The family of Sophie Elliott have no end in sight as a planned appeal by her killer, Clayton Weatherston, is delayed.

It was Australia's most celebrated murder case, dividing the nation and igniting fierce debate even years on.

Aid workers have been reviewing their operations in perilous Afghanistan.

A "desperate" mother unable to cope with both her children murdered her 13 month-old baby son by leaving him alone to drown in a deep bath, the Auckland High Court has heard.

Detectives are trying to piece together the secret life of a police officer who was stabbed to death in his home last weekend.

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The American mother of three children who were found dead in an Edinburgh house faces criminal charges, police said.

The teacher stabbed by a Korean student at Avondale College has been criticised in an inquiry into the incident.

It's the $6400 question - would anyone commit murder to steal a litter of chocolate Labrador puppies?

Broke and desperate, Tania Aziz devised a plan to seriously injure her boss. With him in hospital, she could take over his kebab shop lease.

A 52-year-old man charged with the murder of a Wellington woman found beaten to death in her Newtown flat last week has been remanded in custody.

A man shot by police after allegedly presenting an airgun at them last month says he thought he was playing a joke on his brother.

An autopsy in Bali has established that wounds inflicted on NZ surfer Jordan Lucas's face, hands and body would have killed him.

The lawyer of a former NZ Olympian says he is pleased with two not guilty verdicts on charges of raping and assaulting his wife, but wouldn't comment on the possibility of a retrial.