Benefactors have funded a 99-year lease of Rotoroa Island to create a conservation park.

Tanna legend says that Prince Philip will visit the island in 2010.

Was Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, behind the assassination in Dubai?

Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot.

Many Maori would welcome a new flag if it reflected tangata whenua. However, concerns remain about disrespect for the current ensign.

Tonight, Iran begins marking 31 years since the country's Islamic revolution.