The Republican presidential candidate and his campaign give shifting accounts of the medical deferment that meant he avoided being deployed to Vietnam.

Britain must accept that "sooner or later" ground troops and tanks will have to be sent into combat to overcome Isis a former chief of the Armed Forces has said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held out the prospect of limited debt relief as crisis-hit Greece prepares to reopen its banks three weeks after they were shut.

Australian Speaker Bronwyn Bishop remains defiant as her taxpayer-funded travel expenses come under scrutiny.

Donald Trump, who has rocketed to the front of the Republican presidential race, flippantly belittled a Senator's war service, inviting a torrent of criticism.

Iran, once OPEC's second-biggest producer, will boost its oil exports by 500,000 barrels a day immediately after sanctions are lifted

Donald Trump, the provocative Republican presidential candidate, has caused anger among his party members by attacking Republican grandee John McCain.

The European Union seems to be using imaginary numbers in constructing a bailout for Greece. Here are some of them.

The fact that so many Republicans are comfortable with the thought of Donald Trump in the Oval Office shows how warped the party has become, writes Paul Thomas.

Iran and the US have been thrown together in the fight against the Islamic State. Originally reluctant allies, they are now better placed to work in tandem.

Greece's approval of austerity measures that were overwhelmingly rejected by their citizens just days ago was a stunning defeat for populist forces that have pushed for a break from years of grinding cuts.

The deal to curb Iran's nuclear weapons programme came at the end of two years of an intricate ballet, involving United States President Barack Obama and leaders of six other countries.

The New Zealand Middle East Business Council says they are monitoring "the potential of opening up of trade with Iran".

While the world is distracted by the Greek saga and China something really important is going on: Iran and oil.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came away with a much worse deal than the one he just persuaded Greek voters to reject.

A slowdown in the Chinese economy isn't expected to crimp demand for education in New Zealand.

The latest save-the-euro summit turned into open season on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Divided eurozone leaders clash over the fate of Greece with a catastrophic exit from the single currency looming large as they struggle to reach a bailout deal.

Centring her presidential campaign on boosting incomes for middle-class Americans, Hillary Clinton will begin unveiling her economic policy agenda tomorrow.

For many people, the leaked property sale figures reported in the Weekend Herald will have contained just one element of surprise.

Five months of negotiations in which its Government destroyed goodwill among creditors that have lent it hundreds of billions of dollars have cost Greece dearly.

Greece's Parliament has approved a reform package to save the country from financial collapse.

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley yesterday signed into law a bill to retire the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state capitol.

It would be better for all concerned if the European Central Bank stopped the supply of credit to Greece and left the country to its own devices, writes John Roughan.

Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday the United States and its negotiating partners "will not rush, and we will not be rushed" into finalising a nuclear deal with Iran.

As America stumbles its way through the early stages of Donald Trump's unlikely and uncomfortable bid for the presidency, some in Washington are wondering what exactly Trump says about the nation.

When Australians voted overwhelmingly in 1967 to include Aboriginal people in the Census - effectively acknowledging them as human beings for the first time - it was a defining moment for the nation.

Donald Trump has been asked to "tone it down" by the head of the Republican Party amid fears that his claim that many Mexican immigrants are rapists will damage its hopes of taking back the White House.

Bill Shorten had another bruising day at the royal commission into trade union corruption, exacerbated by calls for his resignation by a former Labor Party national secretary.