COMMENT: Russia's President has been taught a lesson with the shooting of a warplane over Turkish air space.

The downing of a Russian SU24 fighter jet by Turkish authorities was inevitable. Russia has flouted the territorial border of Turkey time and again in the past few months so it is no surprise that this has happened.

In a rare move, Mr Little and Mr Goff will today appear before two committees in Canberra to highlight the lack of rights for Kiwis living in Australia. er Mark MItchell r Nick Reed

With the attacks in Paris and threats in Brussels adding urgency to bids for Syrian peace talks, United States Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday he wants to speed up efforts to move the....

Donald Trump has called Associated Press "dishonest" and claimed they are trying to remain relevant.

Trump said black protester at a weekend rally was "so obnoxious and loud" that "maybe he should have been roughed up."

Labour leader Andrew Little and MP Phil Goff are travelling to Australia to visit New Zealanders in detention and meet with the country's Immigration Minister.

John Key has hinted that Trade Minister Tim Groser could take over as New Zealand's ambassador to the United States.

New Zealand is boosting its development funding to the Asean region, Prime Minister John Key announced today,

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".

Labour MP Kelvin Davis is giving this country good value for his seat in Parliament.

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