Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia have recalled their ambassadors to protest what they call a "coup" in the wake of the dismissal of Brazil's President.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed that anyone who is in the US illegally will be subject to deportation if he is elected.

COMMENT: Brazilians waited for the final round of the presidential impeachment process more anxiously than any Olympic competition.

The Mexican President has rebuffed Trump's claims the cost of the wall wasn't discussed, saying Mexico won't be paying for it.

In an ideal world the Secretary General of the United Nations would be a strong, clear-eyed, fair-minded and forceful personality.

The only leader Uzbekistan has had since the fall of the USSR has had a stroke and is now in intensive care without having named a successor.

Watch NZH Focus: A New Jersey Transit police officer is being hailed as a hero for pulling a man from train tracks. More than three thousand migrants and refugees, mostly from Eritrea, have been rescued from the from the Mediterranean Sea. Apple is being sued by owners of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones who say a design defect causes the phones' touchscreens to become unusable.

Hillary Clinton is taking the methodical approach of a veteran lawyer. Donald Trump is summoning his informal band of advisers to test out zingers.

"If elected, Mr Trump, I can say unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency."

The presidential hopeful has brushed off any concerns about her health and stamina, arguing that the ongoing speculation "makes no sense".

A sports executive who was a major donor to the Clinton Foundation wanted help getting a visa for a British football player with a criminal past.

The FBI's year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server uncovered 14,900 emails that had not been disclosed by her attorneys.

Watch NZH Focus: Some of the pills taken from Prince's home after his death were 50 times more powerful than heroin. And Speedo and Ralph Lauren are the first companies to drop Ryan Lochte's sponsorships amid Rio Scandal.

Donald Trump's campaign has wavered on whether he would continue to call for the mass deportation of 11 million illegal immigrants from the United States.

We're often quick to deride Donald Trump's outrageous behaviour, but Hillary Clinton's one big failing could be his biggest asset.

At a rally on Saturday in Dimondale, Michigan, Trump repeated a version of a plea to black voters that he'd offered 24 hours earlier in North Carolina.

The main reason that Trump was never going to win this election is that most Americans - although clearly not all - are good people with fully functioning hearts and minds.

Donald Trump proposed a new ideological test for all Muslim immigrants and visitors to this country, allowing entry only to "those who support our values."

Eight years after Obama captivated them, young US voters are dispirited by the political options left on the table.

Hillary Clinton and her husband had US$10.75 million ($14.94m) in income in 2015 and paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2 per cent.

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump repeatedly suggested that there were links between President Barack Obama and the organisation Isis (Islamic State).

Drumpf jokingly suggests that Clinton should be shot.

COMMENT: Down here at the southern end of the Earth, human rights abuses very often seem like the stuff of faraway lands.

The home is 1,800 square feet - hardly a mansion.

Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is good at lighting headline fires that keep the TV lenses on him and the office talk about him.

The American presidential election has been dominated over recent days by speculation about the mental fitness of the two main candidates.

Kiwis don't have a vote in the US election but that doesn't stop them having an opinion about what the result should be.

A group of former national security officials have signed an open letter warning that, if Donald Trump elected, "he would be the most reckless president".

Crowds cheered Donald Trump for a $20 million gift to a children's home. But did he ever make the donation?

The two major-party presidential candidates are advertising duelling economic speeches this week - both set to be delivered from Detroit.