A Swedish woman on honeymoon with her British husband has been killed in Cape Town.

Elizabeth Smart is the perfect advertisement for one of the world's fastest-growing religions - Mormonism.

A man has been arrested for a series of sexual assaults on other men.

George Baker is an evil man and should only be let out of prison in a coffin, says the father of the teenager he killed four years ago.

A woman who admitted trying to snatch a baby from a Christchurch hospital is now four months pregnant, a court was told today.

In his first interview Josef Fritzl said his dream was to "look after my wife again because she was always loyal to me."

Hamilton police are appealing for the mother of an 18-month-old girl to contact them after the child was allegedly abducted yesterday.

Sarkozy has back to wall as spread of al Qaeda terror group in France's ex-colonies hits region.

Police are appealing for information after two girls reported separate abduction attempts in Christchurch on Saturday night.

Christchurch police are hunting a man who tried to lure a 10-year-old girl into his car on a busy residential street over the weekend.

New Zealanders have been warned against showing their Kiwi colours at the Commonwealth Games.

A young girl is 'extremely shaken' after a man attempted to kidnap her in Kumeu yesterday.