World Politics

New Zealand should join others in calling New Caledonia's third independence referendum invalid, one of the founders of the Kanaky Aotearoa Solidarity Network says.

Analysis: It's just over a week since Donald Trump was almost assassinated at a rally, and in the last eight days the US presidential election has been totally turned on its head, Sarah Smith writes.

Democrats are largely supporting the announcement the Vice President is launching a bid to run for the top job, after President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race.

Analysis - US President Joe Biden, who channelled perseverance and grit into a 50-year run in American politics, finally met a foe he could not beat.

Trump, who called for national unity in a speech on Thursday, made no mention of that in his remarks before a raucous crowd of supporters.

The bullet was "less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head", Ronny Jackson said.

The AR-15, which was used in an assassination attempt on Trump, was a slow seller for its first decades. But in 2024 in America, it's a completely different story.

Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on Friday after holding the country's most powerful position for 13 years.

Donald Trump told a rapt audience at the Republican National Convention today in his first speech since last weekend's assassination attempt that he was only there "by the grace of Almighty God."

The Pacific Island Forum could serve as a "constructive force" to find a "path forward" in New Caledonia, the Foreign Affairs Minister says Video

If - and it's still a big if - beleaguered President Joe Biden drops out of the US presidential race, who might replace him?

The US President is taking calls to step aside as a presidential candidate seriously and several officials think an exit is a matter of time, sources say.

After testing positive for Covid, the president is struggling to calm concerns about his health and fitness for office.