Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appears headed for a landslide win and a second term in office during early vote counting in New Zealand’s election

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appears headed for big election win and 2nd term in early vote counting

World Cup champion South Africa has withdrawn from the Rugby Championship in Australia, leaving Argentina, Australia and New Zealand to contest a tri-nations tournament

New Zealanders are poised to decide on two landmark social issues during an election Saturday: whether to legalize recreational marijuana and whether to legalize euthanasia

Police say a third journalist will not be charged with obtaining classified information 16 months after high-profile police raids triggered national outrage over the state of press freedom in Australia

Australia and New Zealand have scheduled a partial opening of their borders

An Australian think tank says China appears to be expanding its network of secret detention centers in Xinjiang, where Muslim minorities are targeted in a forced assimilation campaign