US President Barack Obama has unveiled a budget that forecast a record deficit of $1.56 trillion (NZ$2.2 trillion) this year.

United States President Barack Obama is hours away from delivering his State of the Union address at a time when even his most ardent supporters are becoming disillusioned.

China today denied any state involvement in cyber attacks on Google and continued to defend their censorship of the internet.

Sarah Palin this week chatted on the Fox News Channel as a "regular contributor" saying things like "crap" and "b.s".

PM keen to hear Hillary Clinton's views on what progress has been made towards establishing a corruption-free Government in Afghanistan.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to NZ is expected to mark the start of a closer relationship, Fran O'Sullivan looks at what's on the agenda.

British intelligence passed on to US authorities about a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner - but he was not singled out as a particular risk, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday.

Yemeni officials say hundreds of al-Qaida members could be living in the country.

For investors in the United States stockmarket, the Noughties were worse than that.

These days Bill Clinton is a statesman at large who is high in demand - but that wasn't always the case, writes Paul Thomas.

Barack Obama has the worst poll rating for any American President since Truman at this stage in the presidency.