Conflict

Opinion - As New Zealand's foreign policy year draws to a close, it seems fitting that Volodymyr Zelensky will have the final word, Geoffrey Miller writes.

An airport in Peru has been closed and two people have been killed in violent protests, authorities say.

Australia's foreign minister says the government will place targeted sanctions on Russia and Iran in response to what it called "egregious" human rights violations.

Russia and Iran's relationship has warmed to a fully fledged defence partnership, the US has said.

Putin says Russia will not sell oil to countries that impose price cap.

A police patrol was attacked on Thursday in Kosovo's volatile north, injuring an officer, two hours after police troops were sent in the region in an attempt to replace hundreds of Serb cops who…

Iran has announced the first execution of a protester convicted over the recent anti-government unrest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that his army could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time, but for now there will be no second call-up of soldiers.

It is the first officially confirmed public execution since the hardline Islamist group seized power last year.

The United States will increase the rotational presence of air, land and sea forces in Australia, including bomber aircraft and fighter jets, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says.

A third Russian airfield is reported to have been hit in a drone strike a day after attacks on two others.

President Zelensky says Ukraine's power grid needs to be stabilised after another wave of deadly Russian strikes.

Australia and United States defence ministers say they are determined to "counter destabilising military activities by the People's Republic of China".

Ukraine has warned there would be emergency blackouts once again in several regions as it repaired damage from missile attacks, while Moscow has accused Kyiv of deadly drone attacks deep inside…

The Group of Seven price cap on Russian seaborne oil is now in force as the West attempts to limit Moscow's ability to finance its war in Ukraine.

Ukrainan refugees who could barely say the English alphabet upon arrival in Aotearoa have since learned enough to get jobs.

Elnaz Rekabi became a hero of the protest movement after competing abroad with her hair uncovered.

A new cap on the price of Russian oil will "immediately cut into Putin's most important source of revenue," the US says.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a possible impeachment threat over the "Farmgate" scandal.