World Politics

Keeping the Pacific nuclear-free was a recurring theme from the leaders of Tonga, Cook Islands and Samoa to New Zealand during meetings last week.

The Labour Opposition is walking back its openness to joining one wing of the AUKUS military pact. Video

More countries, including New Zealand, urge Israel against any military operation in the southern Gazan city crammed with refugees.

Donald Trump, frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, was a fierce critic of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation when he was president, repeatedly threatening to pull out of the…

Pope Francis is due to elevate to sainthood the first female saint from his native Argentina, an event that will be attended at the Vatican by his former strong critic, Argentine President Javier…

Candidates backed by the party of jailed Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan plan to form a government, a senior aide to the former prime minister said, urging supporters to peacefully protest if…

Australian Yang Hengjun has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed.

The US carried out more strikes against Houthi missiles in Yemen on Sunday, US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement on X.

A Pakistani court has jailed Imran Khan and his wife for seven years after voiding their marriage, in the latest sentence against the ex-prime minister.

Analysis - Friday night's US strikes were carefully calibrated, going further than it has gone in Iraq and Syria in recent months - but stopping short of directly attacking Iran, Paul Adams writes.

China says the joint statement made after a meeting between New Zealand and Australia's foreign and defence ministers contains groundless accusations about China's internal affairs.

New Zealand and Australia's defence and foreign affairs ministers have just wrapped up their first joint meeting in Melbourne.

The new government has been told of a deteriorating security situation, particularly with the rise of mis- and disinformation and new technologies.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts, his party said.

Winston Peters and Judith Collins will be travelling to Melbourne on Wednesday to hold joint meetings.

It is the former premier's second conviction in recent months and just 10 days before the country's general election.