Oscar Pistorius' court hearing was adjourned until August 19 after a brief appearance last night in which the magistrate railed against media coverage of his case.

A top police officer being investigated for an alleged assault is back on the board of trustees of a school.

One of the suspects in the murder of soldier Lee Rigby is believed to have had contact with a "terrorist instructor" now in prison for running military-style training camps which were used by Islamist extremists including the 21/7 London bombers, the Inde

A 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of stabbing a French soldier in the neck in Paris was flagged to French intelligence months ago over fears that he had been radicalised, it was claimed.

The suspected Woolwich murderer Michael Adebolajo made a second attempt to travel to Somalia to join extremists there just last year, the Daily Telegraph understands.

Lyn Rigby had come to the spot where her son's life was brought to a brutal end, but as she arrived at the murder scene, it became more than she could bear.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has visited MI5 headquarters to thank spies for their round-the-clock work.

A woman who was dragged behind a car she had just bought earlier told three of her children that she was going to give them $100 each. But she did not come home.

At least two judges were among 21 court staff assaulted in courtrooms in the past two years, documents released under the Official Information Act show.

A man's ear was torn in half and his face and neck were slashed when he was attacked with a glass at a pub early this morning.

The man charged with the murder of Christchurch woman Michelle Mary Lawrence has appointed a new defence counsel, which has potentially delayed his trial.

The trial of a man charged with the 2008 murder of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning is likely to start next year.

An Auckland man accused of killing his flatmate has been found to be "legally insane" at the time, according to a psychiatric report.

The brother of a Far North man who, along with his wife, allegedly died at the hands of his nephew says the double homicide has been a nightmare for the close-knit family.

A man is fighting for his life after being stabbed at a Snells Beach property north of Auckland last night.

The wife of a man shot and killed during a domestic incident in Fairburn has died in hospital this morning, reports say.

A man in his late 30's was airlifted to Auckland City Hospital after he was stabbed in the neck this evening.

A gay man was shot dead in New York City while walking with his partner in what police are calling a hate crime.

Justice Minister Judith Collins plans to launch a public register of criminals deported from Australia.

Thirty years ago, 14-year-old Kirsa Jensen jumped on the back of her horse, Commodore, to take him for a ride down the beach. Today, her mother, Robyn, is still waiting, hoping to bring her daughter home.

Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told what happened to her family in pre-dawn darkness on March 11 last year.