Migrants allegedly tried to hijack ship once they realised it was going back to Libya.

Comment: Terrorism is more often against Muslims than committed by them.

British humanitarian Terry Waite speaks about crime and punishment in Whanganui

Reportedly 120 were on the dinghy when it launched, only three survived.

Guest lecturer Terry Waite wants to shed some light on crime and punishment.

The horror of the Lockerbie explosion lingers on 30 years later.

The report says 2276 people died last year while trying to cross.

A New Zealanders is facing prosecution for saving migrants crossing the Mediterranean.

Meanwhile, a standoff between Italy and Malta over a boat of refugees continued.

Horrifying images of more than a dozen dead in latest migrant smuggling tragedy.

Once a stepping stone for migrants, Libya is now home to a thriving trade in humans.

The Middle East was plunged into its biggest diplomatic crisis in years.

Heavy clashes erupted between rival militias in Tripol, Libya.

Humanitarian ships blamed for undermining fight against people smugglers.

White House press conference on Obamacare and immigration ban.

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

Nearly one in two Americans support Donald Trump's block on some immigrants

The Prince of Wales has warned the world is in danger of "forgetting the lessons of the past" in a speech about the Holocaust.

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.

Prime Minister Bill English has a duty to speak out against US President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim travellers, the Green Party says.

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

The United Nations have said that at least 239 migrants have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya.

Goldman Sachs hoodwinked Libyan officials into investing more than £800m by plying them with prostitutes, lavish parties and luxury trips, a UK court has heard.

This is the dramatic moment an overcrowded fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the Libyan coast.

Isis has employed a wheelchair-bound executioner to terrorise residents in its new stronghold in Libya.

Isis is building an "army of the poor" in its new haven in Libya by recruiting foot soldiers from Africa's poorest nations, intelligence chiefs warn.

Black flag now flies over Gaddafi's former home city Sirte as Islamists exploit rebel disunity.

After last month's terror attack at a beach resort in the coastal city of Sousse, the Tunisian Government has authorised plans to build a 167km barrier to secure its border with Libya.

Jihadists warned "Christians" to avoid Tunisia for their summer holidays seven weeks before last weekend's attack, one of several warning signs missed.