World Politics

The 34-year-old Gabriel Attal is promising to be bold and act fast to help the middle class weather the cost of living.

Sheikh Hasina wins fourth straight term in election marred by low turnout and opposition boycott.

Antony Blinken said countries were interested in pursuing normalisation of relations with Israel - if there was a clear path toward a Palestinian state.

The longstanding policy of Australia's Prime Minister is now "not a priority" .

The US Secretary of State is in the Middle East, gathering Arab states' views on the future of Gaza before taking those positions to Israel.

Donald Trump has downplayed his role in the siege of the US Capitol on the third anniversary of the attack, arguing that those prosecuted for storming the building should be freed.

In his first campaign speech of 2024, President Joe Biden cast his likely election opponent, Donald Trump, as a fundamental threat to American democracy.

The Iraqi government is beginning the process to remove the US-led international military coalition from the country, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's office said on Friday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters has spoken with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about a range of topics, including conflicts overseas.

The Minister of Defence says it was important to join in condemning attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea because New Zealand is so dependent on supply lines.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has outlined proposals for the future governance of Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over.

New Zealand and 11 other countries have are calling for an immediate end to attacks on container ships in the Red Sea.

Donald Trump has appealed a decision disqualifying him from the state's Republican presidential primary ballot.

South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday.

Maine yesterday became the second US state to bar Donald Trump from a Republican presidential primary ballot, part of a flurry of legal challenges to his eligibility to run for president in 2024.

Pro-democracy activist Tony Chung has breached a supervision order by fleeing to the UK from Hong Kong. He has claimed asylum, saying he was under constant scrutiny in his home country.

The US military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane blasted off from Florida on Thursday night on its seventh mission.

A former spy's memoir in the 1980s left then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher "shattered", according to newly-released files.

The former US president can stand in next year's presidential primary in the battleground state.

Colorado authorities are investigating possible threats against state Supreme Court justices.