Exclusive: The Herald was with Gerry Brownlee on his trip to Iraq this week.

If you thought the defeat of Isis in Iraq would be a major win, think again. What lies ahead is a total mess.

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Twelve people from Mosul, including a 2-month-old baby, have been treated for suspected exposure to a blistering chemical agent.

The true horror of Islamic State's mass killings may never fully be known.

More than 2800 needy children are already being sponsored by the charity Variety's Kiwi Kids scheme, launched in 2013, and a further 600 are on its waiting list.

President Donald Trump denounced arguments against his immigration order as "disgraceful".

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A young Kiwi couple's dream to see America has been dashed - at least temporarily - by Donald Trump's ban on visitors from seven majority-Muslim nations.

Prime Minister Bill English says it remains unclear whether a US travel ban applies to New Zealanders who also hold a passport from Muslim-majority countries.

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Travellers with valid visas and green cards have reportedly been prevented from boarding flights and turned away at US border control.

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Gunman Esteban Santiago - an Iraq war veteran - was taken into custody after he opened fire in the baggage claim.

A truce aimed at ending the bloody five-year war in Syria has been announced. But what does it mean?

Seven policemen, two Jordanian civilians and one Canadian tourist were killed on Sunday.

A 15-year-old boy who tried to enter a football stadium wearing a suicide belt has spoken of the training he was given by Isis and his disappointment at failing.

As they battle to hold on to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Isis militants have added a new weapon to their arsenal: tanks made of wood.

Iraqi superstar Kadim Al Sahir will be bringing strains of Arabic music to Auckland, performing a one-night-only concert here next weekend.

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Thousands of residents poured out of eastern neighbourhoods of Mosul yesterday, the first significant wave of people to escape the city held by Isis.

New Zealand troops have approval to work at three bases but could be sent to other bases says Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee.

More than 300 child soldiers, dubbed the "cubs of the caliphate", have reportedly been killed after being sent into battle.

Thousands of US servicemen have been told to pay back enlistment bonuses, a decade after signing up for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A fire set by Isis (Islamic State) militants at a sulphur mine near the city of Mosul in recent days sent plumes of noxious gases over the battlefield.

Gerry Brownlee says the Iraqis are taking the lead and that is how is should stay.