Everything hinges on a deal on agriculture and automobiles between the US and Japan, writes Jane Kelsey. Despite intense negotiations for more than a year, they remain poles apart.

British PM David Cameron's security detail is under investigation after a passing jogger ran right into him.

In a few weeks, Australia will welcome leaders of the world's major economies to Brisbane for the G20 Summit.

Clinton was in North Carolina to urge support for Kay Hagan, but it is clear that 'she's taking a second chance for herself': Hillary Clinton is going to run again.

Pro-European parties look to have swept Ukraine's first parliamentary vote since the revolution that toppled Viktor Yanukovych's Government in February.

Queensland's Health Minister is not aware of any deaths linked to defective software that manages medication for some of the state's most ill patients.

Canadian politicians have praised the quick thinking of a security chief, believed to have shot the gunman who opened fire in Ottawa's Parliament today.

The New Zealand High Commission's building in Canada is in lock-down following a deadly shooting a couple of streets away in Ottawa this morning.

Prime Minister John Key has laid out his Government' agenda for the next three years, with housing and the fight against terror groups at the top of the list.

PM John Key said New Zealand helping to train Iraqi troops was among the options the Government would consider when ruling on its contribution to the fight against Isis.

Presidents, they're just like us - their credit cards get declined.

It arrived back at a California air base after dark. Only the eagle-eyed would have spotted the snub-nosed spacecraft gliding out of the black sky.

Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong have clashed violently with police while reoccupying a protest camp.

In the UN General Assembly hall it was Christmas at every desk.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council does not mean New Zealand is committed to military action in Iraq.

New Zealand's appointment to the UN Security Council will afford a number of benefits, and also open up a raft of complexities to navigate.

PM John Key appears to have been misinformed by the Defence Force about the nature of a Washington meeting of the United States-led coalition to defeat Islamic State.

NZ's national threat level in response to risk posed by foreign fighters and Isis has risen and John Key says the Govt will advance ''urgent'' law changes in response..

Ed Miliband has moved to contain rising panic over the right-wing UK Independence Party's threat to Labour in Britain by pledging a raft of hard-headed measures to ensure that migrants "earn the right" to state benefits and face stiff English language tes

Prime Minister John Key is considering NZ's role in the fight against Isis, and has been accused of scaremongering.

Three of North Korea's senior officials travelled to South Korea at the weekend for the first time in five years.

Pro-democracy protesters are continuing demonstrations in Hong Kong, with riot police responding with tear gas. What set it all off?

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has addressed the United Nations General Assembly, in a bid to secure New Zealand a place on the United Nations Security Council.

Pro-democracy protesters may have engaged in a night of battles with police, but then they cleaned up and apologised to police who pepper-sprayed them.

Britain's Sunday Mirror is under pressure to explain the details of its Twitter sting where it used a fake 'PR girl' to engage tweets from a Tory MP - who sent her graphic pics.

British Conservative MP Brooks Newmark has said he has been “a complete fool” following a sex scandal that forced him to resign as a government minister.

It is just as well Sarah Palin was not elected vice president of the US – otherwise she would have doubtless got lost on her way to work.