Obama: John Keys. He's the Prime Minister of New Zealand.Turnbull: Well, I suppose someone has to.

Just a brief photo opportunity first, of the 21 leaders sitting at their round table before getting down to business at the Apec yesterday.

US President Barack Obama has been caught having a cheeky dig at New Zealand during a recorded conversation with the Australian Prime Minister.

US President Barack Obama says the TPP is the highest standard and most progressive trade deal ever concluded.

The Paris attacks and the largely stalemated war in Iraq and Syria have prompted heavy criticism of Barack Obama's handling of the fight against Isis.

John Key will celebrate the conclusion of the TPP talks at a meeting chaired by US President Barack Obama at the Apec summit in Manila today.

France and its allies in the air must not let up over the weeks ahead but it is, of course, no more than the terrorists would have expected.

Hillary Clinton parried a series of criticisms of the Obama Administration's foreign policy from rivals Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley in a presidential debate yesterday.

John Key is in Vietnam meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, launching what he calls "a new era in bilateral relations".

The Republican presidential candidates turned serious in Milwaukee, largely setting aside personal attacks in favour of a spirited discussion on economic and other issues.

In a globalised world it is no longer appropriate to have a head of state who is not a New Zealander, writes Peter Hamilton. An absentee head of state who is also foreign no longer accords with how we see ourselves.

Abbott told the black tie gala banquet that Europe ran the risk of weakening itself through "misguided altruism".

Sometimes historical mistakes are so monumental it is pointless to wonder what might have been.

Each autumn, China's Communist Party gathers more than 350 of its top bosses to an army-run hotel in Beijing to discuss the issues facing the state.

When Haisam Farran flew into Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, on March 19, he quickly spotted the discreet surveillance.

Israeli Prime Minister's shocking claim that Mufti of Jerusalem had "a central role in fomenting the final solution".

Unlike the parliamentary system which requires the Prime Minister to be an MP, the presidential system is open to practically all comers, Paul writes.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed in Las Vegas over national security, the economy, big banks and gun-control policy in a spirited debate.

Clouds continue to obscure the horizon, as uncertainty about China's slowdown clouds the outlook.

He is really rich. That, according to Donald Trump, is one of the primary reasons people should vote for him.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says there are no reports of New Zealanders being caught up in a terrorist bombing in Turkey's capital

Russia's military offensive in Syria is only a week old, but the casualties for American foreign policy are already mounting.

COMMENT: Detention and deportation of Kiwis across the Tasman puts PM in same quandary faced by Helen Clark, writes Paul Hamer.

Customs will be given new powers to hold goods at the border that they suspect breach copyright or trade marks under TPP.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch threw twitter into a flap with a controversial comparison between US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.

Any pretence that Russia's heightened involvement in Syria's messy civil war would focus on destroying the Islamic State has evaporated very quickly.