COMMENT: It's been six years since war broke out in Syria and it shows no signs of ending.

An Australian-born electrician has been charged over an alleged terror plot.

A notorious Taliban commander behind the killing of NZ soldiers in Afghanistan has died in a shootout with Afghani security forces.

For complicated reasons to do with war and politics, the only way in and out of the enclave controlled by Syria's Kurds is on a rusty

The boys that planned to travel to Syria to join the notorious group appeared in court.

A Russian airstrike in northern Syria has killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 more, senior Russian officials have confirmed.

It was a chilling prediction issued as part of a propaganda video intended to fuel hatred between Muslims and the West.

Two gunmen have reportedly opened fire in a restaurant in Istanbul.

The gunman behind the Istanbul nightclub terror attack has been identified. His wife, who's been detained, has expressed her shock at his links to Islamic State.

Truck driver did not give up the keys easily to terror suspect who then rammed vehicle into crowded Christmas market.

Islamic State has reportedly claimed responsibility for the Berlin truck attack that left at least 12 people dead.

A top ally of Vladimir Putin claims secret services of a Nato country is "highly likely" to have been behind the assassination of ambassador Andrei Karlov.

COMMENT: The situation is complex even for the people who live there, let alone us trying to understand it. None of our business.

Egypt says traces of explosives have been found on bodies from the EgyptAir crash in May, which killed all on board. A ministry statement

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.

COMMENT: A number of lessons can be learned from Belgium. This is particularly true for NZ where the problem of Islamic extremism is much more manageable.

The targeted killing of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was the biggest in a string of successes against high-value targets.

New Zealand's partnership with Jordan was never more important than it is today, says Jordan's King Abdullah II.

It is a year since terrorists launched co-ordinated attacks in Paris and slaughtered 130 innocent people.

The spying watchdog has urged Parliament to "tighten up" the warranting regime for New Zealand's intelligence agencies.

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised everything. But what does he stand for? These are his key policies.

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's top security systems were activated to deal with a serious domestic terrorism threat, it has emerged.

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

NZ has a "broad sense" of the number of Kiwis fighting with IS and has monitoring in place in case they tried to return home, John Key says.

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.

This morning on NZ Herald Focus - Gable Tostee trial js clearly struggling to reach a verdict with deliberations set to enter a fourth day.

Europe must prepare for a fresh influx of Isis jihadists fleeing Mosul as the Iraqi Army moves in on their last stronghold in the country.

Kurdish fighters meet fierce resistance from jihadists in battle for Mosul.

Iraq has launched its biggest fight against Isis. PM Haider al-Abadi pledged to raise the Iraqi flag over Mosul once more.