Auckland police say they have been assured by Chinese authorities that Zhen Xiao will not face the death sentence if he is convicted of murdering Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini.

Villagers in Myanmar are calling for a boycott of next month's election.

Winston Churchill is rightly remembered for leading Britain through her finest hour - but what if he also led the country through her most shameful hour?

Booker prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy has defended comments she made over the disputed territory of Kashmir.

Festivities marked the 25-year anniversary of Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, being returned to its traditional owners.

Black people '26 times more likely' than white people to be stopped and searched by British police.

The story of seamstresses' fight for pay parity still resonates 40 years on, Stephen Jewell discovers.

The reaction to what Paul Henry said is far more destructive than the remarks themselves, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Goff has spent much of the past week playing political football with two of New Zealand's major trading relationships.

The NZ Government has congratulated controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo after earlier saying it was waiting on advice.

A divided Israeli Cabinet yesterday approved a highly controversial measure.

Pete Bethune has alleged Sea Shepherd ordered him to scuttle the Ady Gil after its collision with a Japanese whaling vessel.

The TVNZ spokeswoman who defended Paul Henry's offensive comments about Sir Anand Satyanand has apologised to staff and offered her resignation.

In a move set to raise concerns about the newspaper's independence, Fiji Times publisher Dallas Swinstead said editor-in-chief Netani Rika had quit because of perceptions he was anti-government.