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Hundreds of protesters have descended on the US Supreme Court to denounce the decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade precedent that recognised women's constitutional right to abortion.

A bipartisan package of modest gun safety measures has passed the US Senate even as the Supreme Court broadly expands gun rights.

The Papua New Guineea Government has been urged to do more to promote free, fair and safe national elections.

The Bank of England said last week that inflation was likely to remain above 9 percent over the coming months before peaking at slightly above 11 percent in October.

As the Papua New Guinea elections approach there are increasing worries about the spread of false information.

New Zealanders' perception of China appears to have worsened in the past year, with a new survey finding more than half of participants deemed the nation a threat.

An Osaka court has ruled that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is not "unconstitutional", dealing a setback to LGBTQ rights activists in the only Group of Seven nation that doesn't allow people of the…

The former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change beat construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez by a wide margin.

France votes on Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election that could deprive centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to govern with a free hand.

National's Sam Uffindell has easily won the Tauranga parliamentary by-election for Simon Bridges' former seat.

The 142 women running in the Papua New Guinea election are hoping to prove that the PNG parliament is no longer a male-dominated world.

The Cook Islands general election will take place on August 1.

Voting booths have opened across the Tauranga electorate in the last day of voting in the parliamentary by-election.

Politics this week was like a jigsaw puzzle with two pieces - National ramped up its law and order campaign, the PM responded and the casualty was the police minister. Here's what the big picture…

New Zealand has refused to grant asylum to a dissident law academic who spoke out about election fixing in Russia.

Cook Islanders off to the polls in August; Samoa still recording significant Covid numbers; Marine Le Pen's votes sought in New Caledonia; Fiji students owe hundreds of millions in unpaid loans; hopes…

More than 300 Sri Lankans have tried to get to Australia in the past few weeks as the country's economic crisis has worsened.

Donald Trump's Attorney-General worried that the then-President had become "detached from reality" after the 2020 election, a congressional panel has heard.

Opinion - While Ardern said the Cabinet changes were due to Faafoi and Mallard leaving, she used the moment to address issues that have bedevilled her government, Tim Watkins writes.

A new survey has revealed that New Zealanders prefer to invest in KiwiSaver funds that are not operated by major banks.