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.

Were they murdered or did they drown seeking a better life?

Spain could surpass Greece this year as a gateway for migrants entering Europe by sea.

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.

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.

US Embassy confirms NZ dual citizens excluded from travel ban.

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

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.

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.

The spending represents 13 per cent of global GDP and is roughly the combined value of the economies of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Spain and Brazil.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, known as the "one-eyed sheikh" has been killed in a US air strike, according to Libyan authorities.

Fishermen and coast guards who raced to the scene of the migrant disaster in the Mediterranean have described their dismay at what they found, as the Italian prosecutor leading the investigation confirmed that most of those on board were forcibly locked i

A shocking new video appearing to show at least 30 Christians being beheaded and shot by Isis in Libya has been released.