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.

Since she entered office in July, there has been a lot of interest in the clothes worn by Theresa May, Britain's Prime Minister.

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.

Seventy-five years after Japanese warplanes streaked over the hills here thousands gathered on a placid morning to pay tribute to those who died that day.

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.

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.

Donald Trump had a stern warning to companies thinking of leaving the United States during his Twitter tirade.

ANALYSIS: US President-elect Donald Trump has a chat with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing Wen, breaking a long tradition.

Trump's Cabinet choices reflect a political savviness that many people haven't been willing to grant the President-elect.

Trump is shocked that Carrier took him literally. That doesn't bode well for his many promises.

James 'Mad Dog' Mattis is set to be announced as Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense.

New Yorkers have signed a petition demanding that Melania Trump move to Washington DC after the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump.

A few weeks ago, a federal judge in Oregon made headlines when she ruled that a groundbreaking climate lawsuit will proceed to trial.

Trade Minister Todd McClay will lead the first trade delegation from New Zealand to Iran in 12 years.

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.

An IBM employee has quit in protest after her boss wrote a letter to President-elect Donald Trump offering to work with the new administration.

Donald Trump tweeted that he would soon leave his "great business in total" to focus on the presidency.

An Indiana-based manufacturer has reached an agreement with Donald Trump to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in the state that had been slated to move to Mexico.

"Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me." Those were the words of Fidel Castro in October 1953.

COMMENT: Do the outside powers that have intervened in the war accept Bashar al-Assad's victory, or do they keep the war going?

Francois Fillon has won the presidential nomination for France's main conservative party after trouncing his more moderate rival at primaries.