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.

ANALYSIS: Trump's victory is marred by that fact: He will be the president, but more people voted against him.

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

President-elect ridicules Wisconsin recount by tweeting debunked voting fraud theory.

He believes 9/11 was an inside job and NASA faked the moon landings. He also helped Donald Trump win the election.

Pauline Hanson has set out to prove climate change "untruths" on the Great Barrier Reef ... but she was about 1300km off.

The state of Wisconsin is poised to hold a recount after the Green Party's US presidential candidate led a multimillion-dollar fundraising drive.

Donald Trump has reportedly been refusing to make time for daily intelligence briefings since the election, sparking fears about his leadership.

President-elect Donald Trump yesterday began to follow through on a pledge to put together a diverse Administration.

They're the "young and energetic" movement who helped propel Donald Trump to the White House. But the "alt-right" may already by dying.

Nato has accused Russia of stoking tensions in Europe with the deployment of anti-ship missiles to its westernmost Baltic region.

Donald Trump said he does not plan to prosecute Hillary Clinton. Trump also said he has an "open mind" about a climate-change accord from which he vowed to withdraw.

Barack Obama is using his final days in office to take care of important business, like putting Michael Jordan in his place.

Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has broken his silence, telling how he helped the Republican win.

Trump's foreign financial interests are on a scale never before seen in past presidencies.

A Harvard Uni law professor says President-elect Donald Trump's fresh gaffe breaches the US Constitution - and it could be his downfall.

COMMENT: Park Geun-hye has 15 months left of her five-year term, but she is finished politically, and that just feels sad.

Two Texas students were reprimanded after they performed a skit portraying the assassination of President-elect Donald Trump.

Incoming president Donald Trump's children have a role in the transition and the heart of it is Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner.

Trump and Romney have 'far-reaching conversation' in marked change as President-elect works on team.

The contours of Donald Trump's White House administration are emerging.

Investigative journalist Daniel Golden details why he believes Harvard accepted Trump's influential son-in-law Jared Kushner in a new piece.