World Politics

Beijing has set up dozens of overseas police stations and "contact points" which it says are to help hold Chinese citizens living abroad accountable for crimes.

Opinion - New Zealand's relationship with India is not in good health. That's the underlying message from a rare visit by India's external affairs minister, Geoffrey Miller writes.

Russian strikes continued in regions across Ukraine, including central Kyiv, with at least 19 killed and scores injured on Tuesday.

Abramov and his family members will be subject to a travel ban and their aircraft and vessels will be banned from entering New Zealand airspace and ports.

Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of former US President Donald Trump, claims the war in Ukraine would not have happened if Trump were still in office.

OPEC+ surprise deep oil production cuts agreed this week are set to benefit Russia most while tightening supply to the West already suffering from record energy prices.

The Ukrainian President says Russian officials have begun to "prepare their society" for the possible use of nuclear weapons, but added he does not believe Russia is ready to use them.

Ukraine continues to take back territory from Russia but Moscow says it will regain it.

Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, after President Jair Bolsonaro's surprising strength in a first-round vote spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of winning…

The Russian president's proclamation of Russian rule over 15 percent of Ukraine is the biggest annexation in Europe since World War II.

South Korea's national security council has held an emergency meeting and condemned the test, vowing to continue building 'overwhelming' capacity to deter North Korea.

Four so-called referendums have ended in Russian-held regions of Ukraine - votes which Moscow may use as grounds to annex more territory.

Europe was investigating major leaks in two Russian pipelines that spewed gas into the Baltic Sea, as Sweden launched a preliminary probe into possible sabotage.

New Zealand has added another 19 individuals to its sanctions regime over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in Italy's election, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister.