The European Union could be forced to bring back border controls because of the migrant crisis, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Singaporean Celeste Lee, from Auckland, was visiting family in Singapore when the elections were announced last week and will stay to vote.

As the death toll on land and sea continues to grow, the EU summoned ministers to an emergency summit to discuss solutions to the crisis.

New Zealand's annual refugee quota of 750 has not changed since 1987. We're falling shamefully short every year in how much we help refugees.

The company says it's due to a lack of consumer demand and the politics surrounding gun violence.

Former PM Helen Clark says there needs to be a "a lift in ambition" among countries around the world in setting and hitting targets to combat climate change.

India's Prime Minister has appealed for calm after a rally that drew half a million members of a powerful clan resulted in a night of rioting that left three dead and dozens of buses and police stations torched.

Angela Merkel has promised there will be "no tolerance" for violent anti-migrant protests that have gripped Germany in recent weeks.

China's biggest currency intervention for more than two decades has jolted financial markets out of their traditional August lull.

Standing before a crowd under the blazing sun, Jeb Bush was more fired up, energetic, upbeat and eloquent than he had been in weeks. Then somebody in the audience asked him about Iraq.

Selfie queen Karen Danczuk has revealed she is bisexual after claims a former partner had threatened to expose her.

Deez Nuts pulled 7 percent in Iowa. 8 percent in Minnesota and a crazy 9% in North Carolina, making the candidate the highest polling independent candidate for president in 20 years.

It's hard not to feel a sense of melancholy while passing through the Dalai Lama's former quarters in Lhasa's Potala Palace.

Faint chance of coalition as Tsipras' resignation leaves Greeks facing fifth election in sex years.

Personal information of hundreds of Australian Government employees have been exposed by the hackers of the Ashley Madison dating service.

United States presidential candidate Deez Nuts has polled 9 per cent.

Christine Forster had an "extremely emotional" week after Mr Abbott's coalition government blocked any chance of same-sex weddings.

Al-Qaeda has released a message, purportedly from Osama bin Laden's son Hamza, calling for attacks on London and other western cities.

No one expects 'The Donald' to be President, but his rivals might be better to go for him now before he spoils his party's chances.

If anything's constant in American political life, it's the stable two-party system. Yet, at times of extreme political flux, this society has broken up into four parties.

At a workshop on a summer day in Riyadh, prospective candidates in local elections are limbering up. One wants to help kids, one to improve living conditions in the Saudi capital, another to become a political role model.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has again become a lightning rod for accusation and counter-accusation as Swedish prosecutors dropped three sex assault claims against him but intend to pursue a rape claim.

Authorities in Fiji believe a British Army veteran has been overseeing secret military training in the country's tropical hinterland as part of a plot to form a breakaway "Christian" state.

American voters' craving for authenticity in political leaders is aiding hopefuls such as Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders.

Why is Donald Trump holding a commanding poll lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination? Paul Thomas has some possible answers.

Donald Trump has become the target of a Twitter campaign by women angry at his sexist remarks after the Republican candidate's debate last week.

The celebrity billionaire struggles to turn his political fling into a durable campaign.

The eulogies have been delivered, the set disassembled and Jon Stewart's parting "bullshit-is-everywhere" monologue is fading.