NZ is one of the best places to shuffle off the mortal coil, according to a new index.

The first European ban on the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public is poised to come into force in Belgium.

A commuter train ran a stop light during morning rush hour and collided head-on with another train in a Brussels suburb overnight.

Crash investigators will want to know how two Belgian commuter trains came to collide head on.

Scientists have succeeded in reading the mind of a man thought to have been lacking all awareness after a traumatic head injury.

Susan Boyle, Smashproof and body-painted cabin crews capture Kiwis’ imaginations.

Carolyn Quartermaine's home in Nice nurtures her creativity.

Aussie octogenarian skydives to honour young New Zealand pilot who saved his life in World War II.