Government ministers, foreign press and ambassadors including New Zealand's Mark Sinclair are sitting in a glitzy conference room in downtown Tokyo, looking at stunning photographs on powerpoint of a....

Dmitry Peskov's patience finally ran out. "We've already said this a hundred times, this isn't funny any more."

The GCSB not only spies on the Solomon Islands using its Waihopai satellite interception base - it also had a secret listening post inside the country, according to documents provided by the United States National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snow

A visiting Pakistani cabinet minister has made a plea for international cricket teams to return to playing Pakistan in Pakistan.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he won't be picking a diplomatic fight with Indonesia over death row inmates.

Indonesian minister threatens to unleash a "human tsunami" of asylum seekers towards Australia over fight to prevent execution.

Coalition backbenchers who tried to unseat Prime Minister Tony Abbott last month say he is a changed man. Voters are less impressed.

Australia's Prime Minister is going to extraordinary lengths to save the lives of the ringleaders of the "Bali Nine" drug smugglers facing execution in Indonesia.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his Government is doing all it can to stop Australians travelling overseas to fight with extremists.

The Bali Nine drug-smuggling ringleaders have had something of a small reprieve, but even so, their life expectancy is likely to be measured in days rather than years.

Leaders of Pacific nations are beginning to speak out about claims New Zealand has been keeping too close an eye on their people and one prime minister has called the move a breach of trust.

That Netanyahu could play politics over such a grave issue is depressing, but this cloud may have a silver lining, writes Paul Thomas. His behaviour has infuriated the Democrats.

The mood in Moscow was grim, a quiet rage running through the crowd.

Liberal Party rebels were urged to "pull their heads in" yesterday after a second opinion poll within a week suggested that the Coalition's fortunes are improving.

Hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set off for Washington, a group of 180 retired Israeli generals and former top security officials warned that his address to a joint meeting of Congress....

Guests at Robert Mugabe's million-dollar birthday party were fed a young elephant, while a lion and a crocodile were also sacrificed as gifts to be stuffed.

"Jihadi John" was able to flee the scrutiny of the security services despite being a member of a terrorist cell known to have links to the failed 21/7 attacks on London in 2005.

Jakarta's Governor has reportedly said President Joko Widodo is considering different views on the death penalty, including his own advice that it should be removed from Indonesia's laws.

Boris Nemtsov is not the first Russian dissident to die in mysterious circumstances in recent years. These rebels also paid with their lives.

For an hour or two yesterday, Australian PM Tony Abbott left the curse of his leadership troubles behind, only to have to endure the curse of the cricket at Eden Park.

Bad news, peaceniks. If you oppose the deployment of NZ troops to Iraq, you are gutless, a coward, at least in the estimation of the Prime Minister, writes Toby Manhire.

The Taxpayers' Union's trenchant criticism of the NZ Superannuation Fund, over its poor investment in Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo, shows the dangers of viewing problems through ideological goggles.

Australia's First Lady, Margie Abbott, is a former teacher who grew up in Wainuiomata.

There’s been widespread sceptism and outrage in response to the Government’s announcement that New Zealand troops will be sent to Iraq, writes Bryce Edwards.

I believe the decision to commit our troops to Iraq was made a long time ago, and was a decision our Prime Minister had to make for geo-political reasons that gave him little option, writes Dita De Boni.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won four more months to sell his policy program to creditors while keeping domestic voters on board.

Iraq will inevitably dominate Friday's talks between John Key and Tony Abbott - but it should not obscure progress on the vital transtasman economic agenda.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully told the UN Security Council that its future credibility and effectiveness depended on its permanent members making progress on reform.