The United Nations Security Council will hold its second secret ballot in its selection process for a new Secretary General to replace Ban Ki Moon.

Kevin Rudd says Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of Rudd's bid to be UN Secretary General was a breach of faith and would damage Turnbull internationally.

Donald Trump insisted there was "great unity in my campaign" yesterday despite signs the Republican Party is turning against its nominee.

Did David Bain do it? That's one question. The other one is this: did he get a fair trial? I was gonna write two versions of this.

COMMENT: The support for Trump, Sanders and Brexit is a sign that something is rotten in the state of our democracy.

COMMENT: Women and their supporters have the opportunity to change the dynamics of local government this year.

Donald Trump is facing mounting criticism from leaders of his own party, as a confrontation between the Republican nominee and the Muslim American parents.

Donald Trump will remain impetuous, Clinton will remain cautious and the tenor will remain nasty.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump today enter the final 100 days of an extraordinary presidential campaign.

The rise of Putin and Trump combined with the Brexit fall out are all signs another great war is looming, a British academic has warned.

COMMENT: Was America listening? There's madness around. Some of it may be anger and fear but mostly it looks like fun. Mindless, reckless, foolish fun.

There's nothing like the wacky hoopla of American politics, although no one's ever seen anything quite like the battle going on there at the moment.

COMMENT: Hillary Clinton is a perfect picture of pragmatism and power. That is the contrast.

An offer of amnesty by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been met with scepticism by rebel fighters and residents.

Michelle Obama made clear this week that she is all-in for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Hillary Clinton had a lengthy to-do list yesterday: Reintroduce one of the most famous people in the world. Take down Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton spoke directly to Trump's constituency of white, working-class voters - but delivered in a style sharply contrasting to the Republican convention.

Watch as we remember Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's road to the presidential campaign.

COMMENT: I enjoy reading Alan Duff's occasional articles about life in France and life in New Zealand from a distance.

Trump's loose and provocative talk about the Russians and Clinton's emails seemed beyond even his standards for creating turmoil and controversy.

The former president tells the US about the Hillary Clinton only he knows.

Democrats began their presidential nominating convention yesterday with a struggle to fully unite behind Hillary Clinton.

At first it sounds outlandish - a US presidential hopeful in cahoots with the Kremlin. But there may be some eerie truth to it.

First lady Michelle Obama delivered a powerful character witness on behalf of the Democratic Party's nominee, Hillary Clinton, and urged her party to not be complacent.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled nearly even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May.

COMMENT: Political rancour, social division and threats posed by "alien" ideologies have sparked widespread unease in the United States before.

The world won't end if Donald Trump is elected President of the United States, a leading New Zealand political scientist says.

Hillary Clinton and the Democrats plan to project a more optimistic and inclusive vision of the future when they convene in Philadelphia tomorrow.

The Republican Party in the United States conferred its nomination for President on a man of doubtful political pedigree and unpredictable intentions.

The US severed military and intelligence ties with New Zealand.