Lebanon's Baalbek is, as Brett Atkinson, discovered, an extreme cultural mosaic.

Former NZ diplomat Warren Searell called Damascus home until the Arab spring made life far too dangerous. This is his story.

Fragments of David Shearer's backstory were at the heart of his fight to lead Labour. For the first time aid workers fill in the gaps from two decades' work on the frontline

Want to know what your favourite celebrities have been up to this week? Check out our gallery.

Cellphone entrepreneur tries again, with venture targeting emerging markets.

Under the gaze of the Israeli army, one man is building an extraordinary hotel.

Mfat says it is in contact with a Jordanian New Zealander sentenced to two years' hard labour by Lebanon's Military Tribunal.

NZ foreign affairs officials are checking a report that Lebanon's Military Tribunal has sentenced a Jordanian New Zealander and six others to hard labour for forming a terrorist group.