World Politics

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

A snub by the Cook Islands prime minister will be watched by any nations keen to see how deep New Zealand's partnerships in the region really are, an expert on geopolitics in the Pacific says. Audio

In a global market that relies on international trade, is it possible to be totally self-sufficient?

Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine but not yet set out in public how he would do so.

A Christchurch man who lost 55 relatives in three Israeli airstrikes on Gaza says his remaining family will never leave, despite a US proposal to remove them. Audio