If there's a positive to his stunning rise, it's that he's the absolute antithesis of the carefully groomed and packaged identikit candidate, writes Paul Thomas.

The newspaper mogul took to twitter to make his announcement saying that it's the "only hope" for a country that has become "almost ungovernable"

New Zealand trusts associated with a former Russian billionaire once known as "Putin's banker" are now subject to a worldwide freezing order by a London court.

Millions of refugees have fled Syria since 2011 but the number New Zealand has taken in would almost fit in one of Auckland's new double-decker buses.

Thousands of emails from former US Secretary of State have been released.

Hillary Clinton may have broken US secrecy rules by handling classified information from Tony Blair and the British government on her personal email account.

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.

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.

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

Australian campaigners are calling for a vote on breaking away from the British monarchy within five years as the country's federal Treasurer leads a renewed push for a republic.

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.

Bryan Gould looks at the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as the unexpected front-runner in the contest for the leadership of the UK Labour Party.

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.

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

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.

Having made their money in a one-party state, Chinese companies are facing culture shock as they deal with democracies.

Lord Prescott has insisted that he could not have groped the wife of a fellow ex-MPs because she was "built like a bloody barn door" and "the f**cking house" would have fallen down if he had.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.