Police are hunting a killer Romeo after a young woman was gruesomely murdered after hooking up with a man she met online.

The dangerous relationship between Putin and Trump.

On NZ Herald Focus, Donald Trump has appealed to Russia to release emails that Hillary Clinton did not hand over.

We are going to see Russians winning medals and an Olympic movement in disgrace.

Russia and her allies have started a fightback to stay in the Rio Olympics after the sensational disclosures about a state-directed doping programme.

Russia's doping programme saw drug dissolved in Chivas whisky for men and vermouth for women, to give them an undetected edge over other athletes.

Vladimir Putin has purged all the officers in his Baltic Sea fleet citing corruption

Isis fighters shot down a Russian helicopter above Syria, killing both pilots on board.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee says it has not been told of any plan to ban Russian athletes from Rio for doping.

US defence official says Russia's might could annihilate Nato in three days, as a stand-off between them escalates in the region.

Russian "AIDS experts" say the best form of protection is to "be in a heterosexual family where both partners are loyal to each other".

Vladimir Putin may have unleashed his worst enemy when Nadia Savchenko was freed from Russian prison.

An Aucklander adopted from a Russian orphanage 19 years ago has been reunited with her birth sister - live on Russian television.

It's hard not to feel like James Bond stepping off the hovercraft on the crunchy ice of frozen solid Lake Baikal in Siberia.

The former Soviet city of Pripyat, the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, has became an unlikely drawcard for international tourists

Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homelands.

Reports by two consortiums of investigative journalists purport to have exposed the dealings and offshore accounts of some of Putin's closest associates.

The former wife of the media mogul is reportedly in a "serious" relationship with the world leader.

US President Barack Obama welcomes world leaders to Washington today for a summit on nuclear security.

The excruciating moment a man miraculously hauls himself and his dog out of a frozen lake after they fell through the ice, has been caught on camera.

WATCH: Astonishing footage shows a Boeing 737 being blown right around on the ground by ferocious winds.

COMMENT: I bet every Western leader was privately impressed with Putin's tactical agility.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, with his sudden move to withdraw Russian forces from Syria, once more caught international observers by surprise.

COMMENT: The announcement makes it explicit that Putin has no interest in giving Assad the support he'd need to take on the forces of Isis.

Putin's announcement that Russia will begin withdrawing the "main part" of its military from Syria is a surprise potential end to a six-month intervention.

Russia's surprise military withdrawal from Syria does not mean free-trade talks are back on the table, Prime Minister John Key says.

A Russian man is being prosecuted for writing a post on social media that equated the Bible to a "collection of Jewish fairytales".

Russian's plan is "the best opportunity the Syrian people have had over the past five years for lasting peace and stability".