War

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has made the government's first statement following the US military action against Venezuela.

A look at the legality of a US attack on Venezuela and the arrest of the country's president.

The US has recently bombed targets in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, as well as Venezuela, despite Trump's promise not to start new wars.

RNZ presents a special Worldwatch edition on the invasion of Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro, by the US.

Trump said Saturday that the United States will "run" Venezuela and tap its huge oil reserves after snatching leftist leader Nicolas Maduro out of the country.

Analysis: The seizure of a foreign leader is a blatant sign of the Trump administration's aggressive but unfocused might-makes-right approach.

US President Donald Trump said many Cubans died as US forces attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro.

Russia's battlefield gains in Ukraine last year were the highest since 2022, an AFP analysis showed.

The reports coincide with intensive talks overseen by US President Donald Trump and aimed at bringing an end to the nearly four-year-old war.

But the most important issues are still unsolved, the president cautions.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi says the footage is "laughable" and that Kyiv is "absolutely confident that no such attack took place".

Russia accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia, although it provided no evidence.

"As we enter the new year, the world stands at a crossroads," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Video

US President Donald Trump says that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, though some of the thorniest…

Ukraine's president says the latest Russian onslaught shows Moscow has no intention of ending the invasion.

Kyiv has come under a massive Russian attack, with air defences in operation and the military warning of missiles.

Zelensky says "a lot can be decided before the New Year", as Washington drives efforts to end Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine.

Pope Leo said the story of Jesus being born in a stable showed that God had "pitched his fragile tent" among the people of the world.

Israel said it targeted a member of Iran's elite Quds Force and a Hezbollah operative.

The veteran war correspondent died this week, aged 91.