin is dreaming of ending his career and going travelling in his retirement, he revealed today.

The President-elect has spent the week trumpeting his success in saving jobs from moving out of the United States. He may have twisted the facts.

The turbulence began Tuesday morning with one of President-elect Donald Trump's signature tweets of wrath.

COMMENT: In a week that went downright paranormal - mass salmoncide? - here was another blow to Nostradamus.

Outgoing Prime Minister John Key has been tipped as a potential candidate to head the International Monetary Fund.

Carrier union leader says Trump's big deal is a lie and jobs are still set to go.

The 226-page Plum Book will arrive in Washington D.C. tomorrow featuring 9,000 jobs in the Trump administration.

Trump's protocol-breaking phone call with Taiwan's leader was an intentionally provocative move, according to interviews with people involved in planning.

Donald Trump issued a dramatic warning to companies that they would face "retribution" if they move American jobs overseas

Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, resigned late on Sunday night (Italian time) after losing a constitutional referendum.