Australia will look at ways of collecting student debt from Kiwis in Australia, doing New Zealand a huge favour by tracking down the large numbers of expats.

This weekend Prime Ministers John Key and Julia Gillard hold their annual pow-wow in Queenstown.

I have a real fear that the rivers of grog that wreaked such havoc among indigenous communities are starting to flow once again.

Confronted by public protest and fierce congressional questioning, CIA director-designate John Brennan strongly defended the Obama Administration.

As Prime Minister Julia Gillard struggles to regain momentum after a run of bad news, Labor appears to be again aiming to shoot itself in the foot.

Silvio Berlusconi has backed an amnesty for tax dodgers despite accusations that he was buying votes with his promises of €4 billion ($6.4 billion) in tax rebates just weeks ahead of elections.

The United States could launch pre-emptive cyber strikes against countries it suspects of threatening its interests with a digital attack.

Sylvester Stallone says no civilian should have access to the big guns his characters use in action movies.

Government frontbencher Peter Garrett says the prime minister's decision to name the 2013 election date puts the pressure on the opposition to deliver more than just slogans.

The confirmation of John Kerry as United States Secretary of State is raising smiles in Europe, stirring memories of the days when America the Worldly-Wise engaged in European concerns and placed them at the top of its foreign agenda.

Australia will go to the polls on September 14 following yesterday's surprise announcement of what will effectively be the longest election campaign in the nation's history.

It was at the Inaugural Ball, in the shadow of a President, that I had just a little taste of life as a Washington bigwig.

On second anniversary of fall of Mubarak, Egyptians take to Tahrir Square over lack of progress.

Canada is investigating a claim by the Algerian Prime Minister that one of its citizens co-ordinated the terrorist raid at the Saharan gas plant.

If North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong Un, wanted to end the brutal and destructive tyranny his father and grandfather imposed on the country, he would need support from abroad.

Lupe Fiasco has been rushed off stage at a pre-inauguration concert for Barack Obama after performing an anti-war song telling the audience he did not vote for the President.

Beyonce stole the show at President Barack Obama's inauguration with an impressive rendition of the US national anthem.

When firebrand Republican senator Ted Cruz went on conservative Laura Ingraham's radio show last week, the topic of conversation swiftly turned to Barack Obama.

The Minister of Climate Change, Tim Groser, (NZ Herald, December 20) says it makes sense for New Zealand to drop out of the Kyoto Protocol and work towards an agreement with broader international support.

If ambitions are unfettered by political nitty-gritty and his dreams are as big as his talk, Obama has the opportunity to instil change that will cement his political greatness.