A car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said.

A formal extradition request has been made to the Kenyan Government for a man accused of the alleged attempted murder of his estranged wife and the murder of her friend in Christchurch last year.

"We used to have regular cases of water-related disease, including diarrhoea and typhoid, but that's a thing of the past."

The British man whose wife was murdered while the couple was on honeymoon in South Africa last month has been arrested.

Shocked holidaymakers are shunning the beaches at a luxury Egyptian resort plagued by a series of deadly shark attacks.

The three suspects in the killing of a honeymooning tourist in South Africa appear in court.

Bono is in Auckland this week, but his wife Ali Hewson has been busy in Africa relaunching their ethical fashion company.

Acclaimed director Spike Jonze is behind a documentary on a Bono-backed project helping Aids sufferers in Africa. He talks to Jacqueline Smith

Will Derek Cheng give up his modern luxuries for a more simple life with a Masai maiden? Sadly, love is not in the air this time.

It was an extraordinary love triangle, which nearly had murderous overtones.

England's good form of 2010, winning seven of 10 Tests, comes with a mixed report card.

A Swedish woman on honeymoon with her British husband has been killed in Cape Town.

Daniel Howden joins Masai warriors in a hunt on Kenya's Laikipia Plateau.

A baby elephant was given a huge shock when a camouflaged crocodile gave a tug on its trunk.