John Key's decision to attend the funerals of three Air Force servicemen has been criticised as "short-sighted and irresponsible".

Bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was taken into custody while trying to leave the United States.

Pakistan's Taleban chief promised attacks on major US cities in a video released after the failed car bomb attempt in New York, a monitoring group said.

The heart of New York was last night shut down after a lethal car bomb was found in Times Square.

Prince William sends his condolences to the Defence Force after the Anzac Day crash.

Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.

The survivor of a crash that killed three colleagues is having difficulty comprehending his fate, his uncle said.

The father of one of three Air Force crewmen killed in the Anzac Day Iroquois crash said his son "died doing the thing he loved."

About 160 Defence Force personnel will miss the military funeral for their colleagues killed in the Anzac Day helicopter crash.

A soldier and new father died in a road crash outside the Linton Army Camp yesterday - the fourth military death in two days.

Investigators will try to find out if an Air Force helicopter crew was performing an emergency turn when it crashed into a hillside.

The sole survivor of the worst Air Force tragedy in decades probably does not know three colleagues have died.