Berlin has rejected Trump's NATO claims while also questioning his understanding of NATO finances.

Diplomat Gerard van Bohemen reflects on the two years he spent on the high-powered UN Security Council.

COMMENT: It's been six years since war broke out in Syria and it shows no signs of ending.

A Kiwi scientist meeting in Brazil with world climate experts discusses a new report assessing what an extra 1.5C of warming would mean for the planet.

North Korea has rejected an autopsy finding that nerve agent killed Kim Jong Nam.

Labour has opted for NZ First over the Greens in its nomination to the committee which oversees New Zealand's spies.

Ardern recorded a thumping victory that will further raise her profile in election year.

Kim Jong Nam led a life of loneliness and fear and seclusion, rejected by his father, orphaned by his mother, stuck in a shadowy exile.

Jacinda Ardern has taken an unassailable lead in the Mt Albert by-election.

Helen Clark described as a reformer as she seeks high-profile aid job.

President Donald Trump has declared war on his own intelligence agencies over "un-American" and scandalous leaks.

Police have arrested one of the women suspected over the death of Kim Jong-un's brother, as North Korea objects to an autopsy being performed.

The older brother of Kim Jong-un has been assassinated at an airport. This is why the North Korean dictator might have wanted him dead.

Russian media denied that chemical attacks had taken place, depicting rescue workers as jihadist militants and doctors as propagandist purveyors of "fake news".

In a plot fit for a spy novel, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother has been killed in Malaysia.

COMMENT: NZ should press Nauru and Australia to fulfill their international obligations to refugee and asylum-seeking children.

Fresh insight into secretive kingdom reveals the extent of the regime's use of kids as slaves. Here, two teens tell their stories.

Kiwi conflict resolution experts have slammed the country's "dangerous double standard" on the Israel-Palestine problem.

Google has donated US$2 million ($2.75m) to refugee causes and hopes its employees will match the gift in response to Donald Trump's travel ban.

Helen Clark's departure from the UNDP could spell the end of the 30-year political partnership with policy and political maestro known as H2.

Helen Clark's former colleagues Annette King and Phil Goff say Clark is likely to want to take on another international role and a long-term return to NZ is unlikely.

Prime Minister Bill English has paid tribute to Helen Clark for her work heading the UNDP after Clark's decision not to seek a third term in the role.

New Zealand is the equal-least corrupt country in the world, according to a global survey.

COMMENT: I see the Palestinian Authority as bearing the blame for the perceived hardships suffered by Palestinian citizens.

Auckland barrister and Green Party candidate Golriz Ghahraman is hoping to be the first refugee to become an MP in New Zealand.

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) come in to action, intimidating people and bulldozing a space where they can build their first command post.

COMMENT: Israel's settlements are no obstacle to peace, despite what New Zealand's UN Resolution or President Obama say.

COMMENT: New Zealanders deserve to know why the issue of settlements has become so challenging, and why it came before the council in December

Science reporter Jamie Morton talks to Auckland Uni conservation ecologist Dr James Russell about the challenge to sweep islands clear of pest predators.

Prime Minister Bill English has defended New Zealand's sponsorship of a UN resolution on Israeli settlements - and has received the backing of Labour leader Andrew Little.