COMMENT: 20th century totalitarian ideologies of left and right were quasi-religious movements that replaced an absentee God with flesh and blood messiahs.

A majority of Brazil's Senate had indicated by last night that they will vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for breaking budget laws

COMMENT: Trump may be a sinister clown, but he has unleashed a potent strain of resentment among millions of voters who feel cheated by political elites.

COMMENT: Showing leadership on this issue, and working with states in the region, will lead to stronger relationships across the board. That has to be in NZ's wider public interest, writes Michael Timmins..

Over 15 years, radio shock jock Howard Stern and Donald Trump periodically carried on like towel-snapping "bros" in a locker room, rating women's tops and bottoms.

In London tomorrow Police Minister Judith Collins will represent the Prime Minister at the London Anti-Corruption Summit.

The election of a candidate of Islamic Pakistani extraction as mayor of London is a proud moment for Britain and inclusion of minorities in its politics.

This man jokes about wanting to gang-rape a woman and vows to kill all drug addicts. And he just won power

It's a key part of his campaign, which he's used to attack Hillary Clinton. But evidence suggests Trump has bent the truth here.

Turkey, for all its woes, has a far more robust democratic system than Russia.

When it comes to electing a president, Americans should be spoilt for choice. Instead they will have to choose between two supremely flawed human beings.

COMMENT: Seriously, it's entertainment. For Trump and his supporters, it's entertainment. The presidency will be entertainment for him and them.

COMMENT: We're venturing into the unknown. There have been demagogues in American politics before, but none became a major party's presidential candidate.

Australia's Labor party has accused PM Malcolm Turnbull of incompetence after he admitted his 10-year tax plan had not been costed by Treasury.

Donald Trump now faces the arduous task of coalescing a Republican party deeply divided over his toxic brand of politics.

This was supposed to be the pragmatic Midwestern state that would deny Trump the delegates he needs to secure the Republican presidential nomination.

Looking back on the 2016 presidential field, there was no candidate who seemed to hold as much potential or engender as much excitement as Marco Rubio.

For many in Britain, the scandal is part of a wider problem for Labour's left wing.

Congressional Republicans are beginning to accept, and even embrace, an outcome that was once unthinkable: Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee.

Donald Trump used a major speech to lay out an "America first" foreign policy that would force Nato allies to contribute more to their own defence.

COMMENT: People without residency shouldn't be allowed to own NZ real estate. Land is the fundamental ingredient of a country, writes Raybon Kan.

"I consider myself the presumptive nominee, absolutely" said the Republican front-runner after winning in all five presidential primaries held yesterday.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus - Huge wins for Donald and Trump Hillary Clinton as they get a step closer to being their party's nomination for the Whitehouse. Also A body has been found in a car which crashed and submerged in a Hamilton stream and why you will no longer be issued paper speeding tickets at the roadside.

A political alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump quickly ran into speed bumps yesterday.

Today on afternoon NZ Herald Focus – we hear from the brother of 54-year-old Ihaia Gillman-Harris after two teenagers are found guilty of his murder. 21 year old Broc Kawhena who’s accused of the hit and run killing of Ocean Heke made a belated court appearance and the sheep dog that walked 380 km over 12 days.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is railing against a deal reached by rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich to divvy up a series of upcoming contests to maximize their chances of halting Trump's march to the GOP nomination

Presidential hopefuls collaborate in effort to keep Donald Trump from winning three states - Indiana, New Mexico and Oregon.

Today on NZ Herald Focus - Thousands of New Zealanders have gathered around the country for Anzac Day services, remembering those who lost their lives in war.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus - the latest on the shooting of a Police dog and officer injured in Porirua, we look at why Pop superstar Prince was widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive musicians of his era and This is the horrifying moment a freak tornado sweeps a child into the air