Warfare is set to get more advanced with 3D-printed drones, self-healing aircraft and a "Transformer" aircraft that can split apart.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unabashed by criticism of Japan's role in the Trans Pacific Partnership trade negotiations.

Malaysian officials are silent over when diplomat Warrant Officer 2 Muhammad Rizalman Ismail will be returned to NZ to face burglary and sexual assault charges.

A German intelligence "double agent" who allegedly sold hundreds of top secret documents to the Americans was caught by his own country's counter-espionage agents.

A paedophile scandal engulfing Westminster deepened after the British Home Office confessed to losing or destroying 114 "potentially relevant" files.

The return of a Malaysian diplomat to NZ to face a sex charge seems far from certain, as his doctors last night warned he may not be well enough to travel.

The Malaysian diplomatic aide accused of burglary and intent to rape could be sent back to New Zealand without diplomatic immunity as early as Monday.

A leading law specialist says a Malaysian diplomatic accused of sex crime could - if convicted - do his time back home in Malaysia.

For once, Prime Minister Tony Abbott spoke for all Australians.

A disgraced Malaysian diplomat will return to New Zealand to face charges for sexual assault, the Malaysian Government confirmed this evening.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has publicly apologised to the victim of an alleged sexual assault by a Malaysian diplomat who was sent home under diplomatic immunity.

The Malaysian Government asked New Zealand to drop all charges against a diplomat accused of sexual assault, newly released documents show.

When Facebook arrived here, it quickly became an emblem for progress and freedom in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says the name and country of a foreign diplomat accused of sexual offences should not remain a secret.

A diplomat who escaped prosecution for sexual assault in New Zealand is likely to face serious charges in his home country, Prime Minister John Key says.

Odd couple barely does them justice. One is the planet's most celebrated climate warrior, the other a mining baron who plans to export enough coal to turn Asian skies black.

Labour's alternative Budget manages somehow to be both cautious and audacious - and is all the better in political terms for being so, writes John Armstrong.

Iraq has bought used fighter jets from Russia and Belarus to battle Islamist militants after delays by the US to deliver planes.

The Senate that has frustrated Tony Abbott since he won power last September dissolves today.

If there is to be change in the world, then change should start at the top. And 2017 has the potential to be a historic year for women and the world, writes Rachel Smalley.

There are plenty of pessimists, but the gains from deep economic integration are worth pursuing, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Editorial: In large measure, John Key achieved the main objective of his visit to the White House - President Obama recommitted the US to the TPP.

Well, which is it? Would New Zealand support a United States intervention in Iraq, as the Prime Minister said in Washington?

Islamists leading the jihadist advance in Iraq are using the World Cup to seek recruits and spread their propaganda via social media, according to reports.

In a short amount of time it's overtaken al-Qaida as the most powerful and effective extreme jihadi group in the world. So who is behind Isis?

Heads of the European Union gather in Brussels this week for a meeting that may point to Britain's prospects of staying in the EU or heading for the exit.