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.

National MP Maggie Barry has revealed that Rolf Harris groped her during a radio interview she was hosting in the 1980s.

The Malaysian diplomat Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail facing charges for sexual assault wants his return to New Zealand to be deferred until after Ramadan.

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.

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.

A US congressman was replaced by a robot body double after he was secretly executed, and the results of a recent vote should be thrown out, his opponent has claimed.

Not so much your typical party conference; more a group-hug exercise in exorcising evil spirits.

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.

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.

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

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.

The Iraqi Army and Isis rebels are battling for control of Iraq's largest refinery outside Baiji, north of Baghdad, with each side holding part of the complex.

Election, what election? In three months the country goes to the polls. In the meantime, Prime Minister John Key and several leading MPs are out of the country.

The humanitarian situation in Syria is worsening and the number of people needing urgent help has reached 10.8 million.

Max Key, the 18-year-old student son of PM John Key, got a special mention by President Barack Obama during John Key's visit to the White House today.

Saudi Arabia has warned against Western or regional intervention in Iraq, as the country's ambassador to London joined international calls for a new government to be established in Baghdad.

With evil geniuses what you see is just the first instalment of what you're going to get.