World Politics

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," Trump proclaimed on his Truth Social network.

Elon Musk's DOGE has been making global headlines recently, but, what is this new agency - so why has the world's richest person decided to centre himself in US politics?

Three Israeli hostages have arrived at a release site in Gaza after Egyptian and Qatari mediators helped avert a standoff that threatened to sink a fragile ceasefire.

New York Mayor Eric Adams has denied allegations he asked for the case to be dropped in exchange for enforcing President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration agenda. Audio

US Vice President JD Vance has warned that the United States could send troops to Ukraine and hit Russia with further sanctions if Vladimir Putin doesn't negotiate a peace deal...

The Ukrainian leader said he wanted the United States to agree a "plan to stop Putin" before any negotiations.

It's a dramatic escalation of an international trade war as the President tells media US allies are often "worse than our enemies" on trade issues.

Analysis - The US president's "lengthy and highly productive" phone call with his Russian counterpart has Europe worried the war will end favourably for Moscow.

Mark Rutte wants Indo-Pacific countries to lift spending to three percent of their economies. Audio

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth also told Washington's NATO allies they would have to assume greater responsibility for Europe's security.

As the US looks to be leaving the Pacific, and New Zealand is rowing with Kiribati and the Cook Islands, experts worry about Chinese influence.

The US president has expressed increasing impatience with Arab leaders who see his ideas on Gaza as unworkable.

A research firm says plummeting sales in New Zealand have nothing to do with its chief executive's polarising views - but some local graffiti shows a different view. Audio